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Geography

Location: Central Europe, east of France

Area:
total area: 41,290 sq km
land area: 39,770 sq km
comparative area: slightly more than twice the size of New Jersey

Land boundaries: total 1,852 km, Austria 164 km, France 573 km, Italy 740 km, Liechtenstein 41 km, Germany 334 km

Coastline: 0 km


People

Population: 7,084,984 (July 1995 est.)

Age structure:
0-14 years: 17% (female 594,565; male 622,436)
15-64 years: 68% (female 2,375,792; male 2,448,213)
65 years and over: 15% (female 623,136; male 420,842)

Population growth rate: 0.57% (1995 est.)

Birth rate: 12.04 births/1,000 population

Death rate: 9.16 deaths/1,000 population

Net migration rate: 2.82 migrant(s)/1,000 population

Infant mortality rate: 6.3 deaths/1,000 live births

Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 78.36 years
male: 74.99 years
female: 81.88 years

Total fertility rate: 1.6 children born/woman

Ethnic divisions:

Religions: Roman Catholic 47.6%, Protestant 44.3%, other 8.1% (1980)

Languages: German 65%, French 18%, Italian 12%, Romansch 1%, other 4%

Literacy: age 15 and over can read and write (1980 est.)
total population: 99%
male:
female:


Government

Names:
conventional long form: Swiss Confederation
conventional short form: Switzerland

Type: federal republic

Capital: Bern

Independence: 1 August 1291

Constitution: 29 May 1874


Economy

National product: GDP - purchasing power parity - $148.4 billion

National product real growth rate: 1.8%

National product per capita: $22,080

Inflation rate (consumer prices): 0.9%

Unemployment rate: 4.7%

Electricity:
capacity: 15,430,000 kW
production: 58 billion kWh
consumption per capita: 6,699 kWh



Olympic Factoid
An estimated 5.3 million visted Centennial Olympic Park between opening day - 13 July - and closing day - 4 August, making the park the most single most visited Olympic site during the Games.