Switzerland

Facts

Population: 7,554,661 (July 2007 est.).

Age structure: 0-14 years: 16.1% (male 630,341/female 584,167) 15-64 years: 68.2% (male 2,596,996/female 2,553,108) 65 years and over: 15.8% (male 489,895/female 700,154) (2007 est.).

Population growth rate: 0.381% (2007 est.).

Birth rate: 9.66 births/1,000 population (2007 est.).

Death rate: 8.51 deaths/1,000 population (2007 est.).

Net migration rate: 2.66 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2007 est.).

Sex ratio: at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female under 15 years: 1.079 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 1.017 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.7 male(s)/female total population: 0.969 male(s)/female (2007 est.).

Infant mortality rate: total: 4.28 deaths/1,000 live births male: 4.77 deaths/1,000 live births female: 3.77 deaths/1,000 live births (2007 est.).

Life expectancy at birth: total population: 80.62 years male: 77.8 years female: 83.59 years (2007 est.).

Total fertility rate: 1.44 children born/woman (2007 est.).

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 0.5%, other 2.8% (2000 census) note: German, French, Italian, and Romansch are all national languages, but only the first three are official languages.

Literacy: definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 99% male: 99% female: 99% (2003 est.).

GDP (purchasing power parity): $255.5 billion (2006 est.).

GDP - real growth rate: 2.7% (2006 est.).

GDP - per capita (PPP): $34,000 (2006 est.).

GDP - composition by sector: agriculture: 1.5% industry: 34% services: 64.5% (2003 est.).

Labor force: 3.81 million (2006 est.).

Labor force - by occupation: agriculture: 4.6% industry: 26.3% services: 69.1% (1998).

Population below poverty line: NA%.

Household income or consumption by percentage share: lowest 10%: 2.6% highest 10%: 25.2% (1992).

Inflation rate (consumer prices): 1.2% (2006 est.).

Unemployment rate: 3.3% (2006 est.).

Budget: revenues: $141 billion expenditures: $139.1 billion; including capital expenditures of $NA (2006 est.).

Agriculture - products: grains, fruits, vegetables; meat, eggs.

Industries: machinery, chemicals, watches, textiles, precision instruments, tourism, banking, and insurance.

Industrial production growth rate: 6.5% (2006 est.).

Electricity - production: 61.97 billion kWh (2004).

Electricity - consumption: 56.93 billion kWh (2004).

Electricity - exports: 27.8 billion kWh (2004).

Electricity - imports: 27.1 billion kWh (2004).

Exports: $166.3 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.).

Exports - commodities: machinery, chemicals, metals, watches, agricultural products.

Exports - partners: Germany 19.4%, US 10.9%, Italy 9.1%, France 8.7%, UK 5.4%, Spain 4.1% (2005).

Imports: $162.3 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.).

Imports - commodities: machinery, chemicals, vehicles, metals; agricultural products, textiles.

Imports - partners: Germany 31.6%, Italy 10.5%, France 10%, US 5.6%, Netherlands 4.8%, Austria 4.6%, UK 4.4% (2005).

Debt - external: $1.077 trillion (30 June 2006).

Economic aid - donor: ODA, $1.1 billion (1995).

Currency (code): Swiss franc (CHF).

Exchange rates: Swiss francs per US dollar - 1.2539 (2006), 1.2452 (2005), 1.2435 (2004), 1.3467 (2003), 1.5586 (2002).

Fiscal year: calendar year.

Statistics: C.I.A. World Factbook. Updated: July 20, 2007.

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