FAST FACTS

• Name: Switzerland
  (long form) Swiss Confederation
• Capital City: Bern (123,466 pop.)
• Switzerland Population: (2010 est.)
• World Populations (all countries)
• Currency: Swiss franc
  (conversion rates)
  
  
  10 francs
• Ethnicity: German 65%, French 18%, Italian 10%, Romansch 1%, other 6%
• GDP total: $326.5 billion (2010 est.)
• GDP per capita: $42,900 (2010 est.)
• Land Sizes
• Language: German (official) 63.7%, French (official) 20.4%, Italian (official) 6.5%, Serbo-Croatian 1.5%, Albanian 1.3%, Portuguese 1.2%, Spanish 1.1%, English 1%, Romansch (official) 0.5%, other 2.8%
  
  note: German, French, Italian, and Romansch are all national and official languages
• Largest Cities: (by population) Zurich, Geneva, Basel, Bern, Lausanne
• Name: Switzerland's name comes from the German derivative Suito and the Schwyz canton in the central part of the country
• National Day: August 1
• Religion: Roman Catholic 41.8%, Protestant 35.3%, Muslim 4.3%, Orthodox 1.8%, other Christian 0.4%, other 1%, unspecified 4.3%, none 11.1%
• Symbols

A ski train runs through Bern, Switzerland AllPosters.com

Oberhofen Castle, Bern, Switzerland AllPosters.com