BY: MARIO SOLORZANO & ARNOLD INGA AREA: SWITZERLAND Population Project

Population Since 1972 fewer children have been born in Switzerland than is necessary for continued population growth. In 1998 there were more deaths than births in Swiss citizens According to a forecast in 2004, between the number of children going to school will be will decrees about 100,000 kids Since 1993 the number of Swiss citizens has increased only because of the number of tourists have been welcomed. Population data in Switzerland 2011 GROUPS:PEOPLE: Permanent residents7,954,662 Swiss citizens6,138,668 (77.2%) Foreign residents1,815,994 (22.8%) Age groups in Switzerland (2011) 0-191,642,543 (20.6%) ,120,114 (26.7%) ,826,853 (35.5%) ,866 (12.4%) ,286 (4.8%)

Birth Rate 9.51 births/1,000 population (2012 est.) Life expectancy for men is 79.8 years and for women it is 84.4 years. Life expectancy has increased over previous years primarily due to easily available medical support across the country.

Death Rate Death rate has been slowly decreasing in Switzerland because of medical support. Women tend to live a little bit longer just because men are usually but not always the ones doing the hard physical work.

Infant mortality rate As you can see the infant mortality rate in around So around 10 children die when they are born each year through ( )

Life expectancy The life expectancy of a person in Switzerland is years (2011). People have been ;lasting longer because of industrialized cities that means more medicine and technology. Switzerland blue line

Education levels  Kindergarten  "Volksschule" (Elementary school)  "Berufslehre" (Apprenticeship)  "Gymnasium" (Secondary school)  "Universität" (University)  "Fachhochschule" (Technical College)  Since Switzerland has no natural resources, education and knowledge have become very important resources. So Switzerland claims to have one of the world's best education systems  In Switzerland, every child must attend at least elementary school.

Employment levels The unemployment rate has been gradually decreasing because there has been more industrializing that means more jobs for people.

Income per capita The average amount per capita 50,000 per capita that is a high amount of money. I think because they take education very seriously people gain more money.

Goverment type Switzerland's federal administration is governed by the so called Federal Council, which consists of seven Councillors. These are elected by parliament, which is also elected by the public. Each Councillor heads is in charge of one of the seven federal departments Since the Councillors are elected by the parliament, this leads to four large parties.

Fun facts Each Swiss citizen is obligated to have an emergency bunker in case of any emergency. Swiss has one of the lowest crime rstes in the world Swiss population is about 8 million Foregners account for about 23% of the pop Women did not get the right to vote till 1971 Once married women cannot work About 65% of the swiss population smoke