, the population was 48.6% male and 51.4% female. The population was made up of 255 Swiss men (43.3% of the population) and 31 (5.3%) non-Swiss men. There were 279 Swiss women (47.4%) and 24 (4.1%) non-Swiss women. Of the population in the municipality, 76 or about 13.9% were born in Meyriez and lived there in 2000. There were 134 or 24.5% who were born in the same canton, while 235 or 43.0% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 90 or 16.5% were born outside of Switzerland.