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Key population and private household figures

	2017
Total	8 484.1
Swiss nationals	6 357.7
Foreign nationals	2 126.4
Youth dependency ratio (as a %)	32.5
Old-age dependency ratio (as a %)	29.6
Spatial distribution
Urban core area	5 339.0
Area influenced by urban cores	1 852.2
Area beyond urban core influence	1 292.9
Population growth (as a %)	0.8
Swiss nationals abroad	751.8
Households
One-person households	1 320.2
Family households with children	1 268.0
Average size of the private households (number of persons)	2.23

Youth dependency ratio = the number of 0-19 year-olds in relation to the working age population (20-64 year-olds)

Old-age dependency ratio = the number of people aged 65 and over in relation to the working age population (20-64 year-olds)

Sources: FSO, STATPOP, SS, SE-Stat

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