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The distribution of the national languages has seen moderate change over the past four decades.
Over the past 40 years, the religious landscape in Switzerland has changed considerably.
At a glance
Languages
Main languages of the permanent resident population, 2018
Frequency Confidence interval
± (in%)
Percentage1 Confidence interval
± (in%)
German or Swiss German
5 199 645
0.2
62.2
0.1
French
1 912 135
0.3
22.9
0.1
Italian and dialect from Ticino, italo-grison
672 611
0.8
8.0
0.1
Romansh
44 354
4.1
0.5
0.0
English
483 138
1.2
5.8
0.1
Other languages
1 554 965
0.6
18.6
0.1
1) Total exceeds 100% because people could indicate more than one language.
Sources: FSO, Structural survey
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Surveys
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