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🇨🇾 Cyprus

Overview

ISO 3166-1 alpha-3CYP
ISO 3166-1 alpha-2CY
UN M49 numeric196
IOC codeCYP
Official nameRepublic of Cyprus
Native name(s)ell: official: Δημοκρατία της Κύπρος; common: Κύπρος; tur: official: Kıbrıs Cumhuriyeti; common: Kıbrıs
Alt spellingsCY, Kýpros, Kıbrıs, Republic of Cyprus, Κυπριακή Δημοκρατία, Kıbrıs Cumhuriyeti
Statusofficially-assigned
IndependentYes
UN memberYes

Geography

RegionEurope
SubregionSouthern Europe
UN regional groupAsia and the Pacific Group
CapitalNicosia
Area (km²)9,251
Lat / Lng35.0000, 33.0000
LandlockedNo
Borders (ISO3)
Top-level domain.cy
Calling coderoot: +3; suffixes: 57

Demographics

Population (World Bank)1,370,754 (2025)
Life expectancy (years, World Bank)81.821 (2024)
Languagesell: Greek; tur: Turkish
Demonymseng: f: Cypriot; m: Cypriot; fra: f: Chypriote; m: Chypriote
Population time-series (UN WPP)74

Economy

GDP (current USD)41,225,787,247.331 (2025)
GDP per capita (current USD)41,783.09 (2025)
Unemployment rate (%)4.924 (2025)
CurrenciesEUR: name: Euro; symbol: €

Population by year (UN WPP)

74 yearly data points — click to expand
YearPopulation
1950493,871
1951501,050
1952508,690
1953516,730
1954525,111
1955533,865
1956543,071
1957552,830
1958563,284
1959574,559
1960586,490
1961595,514
1962601,466
1963607,252
1964612,521
1965617,736
1966623,390
1967629,251
1968635,157
1969641,189
1970647,446
1971654,050
1972661,063
1973665,937
1974663,254
1975659,405
1976662,032
1977667,101
1978672,249
1979677,549
1980683,076
1981688,893
1982696,497
1983707,225
1984719,334
1985731,277
1986743,105
1987754,785
1988766,235
1989777,420
1990788,351
1991798,944
1992810,341
1993826,034
1994844,667
1995862,695
1996880,290
1997897,568
1998914,548
1999931,234
2000947,667
2001964,127
2002981,440
2003999,590
20041,017,875
20051,036,151
20061,054,418
20071,072,714
20081,091,026
20091,109,371
20101,127,816
20111,146,493
20121,165,397
20131,183,895
20141,201,801
20151,219,502
20161,237,112
20171,254,275
20181,270,737
20191,286,671
20201,302,247
20211,317,309
20221,331,370
20231,344,976

Full raw record (JSON)

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