The Cyprus Statistical Service has published the full report on the results of the 2021 Census. In this news we present the first part. The data is compiled into visual infographics.
According to the census results, compared to 2011 data, the country's population has increased by 9.9% and now stands at 923,381 people.
The largest number of people live in the Nicosia region - 350,035 people. The largest population increases occurred in the Ammochostos region (16.5%), Paphos region (14.5%) and Limassol region (11.4%).
The share of the urban population in Cyprus was 66.7%. This figure has remained virtually unchanged compared to 2011.
Of the total population, 719,252 people, or 77.9%, are citizens of Cyprus. A further 93,540 people, or 10.1% of the population, are EU citizens. Among Europeans, the largest proportion are Greeks (4.7% of the population of Cyprus). Third country nationals number 107,168, or 11.6% of the population of Cyprus.
The largest percentage of foreigners live in the Paphos region - 40% of the total number of residents in the region.
When counting the number of people born in Cyprus, statistics show that 688,844 people or 74.6% of the population are natives of Cyprus.
Data on foreigners living in Cyprus can be seen in the table here.
If we make a selection by country of our readers, the statistics will be as follows:
– Greece 35,499, – Russian Federation 16,412, – Georgia 9745, – Ukraine 5650, – Poland 2422, – Moldova 2198, – Belarus 1192, – Latvia 1060, – Armenia 933, – Lithuania 850, – Kazakhstan 331.
The share of women among the foreign population of almost all of the listed countries prevails.
In the second part we will talk about the age composition of the population and the distribution of housing among the population.
The text was prepared based on materials from the Statistical Service.
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