Switzerland’s population in 2018
Switzerland is a landlocked mountainous country, situtated in Western and Central Europe, Its surrounded by five countries, Austria, France, Germany, Liechtenstein and Italy. Switzerland hasn’t got one official language but four: German, French, Italian and Romansh, due to the countries diversity the population is very diverse.
The latin name for the country is Confoederatio Helvetica (Helvetic Confederation).
Permanent resident
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4,307,406[/mk_fancy_title]
4,237,121[/mk_fancy_title]
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Private households[/mk_fancy_title]
85.4 years[/mk_fancy_title]
81.7 years[/mk_fancy_title]
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Canton | Total Population | Swiss | Foreigners |
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Zurich | 1,520,968 | 1,112,574 | 408,394 |
Bern | 1,034,977 | 865,906 | 169,071 |
Aargau | 678,207 | 507,783 | 170,424 |
St. Gallen | 507,697 | 385,295 | 122,402 |
Geneva | 499,480 | 299,540 | 199,940 |
Lucerne | 409,557 | 333,672 | 75,885 |
* 6 Biggest Canton’s of Switzerland . The Swiss Confederation consists of 26 full and three half cantons. *[/mk_table]
International migration | 2018 |
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Immigration | 170,085 |
Swiss | 23,902 |
Foreigners | 146,183 |
Emigration | 130,225 |
Swiss | 31 794 |
Foreigners | 98 431 |
Net migration | 39 860 |
Swiss | – 7 892 |
Foreigners | 47 752 |
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Private households (%)
- Married couples, non reconstituted families
- Married couples, reconstituted families
- Consensual union, nonreconstituted families
- Consensual union, reconstituted families
- Lone mothers or fathers
- Same-sex couples below 1 %
- Married couples, non reconstituted families
- Married couples, reconstituted families
- Consensual union, nonreconstituted families
- Consensual union, reconstituted families
- Lone mothers or fathers
- Same-sex couples below 1 %
There were 3.7 million private households in Switzerland. 35.5% of them comprised just one person, 27.4% two and 31.0% three or more. The average household size was 2.23 persons.
Disclaimer: All the information with in this article is from The Swiss Federal Statistical office, if any of the infomration is incorrect or misinterpreted, please let us know and we will make the correction.
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