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The number of [[Swiss nationality law|Swiss nationals]] has grown from 1.7 million in 1815 to 8.7 million in 2020. More than 1.5 million Swiss citizens hold [[multiple citizenship]].<ref>
916k out of 5,293k of permanent residents of Switzerland aged 15 and over ({{cite web|title=Ständige Wohnbevölkerung ab 15 Jahren nach doppelter Staatszugehörigkeit (2016)|language=de|url=https://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/de/home/statistiken/bevoelkerung/migration-integration/erwerb-schweizer-buergerrecht-doppelbuerger.assetdetail.4242679.html|access-date=20 April 2018}}) plus 570k out of 775k [[Swiss abroad]] ({{cite web|title=Auslandschweizerstatistik 2016|language=de|url=https://www.eda.admin.ch/dam/eda/de/documents/publications/AuslandschweizerinnenundAuslandschweizer/Auslandschweizerstatistik/2016-Auslandschweizerstatistik_de.pdf|access-date=20 April 2018}}).</ref> About 11% of citizens [[Swiss abroad|live abroad]] (0.8 million, of whom 0.6 million hold multiple citizenship). About 60% of those living abroad reside in the [[European Union]] (0.46 million). The largest groups of Swiss descendants and nationals outside Europe are found in the [[Swiss Americans|United States]], Brazil and [[Swiss Canadian|Canada]].
Although the [[Switzerland as a federal state|modern state of Switzerland]] originated in 1848, the period of [[romantic nationalism]], it is not a [[nation-state]], and the Swiss are not a single [[ethnic group]], but rather are a [[Confederation|confederacy]] (''{{lang|de|[[Eidgenossenschaft]]}}'') or ''{{lang|de|[[Willensnation]]}}'' ("nation of will", "nation by choice", that is, a [[consociational state]]), a term coined in conscious contrast to "[[nation]]" in the conventionally linguistic or ethnic sense of the term.
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