, the population was 49.5% male and 50.5% female. The population was made up of 1,025 Swiss men (46.3% of the population) and 73 (3.3%) non-Swiss men. There were 1,078 Swiss women (48.6%) and 40 (1.8%) non-Swiss women. Of the population in the municipality, 755 or about 37.5% were born in Madiswil and lived there in 2000. There were 769 or 38.2% who were born in the same canton, while 296 or 14.7% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 126 or 6.3% were born outside of Switzerland.