Short facts about people of Cyprus

Population:

762,887 (July 2001 est.)

Age structure:

0-14 years:  22.95% (male 89,532; female 85,518) 15-64 years:  66.26% (male 255,368; female 250,140) 65 years and over:  10.79% (male 35,864; female 46,465) (2001 est.)

Population growth rate:

0.59% (2001 est.)

Birth rate:

13.08 births/1,000 population (2001 est.)

Death rate:

7.65 deaths/1,000 population (2001 est.)

Net migration rate:

0.44 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 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 (2001 est.)

Infant mortality rate:

7.89 deaths/1,000 live births (2001 est.)

Life expectancy at birth:

total population:  76.89 years male:  74.6 years female:  79.3 years (2001 est.)

Total fertility rate:

1.93 children born/woman (2001 est.)

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:

0.1% (1999 est.)

HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:

400 (1999 est.)

HIV/AIDS - deaths:

NA

Nationality:

noun:  Cypriot(s) adjective:  Cypriot

Ethnic groups:

Greek 78% (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 4% (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, Turkish, English

Literacy:

definition:  age 15 and over can read and write total population:  94% male:  98% female:  91% (1987 est.)

Source: World Factbook