>__The percentage of Swiss residents over 15 with a migration background rose by 1% to reach the 40% mark last year, new figures reveal.__
>Federal Statistical Office figures published on Monday show that in 2022 2,951,000 permanent residents were of migrant origin in 2022.
>Nearly 80% of these people were born abroad and are therefore part of the first generation (2,342,000 people).
> Of the 2,951,000 permanent residents with a migrant background, 38% have Swiss nationality. The most common foreign nationalities are Italian (10%), German (9%), Portuguese (7%), French (4%), Kosovar (3%) and Spanish (3%).
> The term migration background applies to those without a Swiss passport, those who have become Swiss and those who were born in Switzerland to parents who were born abroad.
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The official Federal Statistical Office figures published on Monday on the migration into Switzerland in 2022.
https://migration.swiss/en/migration-report-2022
Swissinfo writes a bit more about the data:
>__The percentage of Swiss residents over 15 with a migration background rose by 1% to reach the 40% mark last year, new figures reveal.__
>Federal Statistical Office figures published on Monday show that in 2022 2,951,000 permanent residents were of migrant origin in 2022.
>Nearly 80% of these people were born abroad and are therefore part of the first generation (2,342,000 people).
> Of the 2,951,000 permanent residents with a migrant background, 38% have Swiss nationality. The most common foreign nationalities are Italian (10%), German (9%), Portuguese (7%), French (4%), Kosovar (3%) and Spanish (3%).
> The term migration background applies to those without a Swiss passport, those who have become Swiss and those who were born in Switzerland to parents who were born abroad.
https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/society/four-out-of-ten-swiss-residents-have-migration-background/48955814