Cyprus

Cyprus’s population was 923,381 people, 1 October 2021.

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Population

923,381

1 October 2021

Districts with published figures

5

of 6 districts on the island

Municipalities and communities

396

Population by district

lowerhigherno data — not measured, not zero

Areas outside government control (shown grey) have no published figures, and the map covers a larger area than the numbers describe.

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Districts

Population by district, Cyprus, 1 October 2021
DistrictPopulationShare of Cyprus
Ammochostos54,3185.9%*
Kyreniano figure published—
Larnaka155,76516.9%*
Lefkosia350,03537.9%*
Lemesos262,15728.4%*
Pafos101,10610.9%*

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Counted in the 2021 census. People counted where they were found on 1 October 2021 — a single snapshot, not a yearly series.

Citizenship group. Legal citizenship grouped by CYSTAT into Cypriots, other EU citizens, non-EU citizens and not stated. Available down to municipality and community level. Not country of birth, not ethnicity, not religion, not how long someone has lived in Cyprus. "Cypriots" includes people who declared Cypriot as a second citizenship.

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* Calculated by Humanity Observatory from published figures.

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, computed as one published count divided by another published count for the same geography, period, indicator and source.
  • The colour classification on the map, computed from those shares or counts.
  • The ordering of districts in the table.

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.