, the population was 49.7% male and 50.3% female. the population was made up of 236 swiss men (46.2% of the population) and 18 (3.5%) non-swiss men. there were 235 swiss women (46.0%) and 22 (4.3%) non-swiss women. of the population in the municipality, 232 or about 40.0% were born in brienzwiler and lived there in 2000. there were 181 or 31.2% who were born in the same canton, while 102 or 17.6% were born somewhere else in switzerland, and 62 or 10.7% were born outside of switzerland.