| People | Switzerland |
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Population:
 | 7,581,520 (July 2008 est.) |
Population density:
 | 191 people per sq km land area |
Age structure:
 | 0-14 years: 15.8% (male 623,213/female 577,430) 15-64 years: 68.2% (male 2,605,044/female 2,562,354) 65 years and over: 16% (male 501,699/female 711,780) (2008 est.) |
Median age:
 | total: 40.7 years male: 39.6 years female: 41.7 years (2008 est.) |
Population growth rate:
 | 0.329% (2008 est.) |
Birth rate:
 | 9.62 births/1,000 population (2008 est.) |
Death rate:
 | 8.54 deaths/1,000 population (2008 est.) |
Net migration rate:
 | 2.21 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 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: 0.7 male(s)/female total population: 0.97 male(s)/female (2008 est.) |
Infant mortality rate:
 | total: 4.23 deaths/1,000 live births male: 4.71 deaths/1,000 live births female: 3.73 deaths/1,000 live births (2008 est.) |
Life expectancy at birth:
 | total population: 80.74 years male: 77.91 years female: 83.71 years (2008 est.) |
Total fertility rate:
 | 1.44 children born/woman (2008 est.) |
Major infectious diseases:
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HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
 | 0.4% (2001 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
 | 13,000 (2001 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - deaths:
 | less than 100 (2003 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.) |
People - note:
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