Demographics of Cyprus

Source UN (World Population Prospects 2019)
Date30 Oct 2021

As of 2021, the population of Cyprus is projected at 1.22 million, up by 0.68% compared with 1.21 million in 2020. Cyprus is ranked 158th in terms of population and 143rd in terms of population growth rate.

There are 0.01 million births in Cyprus in 2021. That is 33 per day, which is ranked 166th. The crude birth rate is 9.78 per 1000 people. There are 0.01 million deaths in Cyprus in 2021. That is 24 per day, which is ranked 156th. The crude death rate is 7.27 per 1000 people.

0.81 million people are living in urban areas, which is 66.86% of Cyprus population. Cyprus is ranked 111th in terms of urbanization.

The Sex Ratio in Cyprus in 2021 is 99.95 males per 100 females. There are 607.6 thousand males and 608 thousand females in Cyprus. The percentage of female population is 50.01% compare to 49.99% male population. Cyprus has 328 more females than males. Cyprus is at 124th position out of 201 countries/territories in terms of female to male ratio.

  • Population
  • Growth rate

Cyprus population

Year Population Growth (%)
1950494,018-
1955529,9701.69
1960572,9331.05
1965580,9720.41
1970613,6181.24
1975649,7531.16
1980685,4080.79
1985703,6940.86
1990766,6162.07
1995855,3912.18
2000943,2881.86
20051,027,6571.71
20101,112,6171.32
20151,160,9870.75
20161,170,1890.79
20171,179,6850.81
20181,189,2620.81
20191,198,5740.78
20201,207,3610.73
20211,215,5880.68
  • Total
  • Crude

Cyprus death and birth rate

Year Total Crude(per 1000)
DeathBirthCrude deathCrude birth
19504,17114,3168.4628.94
19554,36414,2258.1726.66
19604,24614,4737.5125.56
19653,89113,1756.6422.47
19704,58211,7237.4519.11
19755,37812,1248.2918.65
19805,20713,5397.6519.88
19855,15214,4647.2420.34
19905,37514,6786.9919.05
19955,89614,0306.9016.45
20006,45312,4496.8513.20
20056,98812,1896.7911.82
20107,47312,7486.7611.52
20157,94912,8036.8411.01
20208,66212,0707.1810.01
20218,82611,8697.279.78
  • Population
  • Urbanization

Urban and rural population of Cyprus

Year Population Urbanization
UrbanRuralgrowth rate (%)Urban (%)
1950140,220353,795-28.384
1955171,363358,6094.3132.334
1960204,124368,8062.8035.628
1965221,858359,1081.7538.188
1970250,120363,5012.5540.761
1975307,187342,5686.2647.277
1980401,746283,6604.7958.614
1985455,131248,5561.5264.678
1990511,911254,7032.7166.776
1995581,986273,3982.3768.038
2000647,550295,7362.0468.648
2005701,562326,0961.5068.268
2010751,576361,0311.1167.551
2015777,234383,7510.6266.946
2020806,754400,5890.7766.821
2021812,868402,9820.7666.856
  • Population pyramid
  • Gender ratio

Cyprus population by Age Group (2011)

Age group Male Female Total M per 100 F
PersonsShare (%)
00-04 32,812 30,906 63,718 5.24 106.167
05-09 34,845 32,905 67,750 5.57 105.896
10-14 35,296 33,246 68,542 5.64 106.166
15-19 38,366 35,317 73,683 6.06 108.633
20-24 47,838 42,293 90,131 7.41 113.111
25-29 51,262 45,891 97,153 7.99 111.704
30-34 50,317 46,444 96,761 7.96 108.339
35-39 46,226 46,858 93,084 7.66 98.651
40-44 43,115 45,704 88,819 7.31 94.335
45-49 39,754 41,255 81,009 6.66 96.362
50-54 37,227 39,386 76,613 6.30 94.518
55-59 36,484 36,237 72,721 5.98 100.682
60-64 32,287 34,107 66,394 5.46 94.664
65-69 27,569 29,115 56,684 4.66 94.690
70-74 22,218 24,730 46,948 3.86 89.842
75-79 15,477 18,596 34,073 2.80 83.228
80-84 10,137 13,390 23,527 1.94 75.706
85-89 4,661 7,555 12,216 1.00 61.694
90-94 1,471 3,203 4,674 0.38 45.926
95-99 249 735 984 0.08 33.878
100+ 19 85 104 0.01 22.353
Total 607,630 607,958 1,215,588 99.946