Map of Ethnic distribution (2002)
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Population: 758,363 (July 2000 est.)
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: 0.6% (2000 est.)
Birth rate: 13.27 births/1,000 population (2000 est.)
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: 8.07 deaths/1,000 live births (2000 est.)
Life expectancy at birth:
total population:
76.71 years
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 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 (an Eastern Catholic church), 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.)