Population and Demographic Information
Population
1,102,677 (July 2010 est.)
Urban population: 70% of total population (2008)
Population growth rate
1.663% (2010 est.)
Age structure
0-14 years: 17% (male 94,655/female 89,337)
15-64 years: 73.1% (male 411,952/female 381,074)
65 years and over: 9.9% (male 46,610/female 61,120) (2010 est.)
Birth rate
11.38 births/1,000 population
Death rate
6.42 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.)
Net migration rate
11.68 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.)
Sex ratio
Total population: 1.04 male(s)/female (2010 est.)
Under 15 years: 1.06 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.08 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.77 male(s)/female
Life expectancy at birth
Total population: 77.66 years
male: 74.88 years
female: 80.57 years (2010 est.)
Ethnic groups
Greek 77%, Turkish 18%, other 5% (2001)
Literacy
Total population: 97.6%
male: 98.9%
female: 96.3% (2001 census)
Cyprus witnessed a number of Turkish immigrants settling down on the island as an outcome of the Turkish Conquest during the 16th Century. Many Turks were also brought in as laborers to work for the Turkish Sultan. The Turkish Cypriot and Greek Cypriot communities have been separated by the so-called Green Line Since Turkey occupied the north of the island in 1974. The people of Cyprus are broadly divided into two main ethnic communities, Greek Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots. About 78% of people are Greek and 18% are Turkish. Before the disagreement started in 1964 the peoples of Cyprus which was then 77% Greek Cypriots, 18% Turkish Cypriots, 5% other nationalities, including Armenians and Maronites were dispersed over the entire island. The Turkish invasion of in 1974 separated the island into two political areas: 99.5% of Greek Cypriots now live in the Republic of Cyprus, whereas 98.7% of Turkish Cypriots live in Northern Cyprus.
Cyprus had three other ethnic groups like Maronites, Armenians, and Latins together they are around 1 percent of the island’s population. The Maronites and Armenians had come during the Byzantine period, and the Maronites, Arabic-speaking peasants are relocated from Syria and Lebanon. Armenian Cypriots were chiefly urban and business owners; most of them had arrived after the fall down of the Armenian nationalist movement in the Caucasus at the end of World War I. Latins are concentrated among merchant families of the port towns on the southern coast and are largely Greek Orthodox, but retained their French or Italian names.
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