{"id":2127,"date":"2025-10-09T11:21:00","date_gmt":"2025-10-09T09:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/integration.ow.ch\/?post_type=faq&#038;p=2127"},"modified":"2025-10-09T11:24:01","modified_gmt":"2025-10-09T09:24:01","slug":"01-wie-ist-die-schweiz-aufgebaut-und-wie-viele-personen-leben-hier","status":"publish","type":"faq","link":"https:\/\/integration.ow.ch\/en\/faq\/01-wie-ist-die-schweiz-aufgebaut-und-wie-viele-personen-leben-hier\/","title":{"rendered":"01: How is Switzerland structured and how many people live here?"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"203\" src=\"https:\/\/integration.ow.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/image.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2130\" srcset=\"https:\/\/integration.ow.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/image.png 300w, https:\/\/integration.ow.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/image-18x12.png 18w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Switzerland consists of <strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bfs.admin.ch\/asset\/de\/453856\">26 cantons<\/a><\/em><\/strong> and <strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bfs.admin.ch\/bfs\/de\/home\/statistiken\/kataloge-datenbanken.assetdetail.33807961.html\">2121 Gemeinden<\/a><\/em><\/strong>. Switzerland has five neighboring countries (Germany, France, Italy, Austria, and the Principality of Liechtenstein) and is not part of the EU. Learn more about Switzerland's political system <strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/integration.ow.ch\/en\/schweiz\/politik\/\">here<\/a><\/em><\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The abbreviation for Switzerland is CH, which stands for Confederation Helvetica. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2024, 9 million people lived in Switzerland. Around 40% of the permanent resident population has a migration background. Further information on the population in Switzerland can be found at <strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bfs.admin.ch\/bfs\/de\/home\/statistiken\/bevoelkerung.html\">here<\/a><\/em><\/strong>. <\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"template":"","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}}},"faq_groups":[4],"class_list":["post-2127","faq","type-faq","status-publish","hentry","faq-group-schweiz-allgemeines"],"uagb_featured_image_src":[],"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"SAOW","author_link":"https:\/\/integration.ow.ch\/en\/author\/saow\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"Die Schweiz besteht aus 26 Kantonen und 2121 Gemeinden. 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