Editing Demographics of Switzerland (section)

=== Age structure ===
[[File:Switzerland Demographics by Age 2007.PNG|thumb|350px|Demographic chart showing age distribution in Switzerland. Blue diamonds represent total population in thousands, green triangles represent Swiss Citizens only (in thousands) and red circles represent foreign population in thousands. Source for data Swiss Federal Statistical Office, 2007]]
[[File:Switzerland Animated Population Pyramid.gif|thumb|Population distribution of Switzerland by age, gender and citizenship|398x398px]]

{| class="wikitable"
|+ Gender and nationality by age groups(2014)<br>(thousands of individuals)<br>Nos. in (brackets) are the numbers for each age group as a % of all age groups totalled. 
!Age || Total||rowspan=11| ||Males|| Females ||rowspan=11| || Swiss|| Foreign
|-
| 0–10 || 902.7 (11.0%) || 463.7 || 439.0 || 661.8 || 240.8 (26.7%)
|-
| 11–20 || 854.4 (10.4%) || 438.3 || 416.0 || 668.5 || 185.9 (21.8%)
|-
| 21–30 || 1,071.5 (13.0%) || 542.4 || 529.1 || 754.1 || 317.4 (29.6%)
|-
| 31–40 || 1,149.1 (13.9%) || 579.5 || 569.6 || 706.6 || 442.5 (38.5%)
|-
| 41–50 || 1,282.3 (15.6%) || 647.4 || 634.8 || 916.3 || 365.9 (28.5%)
|-
| 51–60 || 1,146.2 (13.9%) || 578.5 || 567.7 || 911.2 || 235.0 (20.5%)
|-
| 61–70 || 876.4 (10.6%) || 427.0 || 449.5 || 762.2 || 114.2 (13.0%)
|-
| 71–80 || 593.8 (7.2%) || 268.6 || 325.2 || 522.1 || 71.8 (12.1%)
|-
| 81–90 || 308.0 (3.7%) || 114.3 || 193.7 || 285.7 || 22.3 (7.2%)
|-
| 91+ || 53.3 (0.6%) || 14.1 || 39.2 || 50.7 || 2.6 (4.8%)
|}
{{refbegin}}Data: Swiss Federal Statistics Office<ref name="BFS Age Gender">{{cite web
 | last = Swiss Federal Statistics Office
 | title = Ständige Wohnbevölkerung nach Alter und Geschlecht
 | year = 2014
 | url = http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/de/index/themen/01/02/blank/key/frauen_und_maenner.html
 | format = Microsoft Excel
 | access-date = 14 July 2016
 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20101115213926/http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/de/index/themen/01/02/blank/key/frauen_und_maenner.html
 | archive-date = 15 November 2010
 | url-status = dead
 }}</ref>{{refend}}

As population growth slows, the percentage of elderly people increases. In July 2015{{Fix|text=out of date}}, the Swiss Federal Office of Statistics published projections indicating that by 2045, the proportion of residents over the retirement age of 65 would climb to 48.1 per 100 residents between 20 and 64 years old, and possibly as high as 50.0 in the highest case scenario. In 2015 that ratio was only 29.1 per 100 residents.<ref name="Scenario" />

{| class="wikitable"
|+ Projected age structure<br>No. of individuals in millions
! Year!!Scenario!!0–20|| Percent || 21–64|| Percent || 65+|| Percent
|-
! 2015!!
| 1.67 || 20.0% || 5.17 || 61.9% || 1.5 || 18.0%
|-
! 2030!!
| 1.88 || 19.7% || 5.49 || 57.5% || 2.17 || 22.8%
|-
! 2045!! (low)
| 1.66 || 17.7% || 5.13 || 54.9% || 2.56 || 27.4%
|-
! 2045!! (middle)
| 1.90 || 18.6% || 5.59 || 54.9% || 2.69 || 26.4%
|- 
! 2045!! (high)
| 2.16 || 19.6% || 6.06 || 55.0% || 2.81 || 25.5% 
|}
{{refbegin|}}Data: Swiss Federal Statistics Office<ref name=Scenario>{{cite report
 | author      = Kohli, Raymond
 | date        = June 2015
 | title       = Szenarien zur Bevölkerungsentwicklung der Schweiz 2015–2045
 | url         = https://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/de/home/statistiken/bevoelkerung.assetdetail.350324.html
 | publisher   = Swiss Federal Statistical Office
 | access-date = 14 July 2016}}</ref>{{refend}}