, the population was 49.0% male and 51.0% female. The population was made up of 1,173 Swiss men (41.7% of the population) and 208 (7.4%) non-Swiss men. There were 1,231 Swiss women (43.7%) and 204 (7.2%) non-Swiss women. Of the population in the municipality, 715 or about 31.7% were born in Attalens and lived there in 2000. There were 400 or 17.8% who were born in the same canton, while 777 or 34.5% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 294 or 13.1% were born outside of Switzerland.