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Demographics of Cyprus

Demographics of Cyprus
Population pyramid of Cyprus in 2020
Population1,295,102 (2022 est.)
Growth rate1.06% (2022 est.)
Birth rate10.57 births/1,000 population (2022 est.)
Death rate6.94 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.)
Life expectancy79.74 years
 • male76.93 years
 • female82.68 years (2022 est.)
Fertility rate1.48 children born/woman (2022 est.)
Infant mortality rate8.36 deaths/1,000 live births
Net migration rate6.96 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2022 est.)
Age structure
0–14 years15.69%
65 and over12.97%
Sex ratio
Total0.93 male(s)/female (2022 est.)
At birth1.05 male(s)/female
Under 151.05 male(s)/female
65 and over0.55 male(s)/female
Nationality
NationalityCypriot
Major ethnicGreek Cypriots 98.8%
Minor ethnicOthers 1% (including Turkish, Armenian, Maronite) and unspecified 0.2%
Language
OfficialGreek, Turkish
Population distribution by ethnicity (1960 census)
Census population and growth rate
YearPop.±% p.a.
1881186,173—    
1891209,286+1.18%
1901237,022+1.25%
1911274,108+1.46%
1921310,715+1.26%
1931347,915+1.14%
1946450,114+1.73%
1960573,566+1.75%
1973631,788+0.75%
1976497,879−7.63%
1982522,845+0.82%
1992615,013+1.64%
2001703,529+1.51%
2011840,407+1.79%
2021923,272+0.94%
The post 1974 censuses refer to the Government controlled areas.[1]

The people of Cyprus are broadly divided into two main ethnic communities, Greek Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots, who share many cultural traits but maintain distinct identities based on ethnicity, religion, language, and close ties with Greece and Turkey respectively. Before the dispute started in 1964 the peoples of Cyprus (then 77.1% Greek Cypriots, 18.2% Turkish Cypriots, <5% other communities, primarily Armenians, Maronites, and other Lebanese)[2][3] were dispersed over the entire island.

The Turkish invasion of Cyprus in 1974 de facto partitioned the island into two political areas: 99.5% of Greek Cypriots now live in the south part of the Republic of Cyprus while 98.7% of Turkish Cypriots live in northern areas. (99.2% of other nationalities live in the Greek Cypriot areas in the center, west, east and south).[4] Greek and Cypriot dialect are predominantly spoken in the east, west, south and centre, where the majority are Greek Cypriots, and Turkish in the north, where the majority are Turkish Cypriots. English is widely used throughout the island, as a common language.

The total population of Cyprus as of the end of 2006 was slightly over 1 million, comprising 789,300 in the territory controlled by the government of the Republic of Cyprus[5] and 294,406 in the northern areas of Cyprus. The population of the northern areas of Cyprus has increased following the immigration of 150,000–160,000 Turkish mainlanders, which the UN confirmed to have arrived illegally.[6] On this basis, the Republic of Cyprus government does not include this group in the population statistics of the Republic of Cyprus Statistical Service.[7]

  1. ^ "Census 2021". Statistical Service. Retrieved 22 June 2023.
  2. ^ Hatay, Mete; Hatay, Mete; Contents, Erol Uysal. Is the Turkish Cypriot Population Shrinking? An Overview of the Ethno-Demography of Cyprus in the Light of the Preliminary Results of the 2006 Turkish-Cypriot Census. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.374.6154.
  3. ^ "Cyprus - Population". countrystudies.us. Retrieved 2021-05-27.
  4. ^ Cyprus Facts on Worldpress.org. Retrieved 29 February 2009
  5. ^ Statistical Service of the Republic of Cyprus, DEMOGRAPHIC REPORT 2007 (p. 12)
  6. ^ "1987/50 1987 — Permanent Mission of the Republic of Cyprus to the United Nations". www.cyprusun.org. Retrieved 2021-05-28.
  7. ^ Cyprus Government web portal: Towns and Population Archived 2011-06-07 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved on 28 February 2009

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