Nationality:
noun: Swiss (singular and plural)
adjective: Swiss

Ethnic groups:
German 65%, French 18%, Italian 10%, Romansch 1%, other 6%

Languages:
German (official) 64.9%, French (official) 22.6%, Italian (official) 8.3%, Serbo-Croatian 2.5%, Albanian 2.6%, Portuguese 3.4%, Spanish 2.2%, English 4.6%, Romansch (official) 0.5%, other 5.1%
note: German, French, Italian, and Romansch are all national and official languages; totals more than 100% because some respondents indicated more than one main principal language (2012 est.)

Religions:
Roman Catholic 38.2%, Protestant 26.9%, Muslim 4.9%, other Christian 5.7%, other 1.6%, none 21.4%, unspecified 1.3% (2012 est.)

Population:
8,061,516 (July 2014 est.)
country comparison to the world: 96
[see also: Population country ranks ]

Age structure:
0-14 years: 15.1% (male 627,952/female 591,528)
15-24 years: 11.4% (male 469,536/female 451,547)
25-54 years: 43.9% (male 1,775,571/female 1,760,456)
55-64 years: 12% (male 484,278/female 486,220)
65 years and over: 17.3% (male 616,009/female 798,419) (2014 est.)
population pyramid:

Dependency ratios:
total dependency ratio: 48.5 %
youth dependency ratio: 21.8 %
elderly dependency ratio: 26.7 %
potential support ratio: 3.7 (2014 est.)

Median age:
total: 42 years
male: 41 years
female: 42.9 years (2014 est.)

Population growth rate:
0.78% (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world: 141
[see also: Population growth rate country ranks ]

Birth rate:
10.48 births/1,000 population (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world: 185
[see also: Birth rate country ranks ]

Death rate:
8.1 deaths/1,000 population (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world: 95
[see also: Death rate country ranks ]

Net migration rate:
5.43 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world: 26
[see also: Net migration rate country ranks ]

Urbanization:
urban population: 73.7% of total population (2011)
rate of urbanization: 0.49% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.)

Major urban areas - population:
Zurich 1.194 million; BERN (capital) 353,000 (2011)

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: 0.97 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.76 male(s)/female
total population: 0.97 male(s)/female (2014 est.)

Mother's mean age at first birth:
30.2 (2010 est.)
[see also: Mother's mean age at first birth country ranks ]

Maternal mortality rate:
8 deaths/100,000 live births (2010)
country comparison to the world: 159
[see also: Maternal mortality rate country ranks ]

Infant mortality rate:
total: 3.73 deaths/1,000 live births
country comparison to the world: 203
male: 4.12 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 3.32 deaths/1,000 live births (2014 est.)

Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 82.39 years
country comparison to the world: 8
male: 80.1 years
female: 84.81 years (2014 est.)

Total fertility rate:
1.54 children born/woman (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world: 188
[see also: Total fertility rate country ranks ]

Health expenditures:
10.9% of GDP (2011)
country comparison to the world: 15
[see also: Health expenditures country ranks ]

Physicians density:
4.08 physicians/1,000 population (2010)
[see also: Physicians density country ranks ]

Hospital bed density:
5 beds/1,000 population (2010)
[see also: Hospital bed density country ranks ]

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 (2012 est.)

Sanitation facility access:
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 (2012 est.)

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
0.4% (2009 est.)
country comparison to the world: 80
[see also: HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate country ranks ]

HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
18,000 (2009 est.)
country comparison to the world: 85
[see also: HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS country ranks ]

HIV/AIDS - deaths:
fewer than 100 (2009 est.)
country comparison to the world: 148
[see also: HIV/AIDS - deaths country ranks ]

Obesity - adult prevalence rate:
17.5% (2008)
country comparison to the world: 111
[see also: Obesity - adult prevalence rate country ranks ]

Education expenditures:
5.2% of GDP (2010)
country comparison to the world: 66
[see also: Education expenditures - percent of GDP country ranks ]

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: 16 years (2011)

Unemployment, youth ages 15-24
total: 8.4%
country comparison to the world: 119
male: 8.8%
female: 8.1% (2012)