Cyprus
Country in the Mediterranean Sea
Also known as Greek Cypriot State · Republic of Cyprus · Greek Administration of Southern Cyprus
- Capital
- Population
- 1,344,976(2023)
- , 1,141,166(2013)
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- , 1,128,994(2012)
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- +52 more
- Area
- 9,242.45 km²
2
Sources- 1.“ΤΑΞΙΝΟΜΗΣΗ ΓΙΑ ΤΟΝ ΒΑΘΜΟ ΑΣΤΙΚΟΠΟΙΗΣΗΣ ΣΤΗΝ ΚΥΠΡΟ”mof.gov.cy/mof/cystat/statistics.nsf/All/F2876E52BD240C56C2257EB4003C3ED4/$file/DEGREE_URBANISATION-2016.xls?OpenElementRetrieved 2018-01-13
- 2.“CLASSIFICATION FOR THE DEGREE OF URBANISATION IN CYPRUS”mof.gov.cy/mof/cystat/statistics.nsf/All/F2876E52BD240C56C2257EB4003C3ED4/$file/DEGREE_URBANISATION-2016.xls?OpenElementRetrieved 2018-01-13
- 9,242.45 km²
- GDP (nominal)
- $28.4B(2022)
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Sources- 1.data.worldbank.org/indicator/NY.GDP.MKTP.CDRetrieved 2023-08-26
- , $28.4B(2021)
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Sources- 1.data.worldbank.org/indicator/NY.GDP.MKTP.CDRetrieved 2023-08-26
- $28.4B(2022)
- Currency
- euro(since 2008)
- , Cypriot pound(1878–2008)
- , All-Russian Classifier of Currencies
- Official language
- Head of state
- Nicos Christodoulides(since 2023)
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- Nicos Christodoulides(since 2023)
- Head of government
- Nicos Christodoulides(since 2023)
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- , Dimitris Christofias(until 2013)
- , Nikos Anastasiades
- Nicos Christodoulides(since 2023)
Overview
Economy & society
Over time
Dated values recorded in Wikidata, each with its own source
All data
622 statements · 36% with external sources · numbers in brackets are citations
- Coordinates of southernmost point
- 34.6325°N, 32.9633°E
- Emergency phone number
- 112
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Sources- 1.“International Numbering Resources Database”itu.int/net/itu-t/inrdb/e129_important_numbers.aspxRetrieved 2016-07-03
- 1400 has use: emergency medical services
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Sources- 1.“International Numbering Resources Database”itu.int/net/itu-t/inrdb/e129_important_numbers.aspxRetrieved 2016-07-08
- 199 has use: fire department
1
Sources- 1.“International Numbering Resources Database”itu.int/net/itu-t/inrdb/e129_important_numbers.aspxRetrieved 2016-07-10
- 112
- Electrical plug type
- BS 1363
1
Sources- 1.“World Plugs”iec.ch/worldplugs/list_bylocation.htmRetrieved 2016-06-10
- BS 1363
- Vehicle registration plate code
- CY(since 1932)
- Has characteristic
- free country statement supported by: Freedom in the World
- Diplomatic relation
- Canada statement is subject of: Canada–Cyprus relations
- Italy
- Germany(since 1960) statement is subject of: Cyprus–Germany relations
- Australia
- Greece statement is subject of: Cyprus–Greece relations
- Israel statement is subject of: Cyprus–Israel relations
- United Kingdom statement is subject of: Cyprus–United Kingdom relations
- Saudi Arabia statement is subject of: Cyprus–Saudi Arabia relations
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- Norway statement is subject of: Cyprus–Norway relations
- Ireland statement is subject of: Cyprus–Ireland relations
- Armenia statement is subject of: Armenia–Cyprus relations
- Algeria statement is subject of: Algeria–Cyprus relations
- Bulgaria statement is subject of: Bulgaria–Cyprus relations
- Malta statement is subject of: Cyprus–Malta relations
- Denmark statement is subject of: Cyprus–Denmark relations
- Poland statement is subject of: Cyprus–Poland relations
- Egypt statement is subject of: Cyprus–Egypt relations
- Kuwait statement is subject of: Cyprus–Kuwait relations
- Taiwan statement is subject of: Cyprus–Taiwan relations
- United States statement is subject of: Cyprus–United States relations
- Serbia statement is subject of: Cyprus–Serbia relations
- Russia statement is subject of: Cyprus–Russia relations
- People's Republic of China statement is subject of: China–Cyprus relations
- Bangladesh statement is subject of: Bangladesh–Cyprus relations
- Georgia(since 1992)
- Hungary statement is subject of: Cyprus–Hungary relations
- North Korea(since 1991) statement is subject of: Cyprus–North Korea relations
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00 valid in period: standard time
- UTC+03:00 valid in period: daylight saving time
- Eastern European Time valid in period: standard time
- Eastern European Summer Time valid in period: daylight saving time
- Asia/Nicosia
- Website
- cyprus.gov.cy language: Greek, English
- Demonym
- Cypriot
- ciprusi
- cypriot
- Chiprano
- Sipreänan
- قبرصي applies to part: masculine · grammatical gender: masculine
- قبرصية applies to part: feminine
- قبرصيون applies to part: plural
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- киприоты applies to part: plural
- кіпріот applies to part: masculine
- кіпріотка applies to part: feminine
- кіпріоти applies to part: plural
- קפריסאי applies to part: masculine
- קפריסאית applies to part: feminine
- ciprioți applies to part: plural
- cipriot applies to part: masculine
- cipriotă applies to part: feminine
- সাইপ্রাসীয়
- cipriota applies to part: masculine singular, feminine singular
- ciprioti applies to part: masculine plural, feminine plural
- xipriota applies to part: masculine singular, feminine singular
- xipriotes applies to part: masculine plural, feminine plural
- ciprica
- xipriota applies to part: masculine singular, feminine singular
- Kiprano
- Κύπριος applies to part: masculine, masculine singular
- Cypriote applies to part: masculine singular, feminine singular
- Chypriote applies to part: feminine singular, masculine singular
- Chypriote
- Κύπρια applies to part: feminine singular
- Κύπριοι applies to part: masculine plural, plural
- Κύπριες applies to part: feminine plural
- cipriota applies to part: feminine singular
- ciprioti applies to part: masculine plural
- ciprioto applies to part: masculine singular
- cipriote applies to part: feminine plural
- Kıbrıslı
- قبرصي applies to part: masculine singular
- قبرصية applies to part: feminine singular
- قبرصيين applies to part: masculine plural
- قبرصيات applies to part: feminine plural
- Cipireach
1
- Siprus
- Compulsory education (maximum age)
- 15 years old
- Geoshape
- Data:Cyprus.map
- Marriageable age
- 18 years old applies to part: all genders
- Coordinates of northernmost point
- 35.6958°N, 34.5878°E
- Total fertility rate
- 1.446(2014)
- 1.455(2013)
- 1.464(2012)
- 1.473(2011)
- 1.481(2010)
- 1.489(2009)
- 1.496(2008)
- 1.504(2007)
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- 1.514(2006)
- 1.529(2005)
- 1.549(2004)
- 1.577(2003)
- 1.613(2002)
- 1.658(2001)
- 1.714(2000)
- 1.781(1999)
- Maritime identification digits
- 209
- 210
- 212
- Compulsory education (minimum age)
- 5 years old
- Shares border with
- Akrotiri and Dhekelia statement is subject of: Cyprus–United Kingdom border
- Northern Cyprus
- Israel statement is subject of: Cyprus–Israel border
- United Kingdom
- Turkey
- realm of the United Kingdom
- Retirement age
- 65 years old
- Age of majority
- 18 years old
- Coordinates of easternmost point
- 35.6950°N, 34.5886°E
- Member of
- European Union(since 2004)
- United Nations(since 1960)
- Commonwealth of Nations(since 1961)
1
Sources- 1.thecommonwealth.org/our-member-countries/cyprusRetrieved 2022-10-21
- Council of Europe
- World Trade Organization
- Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe(since 1973)
- International Bank for Reconstruction and Development(since 1961)
- International Development Association(since 1962)
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- International Finance Corporation(since 1962)
- Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency(since 1988)
- International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes(since 1966)
- Australia Group(since 2000)
- Eurocontrol(since 1991)
- Interpol(since 1962)
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Sources- 1.interpol.int/Member-countries/WorldRetrieved 2017-12-07
- 2.interpol.int/Who-we-are/Member-countries/Europe/CYPRUSRetrieved 2022-10-23
- Nuclear Suppliers Group
1
- Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons(since 1998)
2
Sources- 1.opcw.org/about-opcw/member-states/Retrieved 2017-12-07
- 2.opcw.org/about-us/member-states/cyprusRetrieved 2022-10-29
- International Hydrographic Organization
1
Sources- 1.iho.int/srv1/index.php?option=com_wrapper&view=wrapper&Itemid=452&lang=enRetrieved 2017-12-08
- UNESCO(since 1961)
- Group on Earth Observations
- Universal Postal Union(since 1961)
2
Sources- 1.upu.int/en/the-upu/member-countries.htmlRetrieved 2019-05-04
- 2.upu.int/en/Universal-Postal-Union/About-UPU/Member-Countries?csid=-1&cid=86Retrieved 2022-10-28
- International Telecommunication Union(since 1961)
1
- International Civil Defence Organisation(since 1972)
- World Meteorological Organization(since 1963)
1
- World Health Organization
1
- World Customs Organization(since 1967)
- Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons
- Official name
- Kıbrıs Cumhuriyeti
- Κυπριακή Δημοκρατία
- la République de Chypre
- Republic of Cyprus
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- Republik Zypern
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Sources- 1.mfa.gov.cy/mfa/Embassies/Embassy_Vienna/vienna.nsf/page51_de/page51_de?OpenDocumentRetrieved 2022-02-10
- Republiken Cypern
- Komara Qibrisê
- Unemployment rate
- 16%(2014)
- Mains voltage
- 240 V frequency: 50 Hz
- Number of out-of-school children
- 3,331(2015)
- 3,735(2014)
- 4,504(2013)
- 5,157(2012)
- 6,176(2011)
- 6,734(2010)
- 2,333(2009)
- 2,237(2008)
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- 2,506(2007)
- 3,392(2006)
- 3,390(2005)
- 5,353(2004)
- 4,408(2003)
- 5,300(2002)
- 8,914(2001)
- 8,913(2000)
- 8,421(1999)
- Life expectancy
- 80.508 years(2016)
- 82 years(2022)
- 81 years(2021)
- 81 years(2020)
- 81 years(2019)
- 80.344 years(2015)
- 80.173 years(2014)
- 79.995 years(2013)
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- 79.81 years(2012)
- 79.62 years(2011)
- 79.43 years(2010)
- 79.245 years(2009)
- 79.071 years(2008)
- 78.911 years(2007)
- 78.764 years(2006)
- 78.631 years(2005)
- 78.506 years(2004)
- 78.386 years(2003)
- 78.264 years(2002)
- 78.14 years(2001)
- 78.01 years(2000)
- 77.876 years(1999)
- Highest point
- Mount Olympus elevation: 1,952 m
- Short name
- Kıbrıs
- Κύπρος
- Lowest point
- Mediterranean Sea elevation: 0 m
- Native label
- Κυπριακή Δημοκρατία
- Kıbrıs Cumhuriyeti
- VAT rate
- 19%
- Motto text
- Cyprus in your heart
- Cyprus yn dy galon
- Territory claimed by
- Northern Cyprus applies to part: Northern Cyprus
- Democracy Index
- 7.56(2020)
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- 7.56(2020)
- Coordinates of westernmost point
- 35.0705°N, 32.2697°E
- Human Development Index
- 0.896(2021)
- 0.894(2020)
- 0.897(2019)
- 0.892(2018)
- 0.887(2017)
- 0.877(2016)
- 0.871(2015)
- 0.865(2014)
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- 0.861(2013)
- 0.86(2012)
- 0.861(2011)
- 0.857(2010)
- 0.862(2009)
- 0.857(2008)
- 0.848(2007)
- 0.841(2006)
- 0.834(2005)
- 0.83(2004)
- 0.825(2003)
- 0.816(2002)
- 0.804(2001)
- 0.797(2000)
- 0.794(1999)
- 0.794(1998)
- 0.785(1997)
- 0.781(1996)
- 0.776(1995)
- 0.77(1994)
- 0.765(1993)
- 0.726(1992)
- 0.719(1991)
- 0.716(1990)
- Hashtag
- Cyprus
- Gini coefficient
- 31.2(2019)
- Happy Planet Index score
- 49.4(2019)
- Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index
- 0.819(2021)
- 0.818(2020)
- 0.818(2019)
- 0.813(2018)
- 0.803(2017)
- 0.785(2016)
- 0.777(2015)
- 0.768(2014)
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- 0.77(2013)
- 0.77(2012)
- 0.768(2011)
- 0.761(2010)
- Suicide rate
- 3.2(2019)
- Social media followers
- 31,859(May 25, 2023) subreddit: cyprus
- Birth rate
- 10.023(2022)
- 10.313(2021)
- 10.583(2020)
- 10.794(2019)
- Male population
- 626,775(2022)
- 623,154(2021)
- 619,932(2020)
- 615,637(2019)
- Death rate
- 6.971(2022)
- 7.257(2021)
- 6.93(2020)
- 6.769(2019)
- Rural population
- 414,105(2022)
- 412,374(2021)
- 410,602(2020)
- 407,912(2019)
- Female population
- 624,713(2022)
- 621,034(2021)
- 617,605(2020)
- 613,199(2019)
- Urban population
- 837,383(2022)
- 831,814(2021)
- 826,935(2020)
- 820,924(2019)
- Number of seats in assembly
- 6(since 2024) legislative body: European Parliament
- 6(2004–2004) legislative body: European Parliament
- 6(2004–2006) legislative body: European Parliament
- 6(2007–2009) legislative body: European Parliament
- 6(2009–2011) legislative body: European Parliament
- 6(2011–2013) legislative body: European Parliament
- 6(2013–2014) legislative body: European Parliament
- 6(2014–2020) legislative body: European Parliament
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- 6(2020–2023) legislative body: European Parliament
- Coordinates of geographic center
- 35.1264°N, 33.4299°E
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On other databases
170 identifiers linking Cyprus across the web's reference databases
- AllTrails trail IDcyprus
- ArchINFORM location ID3403
- Atlante Geopolitico IDcipro_res-d3762636-fe80-11e1-b986-d5ce3506d72e
- BabelNet ID00024868n
- BBC News topic IDc1038wnxnxmt
- BBC Things ID6ae21215-7321-4114-a64d-238a2ccaf7c5
- Beta maṣāḥǝft IDLOC2206Cyprus
- BHCL UUID5107be86-5156-462d-aabc-bb6eea760acf
- Bibliothèque nationale de France ID11863129n
- Booru tagcyprus
- Brockhaus Enzyklopädie online IDzypern
- Catholic Encyclopedia ID04589a
- CIVICUS Monitor country entrycyprus
- CNA topic IDcyprus
- Curlie IDRegional/Middle_East/Cyprus/
- CWGC burial ground ID4004476
- Cyprus Bibliography ID1072
- Data Commons IDcountry/CYP
- DBNL country IDcypru01
- De Agostini IDCipro
- Der Spiegel topic IDzypern
- Dewey Decimal Classification2--5693
- DR topic IDcypern
- Early Modern Letters Online location ID5b8c688e-ef9d-416d-ad6e-aea495830be3
- Enciclopedia dell'Arte Antica IDcipro
- Enciclopedia dell'Arte Medievale IDcipro
- Enciclopedia Galega Universal ID99769
- Encyclopædia Britannica Online IDplace/Cyprus
- Encyclopædia Universalis IDchypre
- Encyclopedia of Korean Culture IDE0058690
- Encyclopedia of Modern Ukraine ID6974
- Enzyklopädie des europäischen Ostens ID26d6
- ERR keyword ID215954
- EU Knowledge Graph item IDQ31
- Euronews topic IDcyprus
- EuroVoc ID5989
- FactGrid item IDQ1059289
- Fandom article IDcountries:Cyprus
- FAST ID1205213
- FIPS 10-4 (countries and regions)CY
- France 24 topic ID (French)chypre
- Freebase ID/m/01ppq
- GACS ID154
- GENC 3-character codeCYP
- GeoNames ID146669
- GeoNLP ID (obsolete)Htp1al
- Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names ID1000112
- Giant Bomb ID (former scheme)3035-2908
- Giant Bomb Wiki IDLocations/Cyprus
- GitHub topiccyprus
- GND ID4079596-2
- Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana IDxipre
- Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID (former scheme)0072681
- Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID (2017)2065357
- Grove Art Online IDT020849
- Harper's tagcyprus
- HDS ID003377
- Historical Gazetteer (GOV) IDobject_1176990
- Hrvatska enciklopedija ID11910
- IAB code1280
- ICANNWiki page IDCyprus
- IDAI.gazetteer ID2359745
- IdRef ID026370654
- INaturalist place ID10289
- INSEE countries and foreign territories code99254
- Interlingual Index IDi82903
- IOC country codeCYP
- ISNI0000000123315214
- ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 codeCY
- ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 codeCYP
- ISO 3166-1 numeric code196
- ITU letter codeCYP
- ITU/ISO/IEC object ID2.16.196
- J9U entity ID987007561802405171
- Jewish Encyclopedia ID4825
- Jewish Encyclopedia ID (Russian)12084
- Joconde discovery IDT115-197
- Joconde location IDT84-332
- JORFSearch organization IDQ229
- KBpedia IDCyprus-TheCountry
- Krugosvet article (archived)strany-mira/kipr
- KulturNav-IDdcf16d6d-4013-4f7b-aef8-b2119785b33a
- Kyiv Independent topic IDcyprus
- Larousse IDpays/wd/113622
- LC and MARC vocabularies IDcountries/cy
- Le Monde diplomatique subject IDpays/chypre
- Lex IDCypern
- Libération topic IDchypre
- Libraries Australia ID35032908
- Library of Congress Authorities IDn79055857