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  • Population......................................................................7,581,520 (July 2008 est.)
  • Population growth rate .............................................................0.329% (2008 est.)
  • Birth rate.....................................................9.62 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)
  • Death rate................................................8.54 deaths/1,000 population (2008 est.)
  • Net migration rate...............................2.21 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)
  • Ethnic groups.............German 65%, French 18%, Italian 10%, Romansch 1%, other 6%
Country Profile
Switzerland Faces Common European Challenges
Denise Efionayi, Josef Martin Niederberger and Philippe Wanner of the Swiss Forum for Migration and Population Studies explain how Switzerland, with one of the highest percentages of foreigners in Europe, is responding to a variety of migration challenges.

Switzerland's Non-EU Immigrants: Their Integration and Swiss Attitudes

Swiss Court Halts Local Plebiscites on Naturalization

Switzerland page on the World Migration Map
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Immigrants and EU Labor Markets

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Remittance Data

Characteristics of the European Born in the United States

Neighboring Countries

Germany
Austria
Italy
France
Liechtenstein

Other Resources

Switzerland Federal Statistical Office
http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/en/index.html

Federal Office for Migration
http://www.bfm.admin.ch/bfm/en/home.html

US Census Bureau International Data Base
http://www.census.gov/ipc/www/idb/
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