| People | Switzerland |
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Population:
 | 7,639,961 (July 2011 est.) |
Population density:
 | 192 people per sq km land area |
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) |
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: 41.7 years male: 40.6 years female: 42.8 years (2011 est.) |
Population growth rate:
 | 0.21% (2011 est.) |
Birth rate:
 | 9.53 births/1,000 population (2011 est.) |
Death rate:
 | 8.72 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.) |
Net migration rate:
 | 1.29 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.) |
Sex ratio:
 | at birth: 1.054 male(s)/female under 15 years: 1.08 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 1.02 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.72 male(s)/female total population: 0.97 male(s)/female (2011 est.) |
Maternal mortality rate:
 | 10 deaths/100,000 live births (2008) |
Infant mortality rate:
 | total: 4.08 deaths/1,000 live births male: 4.53 deaths/1,000 live births female: 3.6 deaths/1,000 live births (2011 est.) |
Life expectancy at birth:
 | total population: 81.07 years male: 78.24 years female: 84.05 years (2011 est.) |
Total fertility rate:
 | 1.46 children born/woman (2011 est.) |
Health expenditures:
 | 11.3% of GDP (2009) |
Physicians density:
 | 4.07 physicians/1,000 population (2009) |
Hospital bed density:
 | 5.31 beds/1,000 population (2008) |
Drinking water source:
 | improved: urban: 100% of population rural: 100% of population total: 100% of population (2008) |
Sanitation facility access:
 | improved: urban: 100% of population rural: 100% of population total: 100% of population (2008) |
Major infectious diseases:
 | void |
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
 | 0.4% (2009 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
 | 18,000 (2009 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - deaths:
 | fewer than 100 (2009 est.) |
Children under the age of 5 years underweight:
 | void |
Obesity - adult prevalence rate:
 | 8.2% (2007) |
Nationality:
 | noun: Swiss (singular and plural) adjective: Swiss |
Ethnic groups:
 | German 65%, French 18%, Italian 10%, Romansch 1%, other 6% |
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) |
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 |
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) |
Education expenditures - percent of GDP:
 | 5.2% of GDP (2007) |
People - note:
 | void |
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