Switzerland had a population of 8. Population growth was steepest in the period after World War II 1. Collected data includes population data citizenship, place of residence, place of birth, position in household, number of children, religion, languages, education, profession, place of work, etc.
Participation is compulsory and reached Since , the population census has been carried out and analysed annually in a new format by the Federal Statistical Office FSO. In order to ease the burden on the population, the information is primarily drawn from population registers and supplemented by sample surveys.
The first reference day for the new census was 31 December At the end of , there were about four million private households in Switzerland, of which more than a third are inhabited by only one person. Since , this number has more than tripled. Demographic statistics according to the World Population Review in During the 19th and 20th centuries, population growth rate has been at 0.
In the later 20th century, the growth rate has fallen below 0. In the population grew at a much higher 1. For , the population grew 1. Total fertility rate [15]. The total fertility rate is the number of children born per woman. It is based on fairly good data for the entire period. As population growth slows, the percentage of elderly people increases. In July [ out of date ] , the Swiss Federal Office of Statistics published projections indicating that by , the proportion of residents over the retirement age of 65 would climb to In that ratio was only According to statistics released by the federal government in , life expectancy at birth stands at Encompassing the Central Alps , Switzerland sits at the crossroads of several major European cultures.
Its population includes a two-thirds majority of Alemannic German speakers and a one-quarter Latin minority French, Italian and Romansh , see linguistic geography of Switzerland. Switzerland consistently ranks high on quality of life indices, including per capita income, concentration of computer and internet usage per capita, insurance coverage per individual, and health care rates.
