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Introduction

Capital: Bern

Population

Total Population: 7,550,077
Annual growth rate: 0.9%
Density: 189 inhabitant/km²
Urban population: 73.4%
Population of main cities including suburbs: Zürich (1,140,000); Geneva (500,000); Basel (490,000); Bern (340,000); Lausanne (310,000).
Ethnic Origins: German 65%, French 18%, Italian 10%, Romansch 1%, Others 6%.
Official Language: Switzerland has three official languages: German, french and Italian and four national languages: German, french, Italian and Romansch.
Other languages spoken: Serbo-Croatian , Albanian, Portuguese , Spanish , English.
Business language: Widely used.
Religion: Roman Catholics (41.8%), Protestants (35.3%), Muslims (4.3%), Orthodox (1.8%), Other Christians (0.4%), Others (1%), Unspecified (4.3%), None (11.1%) (2000 census).

Local time:

It is %T:%M %A in Geneva, Bern, Lausanne

Exchange rate on :

National currency: Swiss Franc (CHF)


Country overview

Type of State: Federal republic based on parliamentary democracy. Confederation of 26 cantons (states/provinces) which enjoy fair amount of decentralisation.
Type of economy: Well-developed country, High-income economy..
Offshore financial services dominate the economy.
HDI*: 0,955/1
HDI (world rank): 10th/177

Note: (*) The HDI, Human Development Index, is an indicator which synthesizes several data such as life expectancy, level of education, professional careers, access to culture etc.


Telecommunication

Telephone code:
To call from Switzerland, dial 00
To call in Switzerland, dial +41
Internet suffix: .ch
Computers: 91.8 per 100 inhabitants
Telephone lines: 63.9 per 100 inhabitants
Internet users: 76.1 per 100 inhabitants
Access to electricity: 100% of the population

Foreign trade in figures

 
Foreign trade indicators 20032004200520062007
Imports of goods (millions USD) 111,831126,089145,442162,213187,740
Exports of goods (millions USD) 118,837141,874151,309167,221200,490
Imports of services (millions USD) 18,53323,76027,41128,31733,373
Exports of services (millions USD) 36,26943,94149,76655,27466,374

Source: World Bank

 

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