, the population was 49.3% male and 50.7% female. The population was made up of 995 Swiss men (42.3% of the population) and 164 (7.0%) non-Swiss men. There were 1,052 Swiss women (44.7%) and 142 (6.0%) non-Swiss women. Of the population in the municipality, 859 or about 39.4% were born in Courtételle and lived there in 2000. There were 748 or 34.3% who were born in the same canton, while 264 or 12.1% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 272 or 12.5% were born outside of Switzerland.