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Population 7,925,517 (July 2012 est.) Age structure 0-14 years: 15.2% (male 621,785/female 586,205) 15-24 years: 11.7% (male 471,703/female 454,174) 25-54 years: 44% (male 1,754,394/female 1,736,083) 55-64 years: 11.9% (male 470,295/female 474,934) 65 years and over: 17.1% (male 584,809/female 771,135) (2012 est.) Median age total: 42 years male: 40.9 years female: 43.1 years (2012 est.) Population growth rate 0.92% (2012 est.) Birth rate 10.4 births/1,000 population (2012 est.) Death rate 8.1 deaths/1,000 population (July 2012 est.) Net migration rate 1.27 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2012 est.) Urbanization urban population: 74% of total population (2010) rate of urbanization: 0.5% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.) Major cities - population Zurich 1.143 million; BERN (capital) 346,000 (2009) 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: 0.73 male(s)/female total population: 0.97 male(s)/female (2011 est.) Infant mortality rate total: 3.9 deaths/1,000 live births male: 4.3 deaths/1,000 live births female: 3.4 deaths/1,000 live births (2012 est.) Life expectancy at birth total population: 81.17 years male: 78.34 years female: 84.16 years (2012 est.) Total fertility rate 1.53 children born/woman (2012 est.) HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate 0.4% (2009 est.) HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS 18,000 (2009 est.) HIV/AIDS - deaths fewer than 100 (2009 est.) Sanitation facility access improved: urban: 100% of population rural: 100% of population total: 100% of population 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.) School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) total: 16 years male: 16 years female: 15 years (2008) Education expenditures 5.2% of GDP (2007) Maternal mortality rate 8 deaths/100,000 live births (2010) Health expenditures 11.3% of GDP (2009) Physicians density 4.07 physicians/1,000 population (2009) Hospital bed density 5.31 beds/1,000 population (2008) Obesity - adult prevalence rate 8.2% (2007) www.indexmundi.com https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook switzerland-demographics.weebly.com/demographic-characteristics.html