| Point | Information |
| Country Name | Swiss Confederation |
| Short Name | Switzerland |
| Capital | None (de jure) Bern (de facto) |
| Largest city | Zürich |
| Official languages | German, French, Italian, Romansh |
| National Languages | German, French, Italian, Romansh |
| Religion | 65.5% Christianity —35.8% Roman Catholic —23.8% Swiss Reformed —5.9% Other Christian, 26.3% Irreligious, 5.3% Islam, 1.6% Others, 1.3% Unknown |
| Demonym(s) | English: Swiss, German: Schweizer(in), French: Suisse(sse), Italian: svizzero/svizzera, or elvetico/elvetica, Romansh: Svizzer/Svizra |
| Government | Federal semi-direct democracy under a multi-party assembly-independent directorial republic |
| President | Federal Council – Simonetta Sommaruga (President) |
| Vice President | Federal Council – Guy Parmelin (Vice President) |
| House Speaker | Isabelle Moret |
| Chief Justice | Ulrich Meyer |
| Total Area | 41,285 km2 (15,940 sq mi) |
| Water (%) | 4.2 |
| Total Land Area (%) | 39,551 km2 |
| Population | 8,570,146 (2019 estimate) |
| GDP (PPP) | $584 billion (2020 estimate) |
| GDP (Nominal) | $749 billion (2020 estimate) |
| Currency | Swiss franc (CHF) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Date format | dd.mm.yyyy (AD) |
| Mains Electricity | 230 V – 50 H |
| Driving side | Right |
| Calling code | +41 |
| ISO 3166 code | CH |
| Internet TLD | .ch, .swiss |
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| Independence Day | 12 September 1848 |
| Tallest Building | Roche Tower Prime Tower Basler Messeturm Sulzer Tower |
| Richest Persons | Ernesto Bertarelli Gianluigi and Rafaela Aponte Hansjoerg Wyss Magdalena Martullo-Blocher |
| Top Website | Google.ch Ubs.com Admin.ch Deepl.com |
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