People in Cyprus by country of birth

At the 2021 census, Cyprus counted 923,381 people, broken down below by country of birth.

Population by

Citizenship, by country Country of birth

Country of birth. The country a person was born in, at district level. Not citizenship, and not migration status: being born abroad does not make someone a migrant, and being born in Cyprus does not make someone a citizen.

Published groups

The categories CYSTAT itself publishes. These are not countries.

Population by category
Category	People in Cyprus	Share of population
Total	923,381	100.00%^*
Other European Union Countries - Total	86,026	9.32%^*
Non European Union Countries - Total	142,514	15.43%^*
China (including Hong Kong)	2,254	0.24%^*

Individual countries (65)

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
Cyprus	688,844	74.60%^*
Greece	35,499	3.84%^*
United Kingdom	27,986	3.03%^*
Romania	19,714	2.13%^*
Russia	16,412	1.78%^*
Bulgaria	16,231	1.76%^*
Syria	11,995	1.30%^*
Georgia	9,745	1.06%^*
Philippines	8,915	0.97%^*
India	8,165	0.88%^*
Nepal	6,977	0.76%^*
Sri Lanka	6,792	0.74%^*
Ukraine	5,650	0.61%^*
Egypt	3,657	0.40%^*
Germany	2,783	0.30%^*
Lebanon	2,741	0.30%^*
Vietnam	2,690	0.29%^*
South Africa	2,519	0.27%^*
Poland	2,422	0.26%^*
Moldova	2,198	0.24%^*
Bangladesh	1,634	0.18%^*
United States	1,550	0.17%^*
Iran	1,308	0.14%^*
Cameroon	1,270	0.14%^*
Australia	1,248	0.14%^*
Pakistan	1,246	0.13%^*
Belarus	1,192	0.13%^*
Israel	1,136	0.12%^*
Latvia	1,060	0.11%^*
Italy	970	0.11%^*
Armenia	933	0.10%^*
Nigeria	919	0.10%^*
Lithuania	850	0.09%^*
France	844	0.09%^*
Slovakia	836	0.09%^*
Iraq	786	0.09%^*
Serbia	786	0.09%^*
Sweden	735	0.08%^*
Canada	706	0.08%^*
Hungary	685	0.07%^*
Palestinian territory	654	0.07%^*
Jordan	624	0.07%^*
Congo	623	0.07%^*
Somalia	540	0.06%^*
Albania	495	0.05%^*
Netherlands	479	0.05%^*
Democratic Republic of the Congo	471	0.05%^*
Czechia	463	0.05%^*
Ireland	459	0.05%^*
Turkey	388	0.04%^*
Spain	353	0.04%^*
Kazakhstan	331	0.04%^*
Sierra Leone	284	0.03%^*
Austria	266	0.03%^*
Belgium	237	0.03%^*
Finland	232	0.03%^*
Estonia	220	0.02%^*
Zimbabwe	219	0.02%^*
Switzerland	217	0.02%^*
Portugal	207	0.02%^*
Denmark	194	0.02%^*
Croatia	119	0.01%^*
Slovenia	86	0.01%^*
Malta	74	0.01%^*
Luxembourg	8	<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	4,258	0.46%^*
Not Stated	5,997	0.65%^*

^* 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.