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,604,467 (July 2009 est.)
country comparison to the world: 94
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Age structure:
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0-14 years: 15.6% (male 616,561/female 571,610)
15-64 years: 68.1% (male 2,609,673/female 2,567,245)
65 years and over: 16.3% (male 514,761/female 724,617) (2009 est.)
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Median age:
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total: 41 years
male: 40 years
female: 42 years (2009 est.)
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Population growth rate:
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0.276% (2009 est.)
country comparison to the world: 177
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Birth rate:
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9.59 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)
country comparison to the world: 203
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Death rate:
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8.59 deaths/1,000 population (July 2009 est.)
country comparison to the world: 88
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Net migration rate:
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1.76 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.)
country comparison to the world: 44
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Urbanization:
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urban population: 73% of total population (2008)
rate of urbanization: 0.5% annual rate of change (2005-10 est.)
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Sex ratio:
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at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.08 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.02 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.71 male(s)/female
total population: 0.97 male(s)/female (2009 est.)
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Infant mortality rate:
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total: 4.18 deaths/1,000 live births
country comparison to the world: 209
male: 4.64 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 3.68 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)
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Life expectancy at birth:
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total population: 80.85 years
country comparison to the world: 10
male: 78.03 years
female: 83.83 years (2009 est.)
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Total fertility rate:
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1.45 children born/woman (2009 est.)
country comparison to the world: 189
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HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
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0.6% (2007 est.)
country comparison to the world: 69
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HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
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25,000 (2007 est.)
country comparison to the world: 74
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HIV/AIDS - deaths:
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fewer than 500 (2007 est.)
country comparison to the world: 88
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Nationality:
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noun: Swiss (singular and plural)
adjective: Swiss
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Ethnic groups:
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German 65%, French 18%, Italian 10%, Romansch 1%, other 6%
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Religions:
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Roman Catholic 41.8%, Protestant 35.3%, Muslim 4.3%, Orthodox 1.8%, other Christian 0.4%, other 1%, unspecified 4.3%, none 11.1% (2000 census)
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Languages:
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German (official) 63.7%, French (official) 20.4%, Italian (official) 6.5%, Serbo-Croatian 1.5%, Albanian 1.3%, Portuguese 1.2%, Spanish 1.1%, English 1%, Romansch (official) 0.5%, other 2.8% (2000 census)
note: German, French, Italian, and Romansch are all national and official languages
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Literacy:
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definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 99%
male: 99%
female: 99% (2003 est.)
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School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education):
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total: 15 years
male: 15 years
female: 15 years (2006)
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Education expenditures:
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Switzerland sits at the crossroads of several major European cultures, which have heavily influenced the country's languages and cultural practices. Switzerland has four official languages -- German, French, Italian, and Romansch (based on Latin and spoken by a small minority in the Canton Graubuenden). The German spoken here is predominantly a Swiss dialect, but newspapers and some broadcasts tend to use High German. Many Swiss speak more than one language. English is widely known, especially among professionals.
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