Language
German (official)
Source: New Internationalist World Guide

Population

2009	0.0 million	U.N. Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) Population Division (2009)
2007	0.0 million	U.N. Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) Population Division (2006)
2006	0.0 million	U.N. DESA (2006)
2005	0.0 million	U.N. DESA (2006)
2004	0.0 million	U.N. DESA (2006)
2003	0.0 million	U.N. DESA (2006)
2002	0.0 million	U.N. DESA (2006)
2001	0.0 million	U.N. DESA (2006)
2000	0.0 million	U.N. DESA (2006)

Future population estimates
0.0 million (2050)
Source: U.N. DESA (2009)

Ethnic groups
German 95 percent; Italian and other 5 percent
Source: NI World Guide

Religion
Catholic 80 percent. There are Protestant and other minorities.
Source: NI World Guide

Percentage urban population

2007	14.4 percent	U.N. DESA - World Urbanisation Prospects 2005
2006	14.5 percent	U.N. DESA (2005)
2005	14.6 percent	U.N. DESA (2005)
2004	14.6 percent	U.N. DESA (2005)
2003	14.7 percent	U.N. DESA (2005)
2002	14.8 percent	U.N. DESA (2005)
2001	14.9 percent	U.N. DESA (2005)
2000	15.1 percent	U.N. DESA (2005)

Year women granted right to vote
1984
Source: U.N. Development Programme (UNDP) Human Development Report
Where two figures are shown, the first refers to a partial recognition of the right to vote and the second to the year women received the right to vote on a universal and equal basis.

Net percentage of girls enrolled in primary education
92 (2007)
Source: UNESCO

Percentage of population under 15
No data available percent

Time zone
Standard Time GMT +1, Summer Time GMT +2

Climate description
Continental; cold, cloudy winters with frequent snow or rain; cool to moderately warm, cloudy, humid summers

Currency
Swiss franc

Telephone dialling code
(+) 423

Driving (left/right)
Right

Average life expectancy
No data available years

Life expectancy - male
No data available years

Life expectancy - female
No data available years

Infant mortality

2007	2 per 1,000 live births	U.N. Children's Fund (UNICEF) - State of the World's Children 2009
2006	3 per 1,000 live births	UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2008
2005	3 per 1,000 live births	U.N. Children's Fund (UNICEF) - State of the World's Children 2007
2004	4 per 1,000 live births	UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2006
2003	No data available per 1,000 live births
2002	No data available per 1,000 live births
2001	10 per 1,000 live births	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000	No data available per 1,000 live births

Child mortality - deaths before the age of five

2007	3 per 1,000 live births	U.N. Children's Fund (UNICEF) - State of the World's Children 2009
2006	3 per 1,000 live births	UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2008
2005	4 per 1,000 live births	UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2007
2004	5 per 1,000 live births	UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2006

Births attended by skilled personnel
No data available percent

Maternal mortality
No data available per 100,000 live births

Human development index (HDI rank)
No data available (2001)

Percentage of children under weight for age (under age 5)
No data available percent

Percentage of undernourished population
No data available percent

Population with access to improved water
No data available percent

Population with access to improved sanitation
No data available percent

Literacy - average
No data available percent

Literacy - male
No data available percent

Literacy - female
No data available percent

Landlines telephones

2008	554 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2007	554 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2006	564 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2005	576 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2004	581 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2003	585 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2002	592 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2001	605 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2000	611 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009

Cellular telephone subscribers

2008	906 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2007	906 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2006	821 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2005	792 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2004	742 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2003	735 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2002	339 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2001	331 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2000	304 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009

Internet users

2008	No data available per 1,000 people
2007	No data available per 1,000 people
2006	No data available per 1,000 people
2005	No data available per 1,000 people
2004	No data available per 1,000 people
2003	No data available per 1,000 people
2002	No data available per 1,000 people
2001	No data available per 1,000 people
2000	No data available per 1,000 people

Transparency International corruption ranking (Scale: 1 = least corrupt, >175 = most corrupt)

2008	Not ranked
2007	Not ranked
2006	Not ranked
2005	Not ranked
2004	Not ranked
2003	Not ranked
2002	Not ranked
2001	Not ranked
2000	Not ranked

Signatory of International Convention on the Prevention and Punishment for the crime of Genocide
Yes (1948)
Source: UNDP - Human Development Report

Signatory of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
Yes (1984)
Source: UNDP - Human Development Report

Signatory of the Convention on the Rights of the Child
Yes (1989)
Source: UNDP - Human Development Report

Percentage of population living on less than US$1 a day
No data available percent

GNI per capita, Atlas method

2007	No data available current US$
2006	No data available current US$
2005	No data available current US$
2004	No data available current US$
2003	No data available current US$
2002	No data available current US$
2001	No data available current US$
2000	current US$	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008

The purpose of the Atlas conversion factor is to reduce the impact of exchange rate fluctuations in a cross-country comparison of national incomes. The Atlas conversion factor for any year is the average of a country's exchange rate (or alternative conversion factor) for that year and its exchange rates for the two preceding years.

GDP
No data available current US$ billions

Annual GDP growth
No data available percent

Annual inflation
No data available percent

Share of income or consumption (poorest 10 percent)
No data available

Share of income or consumption (richest 10 percent)
No data available

Physicians
No data available per 100,000 people

Percentage HIV+ (adults aged 15-49)
No data available percent

Malaria
No risk
Source: WHO

TB cases
No data available per 100,000 people (2002)

Number of refugees originating here
No data available

Number of refugees residing here

2008	89	UNHCR
2007	283	UNHCR
2006	277	UNHCR
2005	150	Office of the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
2004	149	UNHCR
2003	149	UNHCR
2002	128	UNHCR
2001	141	UNHCR
2000	70	UNHCR

Number of internally displaced people\Estimate

No data available

Landmine casualties per year

2004	0	Landmine Monitor Report 2005
2003	0	Landmine Monitor Report 2004

Casualty figures may include both civilians and military personnel injured or killed by landmines and unexploded ordnance.
Signatory to landmine convention?
Yes (1997)
Source: Landmine Monitor Report

Percentage of GDP spent on military
No data available percent

Percentage of GDP spent on education
No data available percent

Percentage of GDP spent on health
No data available percent