 The population was made up of 606 Swiss citizens (86.8% of the population), and 92 non-Swiss residents (13.2%) Of the population in the municipality 201 or about 31.2% were born in Buckten and lived there in 2000.There were 196 or 30.4% who were born in the same canton, while 164 or 25.5% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 81 or 12.6% were born outside of Switzerland.In there were five live births to Swiss citizens and two births to non-Swiss citizens, and in same time span there were three deaths of Swiss citizens.