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Cyprus
Community
Area 9,251 square kilometres of which 3,355 are in the Turkish-occupied north (land area 9,241 square kilometres).
Population,
185,630 (1881)
209,286 (1891)
237,022 (1901)
274,108 (1911)
310,875 (1921)
347,959 (1931)
450,114 (1946)
573,566 (1960)
613,600 (1970) +7.0%
685,400 (1980) +11.7%
766,600 (1990) +11.8%
943,200 (2000) +23.0%
1,112,600 (2010) +18.0%
1,207,400 (2020) +8.5%
Ethnicity and Religion
|
|
Greek Cypriot |
Turkish Cypriot |
Christian1 |
Muslim |
|
1901 |
|
|
78.3 |
21.6 |
|
1921 |
|
|
78.8 |
19.7 |
|
1931 |
|
|
79.5 |
18.5 |
|
1946 |
80.2 |
19.8 |
80.4 |
17.9 |
|
1960 |
78.9 |
18.3 |
80.7 |
19.3 |
|
1973 |
78.5 |
18.4 |
|
|
|
1990 |
78.0 |
18.0 |
|
|
|
2001 |
77.0 |
18.0 |
82.0 |
18.0 |
|
2010 |
|
|
78.0 |
20.0 |
1Mostly Greek Orthodox
Birth and death rates Below replacement rate = 2.1
|
|
Fertility Rate |
Birth Rate |
Infant Mortality |
Death Rate |
% Aged Under 15 |
% Aged Over 65 |
% Urban |
|
1950 |
|
|
|
|
34.5 |
6.0 |
24.3 |
|
1952 |
|
27.0 (+16.0) |
|
11.0 |
|
|
|
|
1962 |
3.4 |
25.0 (+13.9) |
|
7.1 |
36.2 |
6.3 |
36.7 |
|
1972 |
2.5 |
18.0 (+10.0) |
|
8.0 |
29.3 |
10.0 |
41.8 |
|
1980 |
2.4 |
20.0 (+12.4) |
19.0 |
7.6 |
25.0 |
9.4 |
58.6 |
|
1990 |
2.4 |
19.0 (+12.0) |
10.0 |
7.0 |
25.5 |
9.9 |
66.8 |
|
2000 |
1.7 |
12.6 (+5.8) |
5.8 |
6.8 |
22.4 |
10.2 |
68.6 |
|
2010 |
1.5 |
11.4 (+4.6) |
3.0 |
6.8 |
17.8 |
11.4 |
67.6 |
|
2015 |
1.4 |
11.0 (+4.2) |
2.2 |
6.8 |
16.9 |
12.8 |
66.9 |
|
2017 |
1.4 |
10.7 (+3.7) |
2.0 |
7.0 |
|
|
|
|
2018 |
|
|
1.9 |
|
16.8 |
13.7 |
66.8 |
Life expectancy,
66.2 (1949); 63.6 (M), 68.8 (F)
69.6 (1960); 67.6 (M), 71.7 (F)
72.5 (1970); 70.5 (M), 74.6 (F)
74.8 (1980); 72.8 (M), 78.6 (F)
76.5 (1990); 74.5 (M), 78.6 (F)
78.0 (2000); 75.9 (M), 80.1 (F)
79.4 (2010); 77.2 (M), 81.6 (F)
81.1 (2020); 79.0 (M), 83.1 (F)
Population of principal cities
|
|
Famagusta1 |
Larnaca |
Limassol |
NICOSIA2 |
Paphos |
|
1500 |
30,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
1878 |
|
|
6,000 |
|
|
|
1890 |
|
|
|
12,000 |
|
|
1901 |
3,825 |
7,964 |
8,298 |
14,752 |
3,134 |
|
1946 |
16,194 |
14,746 |
22,693 |
34,463 |
5,797 |
|
1960 |
34,800 |
19,800 |
43,600 |
95,500 |
|
|
1968 |
|
21,000 |
50,000 |
112,000 |
11,500 |
|
1973 |
|
|
|
116,120 |
|
|
1988 |
39,500 |
48,300 |
107,200 |
149,100 |
20,800 |
|
1991 |
|
59,600 |
129,700 |
166,500 |
30,900 |
|
2000 |
|
70,500 |
159,800 |
199,100 |
40,900 |
|
2009 |
|
|
|
205,633 |
|
|
2011 |
50,465 |
|
239,842 MA |
|
|
|
2015 |
|
144,200 |
|
330,000 MA |
90,200 MA |
1Famagusta was a major seaport in the 16th century under the Venetians, but declined after Cyprus was conquered by Turkey in 1571.
2Nicosia is named after Nike, the Greek goddess of victory.
Wealth; Gross Domestic Product (nominal values)
|
|
GDP, US$ million |
Total GDP, % of USA |
GDP per capita, US$ |
GDP per capita % of USA |
|
1956 |
200 |
0.06 |
|
|
|
1965 |
370 |
0.05 |
670 |
17.50 |
|
1970 |
560 |
0.05 |
1,059 |
20.18 |
|
1975 |
489 |
0.03 |
976 |
12.48 |
|
1980 |
2,150 |
0.08 |
3,968 |
31.50 |
|
1985 |
2,430 |
0.06 |
4,394 |
24.05 |
|
1990 |
5,570 |
0.10 |
9,730 |
40.62 |
|
1995 |
8,860 |
0.12 |
11,510 |
38.28 |
|
2000 |
10,180 |
0.10 |
14,017 |
38.46 |
|
2005 |
18,700 |
0.14 |
25,300 |
57.10 |
|
2010 |
25,560 |
0.17 |
30,800 |
63.67 |
|
2015 |
19,560 |
0.11 |
23,075 |
41.05 |
|
2016 |
19,810 |
0.11 |
23,342 |
40.62 |
GDP by primary sector
|
|
Agriculture % GDP |
Agriculture % employed |
Industry % GDP |
Industry % employed |
Services % GDP |
Services % employed |
|
1960 |
|
40.0 |
|
|
|
|
|
1970 |
|
39.0 |
|
|
|
|
|
1980 |
|
26.0 |
|
|
|
|
|
1990 |
|
15.0 |
|
21.0 |
|
64.0 |
|
1995 |
6.0 |
|
43.0 |
|
51.0 |
|
|
2004 |
|
14.5 |
|
29.0 |
|
56.5 |
|
2010 |
|
8.5 |
18.6 |
20.5 |
79.3 |
|
|
2010 (Turkish) |
8.6 |
|
22.5 |
|
69.1 |
|
|
2014 |
|
3.8 |
|
15.2 |
|
81.0 |
|
2016 |
2.3 |
|
11.0 |
|
86.7 |
|
Communications
Language Official, Greek and Turkish.� English widely spoken
|
|
Greek |
Turkish |
|
1910 |
75.0 |
25.0 |
|
1946 |
80.3 |
17.8 |
|
1990 |
74.0 |
24.0 |
Literacy
61.0% (1946)
76.0% (1960)
92.5% (1985)
94.4% (1992); 97.8% (M), 90.1% (F)
97.2% (2000); 98.8% (M), 95.7% (F)
97.7% (2010); 99.0% (M), 96.6% (F)
99.1% (2015); 99.5% (M), 98.7% (F)
Physical communications � roads
|
|
Roads (km) |
Surfaced (km) |
Motor vehicles |
Cars |
Commercial Vehicles |
Railways (km) |
|
1938 |
4,155 |
|
|
|
|
114 |
|
1956 |
|
|
20,800 |
14,000 |
|
0 |
|
1965 |
|
|
42,500 |
|
|
|
|
1977 |
9,885 |
|
|
71,600 |
15,500 |
|
|
1979 |
10,012 |
4,936 |
|
|
|
|
|
1986 |
|
|
285,000 |
|
54,100 |
|
|
1991 |
10,211 |
5,452 |
377,886 |
|
88,084 |
|
|
1997 |
|
|
472,132 |
|
|
|
|
2000 |
11,141 |
|
|
267,589 |
114,666 |
|
|
2004 |
|
|
|
321,654 |
117,819 |
0 |
|
2008 |
14,671 |
|
569,000 |
432,702 |
|
|
|
2009 |
|
|
|
450,182 |
|
|
|
2011 |
20,006 |
8,564 |
591,000 |
|
|
|
|
2013 |
|
|
644,100 |
|
|
|
Railways
First railway opened 1905, Famagusta to Nicosia, 59 kilometres.� Extended 38 kilometres Nicosia to Morphou, 1907.�� All railways (114 km, 1951) closed end 1951.
Electronic communications, �TV broadcasts began 1956
|
|
Telephones (landlines) |
Mobile Telephones |
Radios |
Televisions |
PCs |
Internet Users |
|
1938 |
|
|
2,600 |
|
|
|
|
1948 |
2,405 |
|
8,395 |
|
|
|
|
1950 |
|
|
13,000 |
|
|
|
|
1960 |
|
|
100,000 |
|
|
|
|
1968 |
|
|
149,563 |
30,748 |
|
|
|
1974 |
|
|
|
85,000 |
|
|
|
1977 |
86,000 |
|
200,000 |
|
|
|
|
1979 |
104,268 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1983 |
158,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1988 |
210,000 |
|
200,000 |
89,000 |
|
|
|
1990 |
384,810 |
|
|
|
15,000 |
|
|
1993 |
|
|
270,000 |
234,000 |
25,000 |
|
|
1997 |
|
45,000 |
310,000 |
|
|
|
|
2000 |
|
|
|
|
150,000 |
|
|
2002 |
427,500 |
417,900 |
|
275,000 |
210,000 |
210,000 |
|
2005 |
|
718,800 |
|
295,000 |
|
310,000 |
|
2010 |
500,000 |
992,000 |
|
|
|
525,000 |
|
2016 |
320,573 |
1,133,780 |
|
|
|
915,000 |
Tourism: Visitors to Cyprus,
90,000 (1968)
405,908 (1972)
150,478 (1974) (1)
500,000 (1980)
813,607 (1985)
1,561,000 (1990)
2,100,000 (1995)
2,686,000 (2000)
2,470,063 (2005)
2,173,000 (2010)
2,659,000 (2015)
(1) Turkish invasion of northern Cyprus July 1974