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People And SocietyNationality
Noun Swiss (singular and plural)
Adjective Swiss Ethnic groups
German 65%, French 18%, Italian 10%, Romansch 1%, other 6% Languages
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 Religions
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) Population World Ranking: 95
7,925,517 (July 2012 est.)
Age structure
0-14 years
15.2% (male 602,894/female 560,175) 15-64 years 67.8% (male 2,612,557/female 2,569,318) 65 years and over 17% (male 543,074/female 751,943) (2011 est.) Median age
Total 42 years
Male 40.9 years Female 43.1 years (2012 est.) Population growth rate World Ranking: 176
0.199% (2012 est.)
Birth rate World Ranking: 199
9.51 births/1,000 population (2012 est.) Death rate World Ranking: 74
8.8 deaths/1,000 population (July 2012 est.) Net migration rate World Ranking: 47
1.27 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2012 est.) Urbanization
Urban population 74% of total population (2010)
Rate of urbanization 0.5% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.) Major cities - population
Zurich 1.143 million; BERN (capital) 346,000 (2009) Sex ratio
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 0.73 male(s)/female Total population 0.97 male(s)/female (2011 est.) Maternal mortality rate World Ranking: 160
8 deaths/100,000 live births (2010) Infant mortality rate World Ranking: 200
Total 4.03 deaths/1,000 live births
Male 4.47 deaths/1,000 live births Female 3.57 deaths/1,000 live births (2012 est.) Life expectancy at birth World Ranking: 17
Total population 81.17 years
Male 78.34 years Female 84.16 years (2012 est.) Total fertility rate World Ranking: 184
1.53 children born/woman (2012 est.) Health expenditures World Ranking: 15
11.3% of GDP (2009)
Physicians density
4.07 physicians/1,000 population (2009) Hospital bed density
5.31 beds/1,000 population (2008) Hiv/aids - adult prevalence rate World Ranking: 72
0.4% (2009 est.)
Hiv/aids - people living with hiv/aids World Ranking: 80
18,000 (2009 est.)
Hiv/aids - deaths World Ranking: 134
Fewer than 100 (2009 est.)
Obesity - adult prevalence rate World Ranking: 59
8.2% (2007)
Education expenditures World Ranking: 52
5.2% of GDP (2007)
Literacy
Definition
Age 15 and over can read and write Total population 99%Male 99% Female 99% (2003 est.) School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)
Total 16 years
Male 16 years Female 15 years (2008) Unemployment, youth ages 15-24 World Ranking: 113
Total 8.2%
Male 7.7% Female 8.7% (2009)
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