Swiss Confederation Five other official names - Schweizerische Eidgenossenschaft (German)
- Confédération suisse (French)
- Confederazione Svizzera (Italian)
- Confederaziun svizra (Romansh)
- Confoederatio Helvetica (Latin)
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Motto: (traditional)
"Unus pro omnibus, omnes pro uno" (Latin)
"One for all, all for one" |
| Anthem: "Swiss Psalm" |
 Location of Switzerland (green) in Europe (green and dark grey) |
| Capital |
46°57′N7°27′E / 46.950°N 7.450°E / 46.950; 7.450 |
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| Largest city | Zürich |
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| Official languages | |
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| Recognised national languages | Romansh |
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| Ethnic groups | - 74.7% Swiss
- 25.3% foreign nationals
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| Religion | |
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| Demonym(s) | English: Swiss,
German: Schweizer(in),
French: Suisse(sse),
Italian: svizzero/svizzera or elvetico/elvetica,
Romansh: Svizzer/Svizra |
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| Government | Federalsemi-direct democracy under a multi-party assembly-independent[5][6]directorialrepublic |
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| Walter Thurnherr |
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| Legislature | Federal Assembly |
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| Council of States |
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| National Council |
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| c. 1300[note 2] (traditionally 1 August 1291) |
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| 24 October 1648 |
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| 7 August 1815 |
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| 12 September 1848[note 3][7] |
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• Total | 41,285 km2 (15,940 sq mi) (132nd) |
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• Water (%) | 4.34 (as of 2015)[8] |
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• 2019 estimate |  8,570,146[9] (99th) |
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• 2015 census | 8,327,126[10] |
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• Density | 207/km2 (536.1/sq mi) (48th) |
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| GDP (PPP) | 2020 estimate |
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• Total |  $584 billion[11] (38th) |
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• Per capita | $67,557[11] (9th) |
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| GDP (nominal) | 2020 estimate |
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• Total | $749 billion[11] (20th) |
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• Per capita | $86,673[11] (2nd) |
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| Gini (2018) |  29.7[12]
low · 19th |
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| HDI (2019) | 0.955[13]
very high · 2nd |
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| Currency | Swiss franc (CHF) |
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| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
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| UTC+2 (CEST) |
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| Date format | dd.mm.yyyy (AD) |
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| Driving side | right |
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| Calling code | +41 |
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| ISO 3166 code | CH |
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| Internet TLD | .ch, .swiss |
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8,570,146
$584 billion
29.7