 The population was made up of 1,425 Swiss citizens (90.4% of the population), and 152 non-Swiss residents (9.6%) Of the population in the municipality 418 or about 30.1% were born in Diegten and lived there in 2000.There were 451 or 32.4% who were born in the same canton, while 378 or 27.2% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 108 or 7.8% were born outside of Switzerland.In there were 11 live births to Swiss citizens and 5 births to non-Swiss citizens, and in same time span there were 10 deaths of Swiss citizens and 1 non-Swiss citizen death.