in there were 35 live births to swiss citizens and 3 births to non-swiss citizens, and in same time span there were 21 deaths of swiss citizens. ignoring immigration and emigration, the population of swiss citizens increased by 14 while the foreign population increased by 3. there was 1 swiss man who emigrated from switzerland. at the same time, there were 9 non-swiss men and 7 non-swiss women who immigrated from another country to switzerland. the total swiss population change in 2008 (from all sources, including moves across municipal borders) was a decrease of 8 and the non-swiss population increased by 4 people. this represents a population growth rate of -0.1%.