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Switzerland

Official name:

the Swiss Confederation

Name in native language:

Suisse/Schweiz/Svizzera/Svizra

Capital:

Bern

ISO country code

CH

Nat. statistical agency:

Statistik Schweiz

Region:

Western Europe

Census Results

1850-03-18 : 2,392,740
1860-12-10 : 2,510,492
1870-12-01 : 2,655,001
1880-12-01 : 2,831,787
1888-12-01 : 2,917,754
1900-12-01 : 3,315,443
1910-12-01 : 3,753,293
1920-12-01 : 3,880,320
1930-12-01 : 4,066,400
1941-12-01 : 4,265,703
1950-12-01 : 4,714,992
1960-12-01 : 5,429,061
1970-12-01 : 6,269,783
1980-12-02 : 6,365,960
1990-12-04 : 6,873,687
2000-12-05 : 7,288,010

the Swiss Confederation

Administrative units

kanton	capital	area (sq.km.)	population 2000-12-31 admin.	population 2005-12-31 admin.	population 2009-12-31 admin.
source: Statistik Schweiz, Switzerland. note: area of kantons include bodies of water, the lower administrative divisions do not.
Kanton Aargau	Aarau	1,403.73	544,300	569,344	600,040
Kanton Appenzell Ausserrhoden	Herisau	242.86	53,500	52,561	53,043
Kanton Appenzell Innerrhoden	Appenzell	172.52	15,000	15,220	15,681
Kanton Basel-Landschaft	Liestal	517.56	260,000	266,089	272,815
Kanton Basel-Stadt	Basel	37.00	187,700	185,601	187,898
Kanton Bern	Bern	5,959.44	943,700	957,064	974,235
Canton de Fribourg (Freiburg)	Fribourg	1,670.70	236,300	253,954	273,159
Canton de Genève (Genf)	Geneva	282.48	408,800	430,638	453,292
Kanton Glarus	Glarus	685.30	38,500	38,173	38,479
Kanton Graubünden	Chur	7,105.44	186,700	187,803	191,861
Canton du Jura	Delémont	838.55	68,800	69,110	70,134
Kanton Luzern	Luzern	1,493.44	347,200	356,384	372,964
Canton de Neuchâtel (Neuenburg)	Neuchâtel	802.93	165,700	168,444	171,647
Kanton Nidwalden	Stans	275.90	38,000	39,803	40,794
Kanton Obwalden	Sarnen	490.59	32,400	33,269	35,032
Kanton Sankt Gallen	Sankt Gallen	2,025.54	449,400	459,999	474,676
Kanton Schaffhausen	Schaffhausen	298.42	73,300	73,764	75,657
Kanton Schwyz	Schwyz	907.92	130,200	137,522	144,686
Kanton Solothurn	Solothurn	790.49	244,000	247,937	252,748
Kanton Thurgau	Frauenfeld	991.02	227,300	234,332	244,805
Cantone del Ticino (Tessin)	Bellinzona	2,812.20	310,200	322,276	335,720
Kanton Uri	Altdorf	1,076.57	35,200	35,087	35,335
Canton du Valais (Wallis)	Sion	5,224.25	276,200	291,575	307,392
Canton de Vaud (Waadt)	Lausanne	3,212.03	620,300	654,093	701,526
Kanton Zug	Zug	238.69	99,300	106,496	110,890
Kanton Zürich	Zürich	1,729.00	1,211,600	1,272,590	1,351,297
total		41,284.57	7,204,055	7,418,400	7,785,806

Main cities

name	population 1990-12-31 est.	population 2002-12-31 est.	population 2009-12-31 admin.	latitude / longitude
Zürich	341,300	342,518	368,677	47.38/8.54
Genève [EN Geneva]	167,200	177,535	185,958	46.21/6.14
Basel	171,000	165,051	166,173	47.57/7.58
Lausanne	123,200	116,332	125,885	46.52/6.62
Bern	134,600	122,707	123,466	46.92/7.48
Wintherthur	..	90,152	99,377
Luzern	..	57,393	76,733
Sankt Gallen	..	70,492	72,642
Lugano	..	..	55,060
Biel/Bienne	..	..	50,455
source: Statistik Schweiz, Switzerland.