Federal President (rotating): Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf (until 1 Jan 2013)
Population
3,179,997
7,925,517
Life Expectancy
68.630 years
81.170 years
Capital City
Ulaanbaatar
Bern
Largest city
Ulaanbaatar (population: 844,818)
Zurich (population: 341,730)
Human Development Index
0.72
0.955
GDP per capita
$4,800 US
$43,900 US
Literacy Rate
97.8%
99%
Corruption Perception Index
3
9
Percentage of Women in Parliament
4.2%
27.2%
Wealthiest Citizens
NA
Ernesto Bertarelli ($8.2bn US)
Unemployment Rate
9.900%
3.100%
Death Penalty
Legal
Abolished
Political System
mixed parliamentary/presidential
formally a confederation but similar in structure to a federal republic
Independence date
11 July 1921 (from China)
1 August 1291 (founding of the Swiss Confederation)
Religions
Buddhist Lamaist 50%, Shamanist and Christian 6%, Muslim 4%, none 40% (2004)
Roman Catholic 41.8%, Protestant 35.3%, Muslim 4.3%, Orthodox 1.8%, other Christian 0.4%, other 1%, unspecified 4.3%, none 11.1% (2000 census)
Languages
Khalkha Mongol 90%, Turkic, Russian (1999)
German (official) 63.7%, French (official) 20.4%, Italian (official) 6.5%, Serbo-Croatian 1.5%, Albanian 1.3%, Portuguese 1.2%, Spanish 1.1%, English 1%, Romansch (official) 0.5%, other 2.8% (2000 census) note: German, French, Italian, and Romansch are all national and official languages
