The Local Switzerland

What Switzerland needs to do to accommodate 10 million residents

Tue, 30 May 2023 16:48:52 +0200

Forecasts say the Swiss population could swell to 10 million in the coming years. How would the country accommodate the increasing number of people?

Foreign residents now make up more than a quarter of the population in Switzerland

Fri, 31 Aug 2018 19:48:35 +0200

International residents now represent more than a quarter of the population in Switzerland, according to data released on Friday by the Federal Statistical Office, though the number of new immigrants arriving is falling.

Guess which Swiss group lives at home longest?

Tue, 27 Dec 2016 11:02:24 +0100

Young Swiss people are living with their parents for longer – with most still at home at the age of 24. And one group stays with mother longer than the others.

The Swiss: long-lived, generous and foreign

Wed, 13 Apr 2011 13:36:00 +0200

The Swiss are more likely to live long lives, are more generous with their time and money and are more likely to be foreign-born than people in other countries.

Swiss women expect to live to 84

Mon, 04 Apr 2011 13:22:34 +0200

The Swiss Federal Office of Statistics has released new figures on life expectancy, but there are large differences between regions.