| Switzerland : Geographic coordinates |
47 00 N, 8 00 E |
| Switzerland : Population growth rate |
0.223% (2010 est.) |
| Switzerland : Birth rate |
9.56 births/1,000 population (2010 est.) |
| Switzerland : Death rate |
8.65 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.) |
| Switzerland : People living with HIV/AIDS |
25,000 (2007 est.) |
| Switzerland : Independence |
1 August 1291 |
| Switzerland : National holiday |
Founding of the Swiss Confederation, 1 August |
| Switzerland : Constitution |
29 May 1874 |
| Switzerland : GDP |
purchasing power parity - $317 billion (2009 est.) |
| Switzerland : GDP - per capita |
purchasing power parity - $41,700 (2009 est.) |
| Switzerland : Electricity - consumption |
62 billion kWh (2009 est.) |
| Switzerland : Exports |
$91.3 billion machinery, chemicals, metals, watches, agricultural products |
| Switzerland : Imports |
$91.6 billion machinery, chemicals, vehicles, metals; agricultural products, textiles |
| Switzerland : Telephones |
4.82 million (2008) |
| Switzerland : Mobile cellular |
8.78 million (2008) |
| Switzerland : Radio broadcast stations |
AM 3, FM 106 (plus many low-power stations), shortwave 3 (2008) |
| Switzerland : Radios |
7.1 million |
| Switzerland : Television broadcast stations |
106 (2007) |
| Switzerland : Televisions |
3.31 million |
| Switzerland : Internet country code |
.ch |
| Switzerland : Internet Service Providers (ISPs) |
3.697 million (2009) |
| Switzerland : Internet users |
5.739 million (2008) |
| Switzerland : Railways |
4,888 km |
| Switzerland : Highways |
71,384 km |
| Switzerland : Waterways |
65 km; (Rhine River between Basel-Rheinfelden and Schaffhausen-Bodensee) (2008) |
| Switzerland : Pipelines |
gas 1,662 km; oil 94 km; refined products 7 km (2009) |
| Switzerland : Ports and harbors |
Basel |
| Switzerland : Merchant marine |
35 ships |
| Switzerland : Airports |
66 |
| Switzerland : Heliports |
1 |
| Switzerland : Military branches |
Swiss Armed Forces: Land Forces, Swiss Air Force (Schweizer Luftwaffe) (2010) |
| Switzerland : Military expenditures |
1% of GDP (2005 est.) |