Key statistics
Land area: 41,300 square kilometres
Population: 7.7 million – 21.7 per cent are foreigners (2008)
GDP: $436.7 billion (2007) or SFr512.1 billion
GDP per person: $57,328 (2007) or SFr67,223
National languages: German (63.7 per cent), French (20.4 per cent), Italian (6.5 per cent), Romansh (0.5 per cent)
Religions: Roman Catholic (41.8 per cent; 2000 census), Protestant (35.3 per cent), Muslim (4.3 per cent), Jewish (.2 per cent); no religious affiliation (11.1 per cent).
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