 , the gender distribution of the population was 50.4% male and 49.6% female.The population was made up of 1,686 Swiss citizens (92.2% of the population), and 142 non-Swiss residents (7.8%) Of the population in the municipality 625 or about 38.9% were born in Röschenz and lived there in 2000.There were 393 or 24.4% who were born in the same canton, while 396 or 24.6% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 150 or 9.3% were born outside of Switzerland.