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People
7,623,438 (July 2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 
94
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) (2010 est.)
total: 41.3 years
male: 40.3 years
female: 42.4 years (2010 est.)
0.223% (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 180
9.56 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 204
8.65 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 83
1.31 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 49
urban population: 73% of total population (2008)
rate of urbanization: 0.5% annual rate of change (2005-10 est.)
at birth: 1.054 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.08 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.02 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.72 male(s)/female
total population: 0.97 male(s)/female (2010 est.)
total: 4.12 deaths/1,000 live births
country comparison to the world: 203
male: 4.58 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 3.64 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)
total population: 80.97 years
country comparison to the world: 15
male: 78.14 years
female: 83.95 years (2010 est.)
1.46 children born/woman (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 192
0.6% (2007 est.)
country comparison to the world: 68
25,000 (2007 est.)
country comparison to the world: 74
fewer than 500 (2007 est.)
country comparison to the world: 92
noun: Swiss (singular and plural)
adjective: Swiss
German 65%, French 18%, Italian 10%, Romansch 1%, other 6%
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)
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
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 99%
male: 99%
female: 99% (2003 est.)
total: 16 years
male: 16 years
female: 15 years (2008)
5.3% of GDP (2007)
country comparison to the world: 53
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