 Most of the population () speaks German (1,197 or 96.5%), with French being second most common (9 or 0.7%) and Italian language being third (8 or 0.6%)., the gender distribution of the population was 50.5% male and 49.5% female.The population was made up of 1,249 Swiss citizens (92.3% of the population), and 104 non-Swiss residents (7.7%) Of the population in the municipality 500 or about 40.3% were born in Wahlen and lived there in 2000.