GDP Official Exchange Rate (OER is more precise at gauging a countries economic power)
(Estimated 2011): $636.1 billion (US$) or (GBP)
GDP (OER) Per Capita (per member of the population estimated 2011): (US$) or (GBP)
GDP Purchasing Power Parity (PPP is good for gauging living conditions and use of resources but not as accurate as OER. This data has been calculated based on the sum value of all goods and services produced in the country valued at prices prevailing in the United States)
(Estimated 2011): $344.2 billion (US$) or (GBP)
GDP (PPP) Per Capita (per member of the population estimated 2011): $43,900 (US$) or (GBP)
Capital: Bern
Population (Estimated July 2012): 7,655,628
Area: 41,285km2 or 15,940mi2
Currency: Swiss Franc (CHF)
Official Language: French, German, Italian and Romansh (locally)
Political Information: Federal Republic
Official Religion: No Official Religion (approximately 41.8% of the population are Roman Catholic, 35.3% are Protestant, 11.1% have no religious beliefs, 7.5% have other religious beliefs and 4.3% have unspecified beliefs )
Highest Mountain: Mount Dufourspitze at 4,634m or 15,203ft
Largest River:
Time Zone (GMT/UTC): +1:00
Wildlife:
Counties/Provinces/States: 26 cantons (cantons, singular - canton in French; cantoni, singular - cantone in Italian; Kantone, singular - Kanton in German); Aargau, Appenzell Ausserrhoden, Appenzell Innerrhoden, Basel-Landschaft, Basel-Stadt, Bern, Fribourg, Geneve, Glarus, Graubunden, Jura, Luzern, Neuchatel, Nidwalden, Obwalden, Sankt Gallen, Schaffhausen, Schwyz, Solothurn, Thurgau, Ticino, Uri, Valais, Vaud, Zug, Zurich
Leaders: President of the Federal Council Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf ; Vice President Ueli Maurer
Sources: CIA World Fact Book, and Encyclopaedia Britannica.
Switzerland (Swiss Confederation)
