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Swiss People

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Population: 7,604,467 (July 2009 est.)

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.)

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.)

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.)