in there were 10 live births to swiss citizens and 5 births to non-swiss citizens, and in same time span there were 16 deaths of swiss citizens and 2 non-swiss citizen deaths. ignoring immigration and emigration, the population of swiss citizens decreased by 6 while the foreign population increased by 3. there were 2 swiss men who emigrated from switzerland. at the same time, there were 15 non-swiss men and 8 non-swiss women who immigrated from another country to switzerland. the total swiss population change in 2008 (from all sources) was an increase of 4 and the non-swiss population change was an increase of 3 people. this represents a population growth rate of 0.4%.