°Profile of nationalities
	Foreign population by country of birth in % of total population 1950–2005
	Total	Born in Switzerland	Born in a foreign country
1950	6.1	2.1	3.9
1960	10.8	1.7	9.2
1970	17.2	3.7	13.8
1980	14.4	3.3	11.6
1990	16.7	3.8	14.6
1991	17.4	3.7	13.3
1992	18.0	3.8	13.8
1993	18.5	3.9	14.2
1994	19.0	4.0	14.5
1995	19.3	4.2	14.6
1996	19.3	4.3	14.6
1997	19.4	4.4	14.5
1998	19.4	4.4	14.5
1999	19.6	4.5	14.6
2000	19.8	4.5	14.7
2001	20.0	4.6	14.9
2002	20.2	4.7	15.1
2003	20.4	4.7	15.3
2004	20.6	4.7	15.4
2005	20.7	4.7	15.5
2006	20.7	4.7	15.6
2007	21.1
	Foreign population by country of origin 1950–2006 (in % of total foreign population)
	Italy	Spain	Portugal	Turkey and Former Yugoslavia	Germany, Austria, France	Other European countries	Non-European countries
1950	49.1	0.4	0.1	0.5	36.8	8.3	2.4
1960	59.2	2.3	0.1	0.3	27.8	4.9	3.0
1970	52.6	10.2	0.3	3.4	20.3	9.7	3.0
1971	52.1	10.6
1972	51.8	10.9
1973	51.5	11.1
1974	51.2	11.2
1975	50.4	10.9
1976	49.4	10.6
1977	48.6	10.3
1978	48.2	10.5
1979	47.3	10.6
1980	46.3	10.7	1.2	9.0	25.6	8.5	5.8
1981	45.1	10.8	1.4	9.9	25.2	8.5	8.8
1982	43.8	10.9	1.8	10.8	25.1	8.5	9.2
1983	43.0	11.1	2.1	11.4	25.2	8.3	9.2
1984	42.1	11.2	2.6	11.9	25.1	8.1	9.4
1985	41.1	11.4	3.2	12.6	25.0	7.9	9.5
1986	40.0	11.4	4.0	13.4	24.7	7.7	9.6
1987	38.8	11.3	4.8	14.3	24.4	7.6	9.6
1988	37.3	11.1	5.6	15.3	23.9	7.5	10.1
1989	35.9	10.8	6.5	16.6	23.3	7.4	10.3
1990	33.8	10.4	7.6	18.3	22.5	7.2	10.6
1991	31.9	9.8	8.6	20.4	21.4	6.9	11.0
1992	30.1	8.9	9.1	22.7	20.2	6.9	11.2
1993	28.7	8.3	9.4	24.9	19.2	6.8	11.4
1994	27.5	7.9	9.7	26.2	18.7	6.7	11.6
1995	26.5	7.5	9.9	27.3	18.3	6.7	11.9
1996	25.8	7.2	10.1	28.1	18.1	6.5	12.3
1997	25.1	6.9	10.0	28.6	18.0	6.5	12.8
1998	24.3	6.6	9.9	29.1	17.9	6.5	13.4
1999	23.4	6.2	9.6	29.5	17.9	6.7	14.2
2000	22.6	5.9	9.5	29.6	18.0	6.9	14.9
2001	21.8	5.7	9.4	29.3	18.2	7.2	15.8
2002	21.0	5.4	9.6	29.0	18.3	7.3	16.5
2003	20.3	5.2	10.0	28.5	18.6	7.3	16.9
2004	19.8	4.9	10.5	27.8	19.0	7.4	17.2
2005	19.3	4.7	10.9	27.1	19.6	7.5	17.4
2006	18.9	4.4	11.2	26.2	20.4	7.8	17.5
	People born in a foreign country in % of total population
	CH	DE	SE	US	FR	UK	ES
1995	21.4	11.5	10.5	9.3		6.9	1.3
2000	21.9	12.5	11.3	11.0	10.0	7.9	2.2
2005	23.5	12.9	12.2	12.8		9.3	4.6