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Foreign nationals in Switzerland

At the end of 2009 some 1,6 million foreign nationals were registered in Switzerland, which equals about 21% of the entire resident population. 63% of them are EU/EFTA nationals and more than 50% have been living in Switzerland for over 15 years. Below you will find some important figures (with the changes since 2008).

Foreign nationals

2009 

+ / -  

 Official representation

Total

 1,680,197

 +41,248

 

Europe

 1,464,653

+34,192

 

EU/EFTA countries

 1,066,086

 +39,591

 

Italy

 289,111

 -909

www.ambberna.esteri.it/

Germany

250,471

 +17,119

www.bern.diplo.de/

Portugal

205,255

+9,087

www.secomunidades.pt/web/berna

Serbia

148,903

-31,093

www.ambasadasrbije.ch/

France

90,551

+4,955

www.ambafrance-ch.org/

Turkey

 71,039

-1,594

www.tr-botschaft.ch/ 

Spain

64,113

-280

www.maec.es/subwebs/Consulados/Berna

Macedonia

59,810

+146

www.eda.admin.ch

Austria

36,488

+993

www.aussenministerium.at/bern

Bosnia-Herzegovina

35,775

 -1,713

www.eda.admin.ch

Croatia 

34,492

+1,183

www.eda.admin.ch 

United Kingdom

34,147

+2,222

www.britishembassy.ch/

Kosovo

30,763

 new

www.eda.admin.ch

Sri Lanka

 26,478

 -1,243

www.eda.admin.ch 

Netherlands

18,521

+468

www.nlembassy.ch 

USA

16,581

+688

http://usembassy.gov 

Brazil

16,462

+1,049

www.brasbern.ch 

Belgium

10,377

-332

www.diplomatie.be/bern 

Poland 

10,227

+1,283

www.berno.polemb.net 

Russia

9,387

+1,712

www.switzerland.mid.ru 
India

9,161

+1,665

www.indembassybern.ch 
Thailand

 8,619

+105 

www.thai-consulatebasel.ch
       

Source: FOM / ZEMIS 

 

 

 

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