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<text id=94CT1365><title>Switzerland—People</title>
<article><source>CIA Factbook</source>
<hdr>The World Factbook 1994: Switzerland<nl>People</hdr><body>
<list>
<item><hi format=bold>Population:</hi> 7,040,119 (July 1994 est.)
<item><hi format=bold>Population growth rate:</hi> 0.7% (1994 est.)
<item><hi format=bold>Birth rate:</hi> 12.23 births/1,000 population (1994 est.)
<item><hi format=bold>Death rate:</hi> 9.2 deaths/1,000 population (1994 est.)
<item><hi format=bold>Net migration rate:</hi> 3.97 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1994 est.)
<item><hi format=bold>Infant mortality rate:</hi> 6.5 deaths/1,000 live births (1994 est.)
<item><hi format=bold>Life expectancy at birth:</hi>
<list style=hang>
<item>• <hi format=ital>total population:</hi> 78.17 years
<item>• <hi format=ital>male:</hi> 74.8 years
<item>• <hi format=ital>female:</hi> 81.71 years (1994 est.)
</list>
<item><hi format=bold>Total fertility rate:</hi> 1.6 children born/woman (1994 est.)
<item><hi format=bold>Nationality:</hi>
<list style=hang>
<item>• <hi format=ital>noun:</hi> Swiss (singular and plural)
<item>• <hi format=ital>adjective:</hi> Swiss
</list>
<item><hi format=bold>Ethnic divisions:</hi>
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<item>• <hi format=ital>total population:</hi> German 65%, French 18%, Italian 10%, Romansch 1%, other 6%
</list>
<item><hi format=bold>Swiss nationals:</hi> German 74%, French 20%, Italian 4%, Romansch 1%, other 1%
<item><hi format=bold>Religions:</hi> Roman Catholic 47.6%, Protestant 44.3%, other 8.1% (1980)
<item><hi format=bold>Languages:</hi> German 65%, French 18%, Italian 12%, Romansch 1%, other 4%
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<item>• <hi format=ital>note:</hi> figures for Swiss nationals only—German 74%, French 20%, Italian 4%, Romansch 1%, other 1%
</list>
<item><hi format=bold>Literacy:</hi> age 15 and over can read and write (1980 est.)
<list style=hang>
<item>• <hi format=ital>total population:</hi> 99%
<item>• <hi format=ital>male:</hi> NA%
<item>• <hi format=ital>female:</hi> NA%
</list>
<item><hi format=bold>Labor force:</hi> 3.31 million (904,095 foreign workers, mostly Italian)
<list style=hang>
<item>• <hi format=ital>by occupation:</hi> services 50%, industry and crafts 33%, government 10%, agriculture and forestry 6%, other 1% (1989)
</list></list></body></article></text>