| People | Switzerland |
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Population:
 | 7,604,467 (July 2009 est.) |
Urbanization:
 | urban population: 73% of total population (2008) rate of urbanization: 0.5% annual rate of change (2005-10 est.) |
Population density:
 | 192 people per sq km land area |
Age structure:
 | 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.) |
Median age:
 | total: 41 years male: 40 years female: 42 years (2009 est.) |
Population growth rate:
 | 0.276% (2009 est.) |
Birth rate:
 | 9.59 births/1,000 population (2009 est.) |
Death rate:
 | 8.54 deaths/1,000 population (2008 est.) |
Net migration rate:
 | 1.76 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.) |
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: 0.71 male(s)/female total population: 0.97 male(s)/female (2009 est.) |
Infant mortality rate:
 | total: 4.18 deaths/1,000 live births male: 4.64 deaths/1,000 live births female: 3.68 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.) |
Life expectancy at birth:
 | total population: 80.85 years male: 78.03 years female: 83.83 years (2009 est.) |
Total fertility rate:
 | 1.45 children born/woman (2009 est.) |
Major infectious diseases:
 | void |
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
 | 0.6% (2007 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
 | 25,000 (2007 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - deaths:
 | fewer than 500 (2007 est.) |
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: 15 years male: 15 years female: 15 years (2006) |
Education expenditures - percent of GDP:
 | 5.8% of GDP (2005) |
People - note:
 | void |
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