Population 752,808 (July 1997 est.)

Age structure
0-14 years: 25% (male 96,924; female 91,833)
15-64 years: 65% (male 244,821; female 241,580)
65 years and over: 10% (male 33,858; female 43,792) (July 1997 est.)

Population growth rate 1.08% (1997 est.)

Birth rate 15.04 births/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Death rate 7.58 deaths/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Net migration rate 3.34 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1997 est.)

Sex ratio
at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.06 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.01 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.77 male(s)/female
total population : 1 male(s)/female (1997 est.)

Infant mortality rate 8.2 deaths/1,000 live births (1997 est.)

Life expectancy at birth
total population: 76.54 years
male: 74.38 years
female: 78.81 years (1997 est.)

Total fertility rate 2.17 children born/woman (1997 est.)

Nationality
noun: Cypriot(s)
adjective: Cypriot

Ethnic groups Greek 78% (99.5% of the Greeks live in the Greek area; 0.5% of the Greekslive in the Turkish area), Turkish 18% (1.3% of the Turks live in the Greekarea; 98.7% of the Turks live in the Turkish area), other 4% (99.2% of theother ethnic groups live in the Greek area; 0.8% of the other ethnic groupslive in the Turkish area)

Religions Greek Orthodox 78%, Muslim 18%, Maronite, Armenian Apostolic, and other4%

Languages Greek, Turkish, English

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

NOTE: The information regarding Cyprus on this page is re-published from the 1997 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Cyprus People 1997 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Cyprus People 1997 should be addressed to the CIA.