Population Distribution
| Total population |
1,266,676 |
| Population growth rate |
1.15% |
| Birth rate |
11.30 births per 1,000 residents |
| Life expectancy |
|
| Overall life expectancy |
78.17 years |
| Men life expectancy |
75.38 years |
| Women life expectancy |
81.09 years |
| Age structure |
|
| 0-14 years |
15.64% |
| 15-64 years |
71.98% |
| 65 years and above |
12.38% |
| Median age |
36.10 years |
| Gender ratio |
1.04 M / F |
| Population density |
136.92 residents per km² |
| Urbanization |
69.20% |
| Cities |
|
| (F 2014) Lefkosía / Lefkosa (Nicosia; divided since
1974) 241,000 residents, Lemesós (Limassol) 180,000, Lárnaka 84,800, Néa
Páfos (Paphos) 63,500, Káto Polemídia 22,369, Aglantziá 20,783 |
| Ethnicities |
|
| 98.8% Greeks, 1.2 others (including Maronites,
Armenians, Turks) - proportion of foreigners 2015: 17.1% |
| Religions |
|
| Greek Orthodox 78%, Muslims 18%, Maronites, Armenian
Apostolic and members of other religions 4% |
| Human Development Index (HDI) |
0.873 |
| HDI ranking |
31 |
People in Cyprus
In the Republic of Cyprus there are 850,000 mainly
Greek residents. In the north of the island there are
another 345,000 people, mostly of Turkish origin. Most
of the Greek Cypriots are Orthodox Christians, the
Turkish Cypriots are mostly Sunni Muslims. By the way,
there are two different names for the residents of
Cyprus: "Cypriots" and "Cypriots". Both are correct.
You can find different information about the
population. But there are many more people living in the
Greek than in the Turkish part. The Cypriot Greeks make
up about 72 percent of the island's total population.
Before the division of the country, the Cypriot Greeks
and Cypriot Turks were scattered across the island.
Today it looks very different, only a few Greeks live in
the north and, conversely, only a few Turks in the
south.
Languages in Cyprus
In the Greek part you logically speak Greek and in
the Turkish part Turkish, but also Arabic. The Cypriot
Greeks speak their own Greek dialect, which is typical
for the island.
Religions in Cyprus
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