Cyprus Geography

Population

Population: 780,133 (2005 est)
Density: 218 / sq mi (2005)
Age structure:
0-14 years: 23% (male 91,075; female 86,832)
15-64 years: 66% (male 252,252; female 247,464)
65 years and over: 11% (male 35,149; female 45,591) (2000 est.)
Population growth rate: 0.5% (2005)
Birth rate: 12.6 births/1,000 population (2005)
Death rate: 7.68 deaths/1,000 population (2000 est.)
Net migration rate: 0.44 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.)
Sex ratio:
At birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
Under 15 years: 1.05 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.02 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.77 male(s)/female
Total population: 1 male(s)/female (2000 EST.)
Infant mortality rate: 7.2 deaths/1,000 live births (2005)
Life expectancy at birth:
Total population: 77.7 years (2005)
Male: 74.43 years
Female: 79.1 years (2000 est.)
Total fertility rate: 1.95 children born/woman (2000 est.)
Nationality:
Noun: Cypriot(s)
Adjective: Cypriot
Ethnic groups: Greek 77% (2001) (99.5% of the Greeks live in the Greek Cypriot area; 0.5% of the Greeks live in the Turkish Cypriot area), Turkish 18% (1.3% of the Turks live in the Greek Cypriot area; 98.7% of the Turks live in the Turkish Cypriot area), other 5%(2001) (99.2% of the other ethnic groups live in the Greek Cypriot area; 0.8% of the other ethnic groups live in the Turkish Cypriot area)
Religions: Greek Orthodox 78%, Muslim 18%, Maronite, Armenian Apostolic, and other 4%
Languages: Greek and Turkish (official), and English
Literacy:
Definition: age 15 and over can read and write
Total population: 94%
Male: 98% (2003 est)
Female: 91% (1987 est.)

Main Source: Department of Statistics