• PEOPLE NAME: GERMANS OF SWITZERLAND

Affinity Group: European Peoples

Affinity Bloc: Eurasian Peoples

People Cluster: Germanic

Language: Standard German - (deu)

Alternate Name(s):

Primary Religion: Christianity - Roman Catholicism

Country: Switzerland

Also found in: Australia; Austria; Belgium; Bolivia; Brazil; Canada; Czechia; Denmark; Germany; Hungary; Kazakhstan; Liechtenstein; Luxembourg; Mexico; Namibia; Netherlands; New Zealand; Paraguay; Poland; Singapore; Slovenia; South Africa; Spain; United States

Population: 314,000

Global Population: 74,688,900


PEID: 588

ROP: 103305

Progress of the Gospel: No Longer Unreached

Global Status of Evangelical Christianity: 2% or Greater but Less than 5% Evangelical


Overview: The Germans of Switzerland, numbering 314,000, are No Longer Unreached. They are part of the Germanic people cluster within the Eurasian Peoples affinity bloc. Globally, this group totals 74,688,900 in 25 countries. Their primary language is Standard German. The primary religion practiced by the Germans is Roman Catholicism, the largest branch of the Christian church and one of the oldest religious institutions in the world. Roman Catholicism teaches that it is the one true Church founded by Jesus Christ and that its bishops are the successors of Christ.


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