Population 748,982 (July 1998 est.)

Age structure
0-14 years: 25% (male 94,006; female 89,256)
15-64 years: 65% (male 245,739; female 241,935)
65 years and over: 10% (male 33,989; female 44,057) (July 1998 est.)

Population growth rate 0.69% (1998 est.)

Birth rate 13.93 births/1,000 population (1998 est.)

Death rate 7.51 deaths/1,000 population (1998 est.)

Net migration rate 0.44 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1998 est.)

Sex ratio
at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.05 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.02 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.77 male(s)/female (1998 est.)

Infant mortality rate 7.97 deaths/1,000 live births (1998 est.)

Life expectancy at birth
total population: 76.79 years
male: 74.62 years
female: 79.07 years (1998 est.)

Total fertility rate 2.03 children born/woman (1998 est.)

Nationality
noun: Cypriot(s)
adjective: Cypriot

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

Religions Greek Orthodox 78%, Muslim 18%, Maronite, Armenian Apostolic, and other 4%

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 1998 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Cyprus People 1998 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Cyprus People 1998 should be addressed to the CIA.