Federal President (rotating): Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf (until 1 Jan 2013)
President: Moncef Marzouki
Population
7,925,517
10,732,900
Life Expectancy
81.170 years
75.240 years
Capital City
Bern
Tunis
Largest city
Zurich (population: 341,730)
Tunis (population: 693,210)
Human Development Index
0.955
0.762
GDP per capita
$43,900 US
$9,600 US
Literacy Rate
99%
74.3%
Corruption Perception Index
9
4.4
Percentage of Women in Parliament
27.2%
19.9%
Wealthiest Citizens
Ernesto Bertarelli ($8.2bn US)
NA
Unemployment Rate
3.100%
18.000%
Death Penalty
Abolished
Abolished in practice
Political System
formally a confederation but similar in structure to a federal republic
republic
Independence date
1 August 1291 (founding of the Swiss Confederation)
20 March 1956 (from France)
Religions
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)
Muslim 98%, Christian 1%, Jewish and other 1%
Languages
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
Arabic (official and one of the languages of commerce), French (commerce)
