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Switzerland      Country: Switzerland Internet: .ch Continent: Europe Government URL: http://www.parliament.ch Area: 41290 sq km Population: 7,523,934 (CIA World Factbook est as of 2006) Population: 7263.974 (United Nations est as of 2006, in thousands) Population Men: 3515.94 Population Women: 3748.034 Annual Growth Rate: 0.235 % Birth Rate: 9.71 % Death Rate: 8.49 % Life Expectancy: 80.51 years Infant Mortality Rate: 4.34 % Fertility Rate: 1.43 % HIV AIDS Adult Prev Rate: 0.4 % HIV AIDS Living With: 13,000 HIV AIDS Deaths: 100 Labor Force: 3,810,000 Unemployment Rate: 3.3 % GDP Per Capita: $33,600 GDP Purchasing Power: $252,900,000,000 GDP Real Growth: 2.9 Industrial Growth: 6.5 Inflation Rate CP: 1.2 % Investment Gross Fixed: 21.8 Public Debt: 51 Capital: Bern Capital Population: 122700 Capital Coordinates: 46 57 N, 7 26 E UTC Offset: 1 Washington D.C. UTC Offset Note: 6 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time Daylight Saving Time: +1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last Sunday in October Merchant Marine: 27 (total ships 1,000 GRT or over) Waterways: 65 km Roadways: 71297 km Railways: 4583 km Airports: 65 (total paved or unpaved) Internet Users: 5097822 Internet Hosts: 2442659 Telephones Mobile: 6,847,000 Telephones Main: 5123000 Debt External: $1,077,000,000,000 Foreign Exchange Reserves: $38,290,000,000 Imports: $162,300,000,000 Exports: $166,300,000,000 Current Account Balance: $50,440,000,000 Natural Gas Imports: 3,311,000,000 Natural Gas Exports: 0 Natural Gas Consumption: 3,311,000,000 Natural Gas Production: 0 Electricity Consumption: 56,930,000,000 Electricity Production: 61,970,000,000 Oil Consumption: 268,100 Oil Exports: 10,420 Oil Imports: 289,500 Oil Production: 2,241  Map of Switzerland

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