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<text>
<title>
Switzerland: People
</title>
<article><hdr>The World Factbook 1993: Switzerland
People</hdr><body>
<p>Population: 6,986,621 (July 1993 est.)
</p>
<p>Population growth rate: 0.83% (1993 est.)
</p>
<p>Birth rate: 12.37 births/1,000 population (1993 est.)
</p>
<p>Death rate: 9.24 deaths/1,000 population (1993 est.)
</p>
<p>Net migration rate: 5.13 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1993
est.)
</p>
<p>Infant mortality rate: 6.6 deaths/1,000 live births (1993
est.)
</p>
<list>
<l>Life expectancy at birth:</l>
<l> total population: 77.99 years</l>
<l> male: 74.6 years</l>
<l> female: 81.54 years (1993 est.)</l>
</list>
<p>Total fertility rate: 1.6 children born/woman (1993 est.)
</p>
<list>
<l>Nationality:</l>
<l> noun: Swiss (singular and plural)</l>
<l> adjective: Swiss</l>
</list>
<list>
<l>Ethnic divisions:</l>
<l> total population: German 65%, French 18%, Italian 10%,
Romansch 1%, other 6%</l>
<l> Swiss nationals: German 74%, French 20%, Italian 4%,
Romansch 1%, other 1%</l>
</list>
<p>Religions: Roman Catholic 47.6%, Protestant 44.3%, other 8.1%
(1980)
</p>
<p>Languages: German 65%, French 18%, Italian 12%, Romansch 1%,
other 4%
</p>
<p>note: these are figures for Swiss nationals only - German
74%, French 20%, Italian 4%, Romansch 1%, other 1%
</p>
<list>
<l>Literacy: age 15 and over can read and write (1980)</l>
<l> total population: 99%</l>
<l> male: NA%</l>
<l> female: NA%</l>
</list>
<p>Labor force: 3.31 million (904,095 foreign workers, mostly
Italian)
</p>
<p> by occupation: services 50%, industry and crafts 33%,
government 10%, agriculture and forestry 6%, other 1% (1989)
</p></body></article></text>