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Switzerland

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Switzerland is a country. The capital city is Bern, located in the Western Europe region of Europe. It has a land area of 39,509 km², a population of 8,888,093 people and uses the currency Swiss franc. The President is Simonetta Sommaruga.

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currency: Swiss franc
capital city: Bern
region: Western Europe
continent: Europe
land area: 39,509 km²
population: 8,888,093 people
political leader: Simonetta Sommaruga (President)

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central government debt: 17.80 % of GDP
expense: 16.66 % of GDP
GDP: 884,940,402,230.41 current US$
inflation: 2.14 annual %
self-employed workers: 16.61 % of total employment
tax revenue: 9.10 % of GDP
unemployment: 4.04 % of total labor force
vulnerable employment: 11.65 % of total employment
armed forces personnel: 20,000 people
democracy score: 9.03
democracy type: Full democracy
individuals using the Internet: 97.30 % of population
military expenditure: 0.70 % of GDP
net migration: 45,098 people
press freedom: 7.43
proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments: 38.50 %
birth rate: 9.40 per 1,000 people
death rate: 8.50 per 1,000 people
health expenditure per capita: 10,897.45 current US$
health expenditure: 11.80 % of GDP
hospital beds: 4.44 per 1,000 people
life expectancy at birth: 83
suicide mortality rate: 14.50 per 100,000 population
agricultural land: 14,993.78 km²
alternative and nuclear energy: 39.89 % of total energy use
carbon dioxide emissions (CO2): 34.22 Mt of CO2 equivalent
access to electricity: 100.00 % of population
electricity production from coal sources: 0.00 % of total
electricity production from natural gas sources: 1.00 % of total
electricity production from hydroelectric sources: 57.88 % of total
electricity production from nuclear sources: 34.93 % of total
electricity production from oil sources: 0.07 % of total
electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric: 4.32 % of total
net energy imports: 50.09 % of energy use
fertility rate: 1.39 births per woman
forest area: 12,759 km²
fossil fuel energy consumption: 50.17 % of total
greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6): 43.45 Mt of CO2 equivalent
median age: 38.40
methane emissions: 5.88 Mt of CO2 equivalent
nitrous oxide emissions: 2.08 Mt of CO2 equivalent
female population: 4,474,165 people
male population: 4,413,928 people
renewable energy consumption: 27.70 % of total final energy consumption
rural land area: 34,763.58 km²
rural population: 2,292,950 people
urban land area: 4,016.82 km²
urban population: 6,595,143 people
urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters : 0.00 % of total population

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