Switzerland population is equivalent to 0.11% of the total world population.
Switzerland ranks number 99 in the list of countries (and dependencies) by population.
The population density in Switzerland is 218 per Km2 (564 people per mi2).
The total land area is 39,516 Km2 (15,257 sq. miles)
73.9 % of the population is urban (6,362,047 people in 2019)
The median age in Switzerland is 42.4 years.
I always find it interesting to realize how very different other First World countries are in regard to migrants/foreigners in comparison to the USA.
31 August 2017
The number of foreigners in Switzerland (click here) increased at a faster rate than the number of Swiss in 2016, according to new figures released on Wednesday.
As of January 1st 2017 the population of Switzerland was over 8.4 million, up 1.1 percent from the previous year, the Swiss statistics office said in its annual report.
However while the number of Swiss citizens grew by 0.6 percent in 2016, the number of foreign residents was up by 2.6 percent, it said.
There are now more than 2.1 million foreigners living in Switzerland, up from just under 2.05 million a year earlier, comprising 24.9 percent of the total population....
20 December 2018
The Swiss democratic system (click here) is seriously failing the one in four residents in the country who are foreigners, a major new study published on Wednesday suggests.
The study commissioned by the Federal Commission on Migration (FCM) advisory group looks at the impact of dual nationality on Swiss society.
Around one in four Swiss residents now holds two passports, a number that has soared since Switzerland legalised dual nationality in 1992 – thus establishing itself as something of a pioneer.
The FCM study is generally positive about developments over the last quarter century. Its authors note that foreigners who take up Swiss citizenship “identify more closely with the country where they live” and are "better integrated both socially and culturally”.
It also concludes that dual nationals “are no less loyal to Switzerland” despite having connections with multiple countries....
