Switzerland (Swiss Confederation), CH

Switzerland: Federal state in Western Europe

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Quick Facts about Swiss Confederation

Population :	8,466,017
Country :	Switzerland
Different from :	Switzerland County
Twitter username :	MySwitzerland_e, Suisse
Plate code :	CH
Area :	41285 km²
Official name :	Confédération suisse, Schweizerische Eidgenossenschaft, la Confédération suisse, Confederaziun svizra, Confederazione svizzera, Confoederatio Helvetica
Continent :	Europe
Easternmost point :	Point(10.49234033 46.6151637)
Northernmost point :	Point(8.57 47.8)
Legislative body :	Federal Assembly of Switzerland
Named for :	Schwyz
Official language :	German, Italian, French, Romansh
Capital :	Bern
Establishment :	January 01, 1970 (731 years ago)
Time Zone :	Europe/Zurich, Central European Time, UTC+02:00, UTC+01:00
Local time :	06:51:52 (9th February 2023)

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Geography

Swiss Confederation is located at 47°0'1"N 8°0'51"E (47.0001583752864, 8.01426887512207). It has 6 neighbors: Austria, Germany, France, Liechtenstein, Italy and Union.

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The largest city of Swiss Confederation is Genève with a population of 201,818. Other cities include, Basel population 177,636, Bern population 133,883, Winterthur population 111,840 and Luzern population 81,691. See all Swiss Confederation cities & populated places.

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Swiss Confederation has 6 neighbours.

Republic of Austria Independent country in Central Europe
Federal Republic of Germany Independent country in Central Europe
Republic of France Independent country with mainland in Western Europe and several overseas territories
Principality of Liechtenstein Independent country in western-central Europe
Italian Republic Independent country in southern Europe
Union economic and political union of 27 states mostly located in Europe

Canton of Zug
Canton of Schaffhausen
Schwyz
Obwalden
Canton of St. Gallen
Canton of Jura
Thurgau
Basel-Stadt
Uri
Grisons
Canton of Neuchâtel
Nidwalden
Appenzell Ausserrhoden
Aargau
Ticino
Canton of Geneva
Canton of Solothurn
Appenzell Innerrhoden
Canton of Lucerne
Canton of Valais
Canton of Zürich
Basel-Landschaft
Canton of Bern
Canton of Vaud
Glarus
Canton of Fribourg

Demographics

Year	Population	% Change	Method
1960	5,327,827	-	census
1961	5,434,294	1.96%	census
1962	5,573,815	2.5%	census
1963	5,694,247	2.11%	census
1964	5,789,228	1.64%	census
1965	5,856,472	1.15%	census
1966	5,918,002	1.04%	census
1967	5,991,785	1.23%	census
1968	6,067,714	1.25%	census
1969	6,136,387	1.12%	census
1970	6,180,877	0.72%	census
1971	6,213,399	0.52%	census
1972	6,260,956	0.76%	census
1973	6,307,347	0.74%	census
1974	6,341,405	0.54%	census
1975	6,338,632	-0.04%	census
1976	6,302,504	-0.57%	census
1977	6,281,174	-0.34%	census
1978	6,281,738	0.01%	census
1979	6,294,365	0.2%	census
1980	6,319,408	0.4%	census
1981	6,354,074	0.55%	census
1982	6,391,309	0.58%	census
1983	6,418,773	0.43%	census
1984	6,441,865	0.36%	census
1985	6,470,365	0.44%	census
1986	6,504,124	0.52%	census
1987	6,545,106	0.63%	census
1988	6,593,386	0.73%	census
1989	6,646,912	0.81%	census
1990	6,715,519	1.02%	census
1991	6,799,978	1.24%	census
1992	6,875,364	1.1%	census
1993	6,938,265	0.91%	census
1994	6,993,795	0.79%	census
1995	7,040,687	0.67%	census
1996	7,071,850	0.44%	census
1997	7,088,906	0.24%	census
1998	7,110,001	0.3%	census
1999	7,143,991	0.48%	census
2000	7,184,250	0.56%	census
2001	7,229,854	0.63%	census
2002	7,284,753	0.75%	census
2003	7,339,001	0.74%	census
2004	7,389,625	0.69%	census
2005	7,437,115	0.64%	census
2006	7,483,934	0.63%	census
2007	7,551,117	0.89%	census
2008	7,647,675	1.26%	census
2009	7,743,831	1.24%	census
2010	7,824,909	1.04%	census
2011	7,912,398	1.11%	census
2012	7,996,861	1.06%	census
2013	8,087,875	1.13%	census
2014	8,211,700	1.51%	census
2015	8,282,396	0.85%	(Worldbank)
2016	8,373,338	1.09%	(Worldbank)
2017	8,466,017	1.09%	census
2018	8,514,329	0.57%	(Worldbank)
2019	8,574,832	0.71%	(Worldbank)

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