Swiss People

Population: 7,318,638 (July 2003 est.)

Population growth rate: 0.21% (2003 est.)

Birth rate: 9.59 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)

Death rate: 8.82 deaths/1,000 population (2003 est.)

Net migration rate: 1.37 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2003 est.)

Ethnic groups: German 65%, French 18%, Italian 10%, Romansch 1%, other 6%

Religions: Roman Catholic 46.1%, Protestant 40%, other 5%, none 8.9%

Languages:  German (official) 63.7%, French (official) 19.2%, Italian (official) 7.6%, Romansch (official) 0.6%, other 8.9%