Demographics

Population: 

7,655,628 


Major city population:
Zurich 1.143 million
Bern 346,000


Growth rate:
0.199% 

Birth rate:

9.51 births/1,000 population


Death rate:
8.8 deaths/1,000 population


Maternal Mortality rate:
10 deaths/100,000 live births


Infant Mortality rate:

male: 4.47 deaths/1,000 live births

female: 3.57 deaths/1,000 live births

Fertility rate:

1.47 children born/woman 

Median age:

male: 40.6 years

female: 42.8 years 

Population 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)

Sex Ratios:

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: 0.73 male(s)/female

total population: 0.97 male(s)/female

Migration rates:

1.27 migrant(s)/1,000 population 

Ethnic groups:

German 65%

French 18%

Italian 10%

Romansch 1%

other 6%

Geographic areas:

urban population: 74% of total population

rate of urbanization: 0.5% annual rate of change

Gross National Product:

$340.5 billion (2011)

GNP rate of growth:

2.1% (2011)

Personal Income 

$43,400 (2011)

Population below poverty:

6.9%

Division of Labor:
63 percent of the GDP consisted of services 

33 percent was accounted for by industry 

3 percent by agriculture