People in Cyprus by citizenship

At the 2021 census, Cyprus counted 923,381 people, broken down below by citizenship.

Population by

Citizenship, by country Country of birth

Citizenship, by country. Legal citizenship by individual country of citizenship, at district level. Not country of birth: a person can hold Cypriot citizenship and have been born abroad, or hold a foreign citizenship and have been born in Cyprus. Citizenship can be acquired; birthplace cannot.

Published groups

The categories CYSTAT itself publishes. These are not countries.

Population by category
Category	People in Cyprus	Share of population
Total Population	923,381	100.00%^*
Other European Union Citizens - Total	93,540	10.13%^*
Non European Union Citizens - Total	107,168	11.61%^*
China (including Hong Kong)	2,034	0.22%^*

Individual countries (59)

Counted at the 2021 census, 1 October 2021. Select one to see how it is spread across districts.

Population by category
Category	People in Cyprus	Share of population
Cypriots *	719,252	77.89%^*
Greece	43,438	4.70%^*
Romania	20,375	2.21%^*
United Kingdom	18,918	2.05%^*
Bulgaria	16,186	1.75%^*
Syria	13,096	1.42%^*
Russia	12,250	1.33%^*
Philippines	8,104	0.88%^*
India	8,085	0.88%^*
Nepal	6,949	0.75%^*
Sri Lanka	6,654	0.72%^*
Ukraine	3,977	0.43%^*
Egypt	2,657	0.29%^*
Vietnam	2,619	0.28%^*
Poland	2,379	0.26%^*
Georgia	2,223	0.24%^*
Germany	2,167	0.23%^*
Lebanon	1,748	0.19%^*
Bangladesh	1,633	0.18%^*
Cameroon	1,266	0.14%^*
Pakistan	1,212	0.13%^*
Iran	1,120	0.12%^*
Latvia	1,089	0.12%^*
Israel	1,066	0.12%^*
Moldova	1,055	0.11%^*
Italy	996	0.11%^*
France	871	0.09%^*
Slovakia	853	0.09%^*
Nigeria	849	0.09%^*
Lithuania	842	0.09%^*
Belarus	780	0.08%^*
Palestinian territory	753	0.08%^*
Somalia	636	0.07%^*
Sweden	630	0.07%^*
Iraq	630	0.07%^*
Hungary	614	0.07%^*
United States	564	0.06%^*
Congo	526	0.06%^*
Jordan	503	0.05%^*
Netherlands	471	0.05%^*
South Africa	450	0.05%^*
Ireland	443	0.05%^*
Serbia	421	0.05%^*
Armenia	373	0.04%^*
Spain	348	0.04%^*
Turkey	334	0.04%^*
Democratic Republic of the Congo	312	0.03%^*
Czechia	288	0.03%^*
Austria	257	0.03%^*
Portugal	236	0.03%^*
Canada	225	0.02%^*
Estonia	218	0.02%^*
Belgium	196	0.02%^*
Denmark	184	0.02%^*
Finland	176	0.02%^*
Croatia	106	0.01%^*
Slovenia	89	0.01%^*
Malta	76	0.01%^*
Luxembourg	12	<0.01%^*

Residual and non-response

“Other countries” is the publisher’s catch-all; “Not stated” is people who did not answer. Neither is redistributed across the other rows or treated as zero.

Population by category
Category	People in Cyprus	Share of population
Other Countries	3,146	0.34%^*
Not Stated	3,421	0.37%^*

^* Calculated by Humanity Observatory from published figures.

Where these numbers come from →

Modification notice and disclaimer

The counts on this page are published by Statistical Service of Cyprus and are reproduced unchanged. Humanity Observatory has additionally derived the following from them:

Shares of the population, computed as one published count divided by another published count for the same geography, period and dataset.

Figures on this page derived by Humanity Observatory from CYSTAT data are modifications of the published statistics; the modification is described in the methodology note attached to each figure. CYSTAT does not accept liability for any damage or other consequences arising from the direct or indirect use of the disseminated information, and does not guarantee that published figures will remain unchanged.

Source: Statistical Service of Cyprus (CYSTAT). Reuse terms.