| Population: |
762,887 (July 2001 est.)
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| Age structure: |
0-14 years:
22.95% (male 89,532; female 85,518)
15-64 years:
66.26% (male 255,368; female 250,140)
65 years and over:
10.79% (male 35,864; female 46,465) (2001 est.)
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| Population growth rate: |
0.59% (2001 est.)
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| Birth rate: |
13.08 births/1,000 population (2001 est.)
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| Death rate: |
7.65 deaths/1,000 population (2001 est.)
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| Net migration rate: |
0.44 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
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| 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
total population:
1 male(s)/female (2001 est.)
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| Infant mortality rate: |
7.89 deaths/1,000 live births (2001 est.)
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| Life expectancy at birth: |
total population:
76.89 years
male:
74.6 years
female:
79.3 years (2001 est.)
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| Total fertility rate: |
1.93 children born/woman (2001 est.)
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| HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: |
0.1% (1999 est.)
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| HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: |
400 (1999 est.)
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| Nationality: |
noun:
Cypriot(s)
adjective:
Cypriot
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| 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)
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| Religions: |
Greek Orthodox 78%, Muslim 18%, Maronite, Armenian Apostolic, and other 4%
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| Languages: |
Greek, Turkish, English
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| Literacy: |
definition:
age 15 and over can read and write
total population:
94%
male:
98%
female:
91% (1987 est.)
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