Switzerland: People & Society#
| Population | 8,179,294 (July 2016 est.) |
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| Nationality | noun: Swiss (singular and plural) adjective: Swiss |
| Ethnic groups | German 65%, French 18%, Italian 10%, Romansch 1%, other 6% |
| Languages | German (official) 63.5%, French (official) 22.5%, Italian (official) 8.1%, English 4.4%, Portuguese 3.4%, Albanian 3.1%, Serbo-Croatian 2.5%, Spanish 2.2%, Romansch (official) 0.5%, other 6.6% note: German, French, Italian, and Romansch are all national and official languages; totals more than 100% because some respondents indicated more than one main language (2013 est.) |
| Religions | Roman Catholic 38.2%, Protestant 26.9%, other Christian 5.6%, Muslim 5%, other 1.6%, none 21.4%, unspecified 1.3% (2013 est.) |
| Age structure | 0-14 years: 15.1% (male 635,840/female 599,255) 15-24 years: 11.11% (male 463,953/female 444,500) 25-54 years: 43.46% (male 1,783,071/female 1,771,590) 55-64 years: 12.37% (male 506,010/female 506,103) 65 years and over: 17.96% (male 645,225/female 823,747) (2016 est.) |
| Dependency ratios | total dependency ratio: 48.8% youth dependency ratio: 22% elderly dependency ratio: 26.9% potential support ratio: 3.7% (2015 est.) |
| Median age | total: 42.2 years male: 41.3 years female: 43.2 years (2016 est.) |
| Population growth rate | 0.7% (2016 est.) |
| Birth rate | 10.5 births/1,000 population (2016 est.) |
| Death rate | 8.2 deaths/1,000 population (2016 est.) |
| Net migration rate | 4.7 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2016 est.) |
| Population distribution | population distribution corresponds to elevation with the northern and western areas far more heavily populated; the higher Alps of the south limit settlement |
| Urbanization | urban population: 73.9% of total population (2015) rate of urbanization: 1.08% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.) |
| Major urban areas - population | Zurich 1.246 million; BERN (capital) 358,000 (2015) |
| Sex ratio | at birth: 1.06 male(s)/female 0-14 years: 1.06 male(s)/female 15-24 years: 1.04 male(s)/female 25-54 years: 1.01 male(s)/female 55-64 years: 1 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.78 male(s)/female total population: 0.97 male(s)/female (2016 est.) |
| Mother's mean age at first birth | 30.4 (2012 est.) |
| Maternal mortality rate | 5 deaths/100,000 live births (2015 est.) |
| Infant mortality rate | total: 3.6 deaths/1,000 live births male: 4 deaths/1,000 live births female: 3.3 deaths/1,000 live births (2016 est.) |
| Life expectancy at birth | total population: 82.6 years male: 80.3 years female: 85 years (2016 est.) |
| Total fertility rate | 1.55 children born/woman (2016 est.) |
| Health expenditures | 11.7% of GDP (2014) |
| Physicians density | 4.05 physicians/1,000 population (2012) |
| Hospital bed density | 5 beds/1,000 population (2011) |
| Drinking water source | improved: urban: 100% of population rural: 100% of population total: 100% of population unimproved: urban: 0% of population rural: 0% of population total: 0% of population (2015 est.) |
| Sanitation facility access | improved: urban: 99.9% of population rural: 99.8% of population total: 99.9% of population unimproved: urban: 0.1% of population rural: 0.2% of population total: 0.1% of population (2015 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate | 0.35% (2013 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS | 20,200 (2013 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - deaths | 300 (2013 est.) |
| Obesity - adult prevalence rate | 21% (2014) |
| Education expenditures | 5.1% of GDP (2013) |
| School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) | total: 16 years male: 16 years female: 16 years (2014) |
| Unemployment, youth ages 15-24 | total: 8.6% male: 8.6% female: 8.5% (2014 est.) |