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Demographics (CIA World Factbook)
Ethnic groups
Swiss 69.2%, German 4.2%, Italian 3.2%, Portuguese 2.5%, French 2.1%, Kosovan 1.1%, Turkish 1%, other 16.7% (2020 est.)
note:
<strong>note:</strong> data represent permanent and non-permanent resident population by country of birth
Languages
Languages:
German (or Swiss German) (official) 62.1%, French (official) 22.8%, Italian (official) 8%, English 5.7%, Portuguese 3.5%, Albanian 3.3%, Serbo-Croatian 2.3%, Spanish 2.3%, Romansh (official) 0.5%, other 7.9% (2019 est.)
Major-language sample(s):
<br>Das World Factbook, die unverzichtbare Quelle für grundlegende Informationen. (German)<br><br>The World Factbook, une source indispensable d'informations de base. (French)<br><br>L'Almanacco dei fatti del mondo, l'indispensabile fonte per le informazioni di base. (Italian)<br><br>The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information.
Note:
<strong>note</strong>: shares sum to more than 100% because respondents could indicate more than one main language
number of languages:
4
Religions
Roman Catholic 34.4%, Protestant 22.5%, other Christian 5.7%, Muslim 5.4%, other 1.5%, none 29.4%, unspecified 1.1% (2020 est.)
Culture
Chinese New Year
Spring Festival. 15 days of celebrations with fireworks, dragon dances, red envelopes, and family reunions. Lunar calendar.
Demographics
Demo China
Officially atheist state. Buddhism, Taoism, and Confucianism historically dominant. Growing Christianity.
Diversity
China
Folk religion, Buddhism, unaffiliated, Christianity, Islam.
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