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SWITZERLAND |
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| AREA
41,277 sq km (136th) |
POPULATION
8,061,516(96th) |
| PLATFORM DATA | |
| National
Demography |
0-14 years: 15.1%
15-64 years: 67.3% 65 years and over: 17.5% |
| Life
Expectancy |
82.39 years (8th) |
| National
G.D.P |
$444.7 billion (41st) |
| Per Capital
Income |
$55,200 |
| Currency | Swiss francs (CHF) |
| Economic
Drivers |
machinery, chemicals, vehicles, metals; agricultural products, textiles |
| Official
Languages |
German French Italian Romansch (official) |
| Other Local
Languages |
German (official) 64.9%, French (official) 22.6%, Italian (official) 8.3%, Serbo-Croatian 2.5%, Albanian 2.6%, Portuguese 3.4%, Spanish 2.2%, English 4.6%, Romansch (official) 0.5%, other 5.1% |
| Climatic
Zone |
temperate, but varies with altitude; cold, cloudy, rainy/snowy winters; cool to warm, cloudy, humid summers with occasional showers |
| Religious
Expression |
Roman Catholic 38.2%, Protestant 26.9%, Muslim 4.9%, other Christian 5.7%, other 1.6%, none 21.4%, unspecified 1.3% |
| Christian Umbrella
Organization(s) |
Church Of Switzerland |
| Airports
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Ambri Airport
EuroAirport Basel–Mulhouse–Freiburg Geneva Cointrin International Airport See Link – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_airports_in_Switzerland |
| Airstrips | Bernese Mittelland Airstrips Bernese Oberland Airstrips Central Switzerland Airstrips Eastern Switzerland and Liechtenstein Airstrips Jura-Fribourg-Neuchatel Airstrips |
| Road Network | 71,464 km |
| Rail Network | 4,876 km |
| Corruption
Rating |
7/177 |
| Security
Rating |
5% (Stable) |
| Youth Development Index (YDI) | 7/170 |
