 , the gender distribution of the population was 48.7% male and 51.3% female.The population was made up of 9,281 Swiss citizens (78.4% of the population), and 2,560 non-Swiss residents (21.6%) Of the population in the municipality 2,272 or about 19.4% were born in Münchenstein and lived there in 2000.There were 1,716 or 14.7% who were born in the same canton, while 4,888 or 41.8% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 2,412 or 20.6% were born outside of Switzerland.