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Overview - Switzerland 
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- Capital:
- Bern
- Area:
- 41,290 km²
- Population:
- 7,523,934 (2006 estimate)
- Language(s):
- 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 - 0.5%, others - 2.8%.
- Religion(s):
- Roman Catholic - 41.8%, Protestant - 35.3%, Orthodox - 1.8%, other Christian - 0.4%, Muslim - 4.3%, others - 1%, unspecified - 4.3%, none - 11.1%.
- Ethnic Group(s):
- German - 65%, French - 18%, Italian - 10%, Romansch - 1%, others - 6%.
