Samnaun, Graubünden (GR)

Children watch bread being made

© Samnaun Tourism, www.samnaun.ch

The people of Switzerland

Switzerland has a population of about 7.4 million. Foreigners account for around 20% of the resident population. The average age is increasing, as people live longer and have fewer children. Lifestyles are changing as the Swiss adapt to new demands.

Religious belief has declined in recent years, but the religious landscape has diversified.

Switzerland has four unevenly distributed languages and a wealth of dialects.

• The Swiss population

  • Demographic trends
  • The elderly
  • Foreigners

• Women

  • Equality
  • Education
  • Work
  • Politics today
  • The right to vote

• Families

  • Family life
  • Marriage
  • Home and work
  • Living space

• Drugs and alcohol

  • Tobacco
  • Soft drugs
  • Hard drugs
  • Alcohol

• Language

  • Language distribution
  • Swiss German
  • Other dialects
  • Minorities and bilingualism
  • Language rights
  • English
  • Internal communication
  • Linguistic division
  • Language and culture
  • A translation culture

• Religion

  • Religious landscape
  • Roman Catholicism
  • Protestantism
  • Other religions

• The Swiss abroad

  • Historical emigration
  • The Swiss abroad today

• Portraits: women

  • Ursula Andress
  • Ruth Dreifuss
  • Elisabeth Kübler Ross
  • Ella Maillart
  • Pipilotti Rist
  • Annemarie Schwarzenbach
  • Johanna Spyri
  • Marie Grosholtz Tussaud

• Portraits: mountaineers

  • Louis Agassiz
  • Adolf Guyer-Zeller
  • Albrecht von Haller
  • Franz Ludwig Pfyffer
  • Horace-Bénédict de Saussure
  • Alexander Seiler

• Portraits: chocolate makers

  • François-Louis Cailler
  • Philippe Suchard
  • Daniel Peter
  • Rodolphe Lindt
  • Theodor Tobler