Languages and religions

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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

Religions

Religious affiliation of the permanent resident population aged 15 and older, in 2018

	Frequency	Confidence interval ± ( in %)	Percentage	Confidence interval ± ( in %)
Roman Catholic	2 491 641	0.5	35.2	0.2
Protestant reformed churches	1 636 872	0.7	23.1	0.2
Christian Catholic Church (Old Catholic)	9 184	11.2	0.1	0.0
Other Christian communities	386 923	1.7	5.5	0.1
Jewish communities	16 275	8.0	0.2	0.0
Muslim and Islamic communities	372 318	1.8	5.3	0.1
Other religious communities	91 247	3.6	1.3	0.0
No religious affiliation	1 981 140	0.6	28.0	0.2
Religious affiliation unknown	98 467	3.2	1.4	0.0
Total	7 084 068	0.0	100.0	0.0

Sources: FSO, Structural survey

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