Switzerland Map & Atlas

Switzerland is divided into 26 first-level administrative divisions:

Geneva is the largest urban area in Switzerland with about 1,240,000 people; the capital, Bern, has about 275,329.

Highest terrain in Switzerland: ≈ 4,496 m — read from the global elevation model, so summit heights are approximate. The physical map paints elevation bands from green lowlands to brown highlands.

Swiss 69.2%, German 4.2%, Italian 3.2%, Portuguese 2.5%, French 2.1%, Kosovan 1.1%, Turkish 1%, other 16.7% (2020 est.)

Regionally, Swiss is the most common ethnic group across most of the 26 divisions.

Source: CIA World Factbook (2020 est.) · regional dominance compiled by Glostats from censuses and surveys

Roman Catholic 34.4%, Protestant 22.5%, other Christian 5.7%, Muslim 5.4%, other 1.5%, none 29.4%, unspecified 1.1% (2020 est.)

Regionally, Roman Catholic is the most common religious group across most of the 26 divisions, while Protestant predominates in 7 divisions (Bern, Zürich, Schaffhausen, Thurgau, Glarus, Basel-Landschaft, …); none predominates in 2 divisions (Basel-Stadt, Neuchâtel).

Source: CIA World Factbook (2020 est.) · regional dominance compiled by Glostats from censuses and surveys

German (or Swiss German) (official) 62.1%, French (official) 22.8%, Italian (official) 8%, English 5.7%, Portuguese 3.5%, Albanian 3.3%, Serbo-Croatian 2.3%, Spanish 2.3%, Romansh (official) 0.5%, other 7.9% (2019 est.)

Regionally, German is the most common language group across most of the 26 divisions, while French predominates in 6 divisions (Genève, Vaud, Neuchâtel, Jura, Fribourg, Valais); Italian predominates in 1 division (Ticino).

Source: CIA World Factbook (2019 est.) · regional dominance compiled by Glostats from censuses and surveys