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Cyprus People 1996

Population:

total:

736,636 (July 1995 est.) (78% Greek, 18% Turk, 4% other)

Greek area:

602,656 (July 1995 est.) (94.9% Greek, 0.3% Turk, 4.8% other)

Turkish area:

133,980 (July 1995 est.) (2.1% Greek, 97.7% Turk, 0.2% other)

Age structure:

0-14 years:

26% (female 92,179; male 97,723)

15-64 years:

64% (female 234,929; male 236,693)

65 years and over:

10% (female 42,190; male 32,922) (July 1995 est.)

Population growth rate:

0.88% (1995 est.)

Birth rate:

16.27 births/1,000 population (1995 est.)

Death rate:

7.48 deaths/1,000 population (1995 est.)

Net migration rate:

0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1995 est.)

Infant mortality rate:

8.6 deaths/1,000 live births (1995 est.)

Life expectancy at birth:

total population:

76.47 years

male:

74.19 years

female:

78.85 years (1995 est.)

Total fertility rate:

2.3 children born/woman (1995 est.)

Nationality:

noun:

Cypriot(s)

adjective:

Cypriot

Ethnic divisions:

total:

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

Religions:

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

Languages:

Greek, Turkish, English

Literacy:

age 15 and over can read and write (1987 est.)

total population:

94%

male:

98%

female:

91%

Labor force:

Greek area:

285,500

by occupation:

services 57%, industry 29%, agriculture 14% (1992)

Turkish area:

74,000

by occupation:

services 52%, industry 23%, agriculture 25% (1992)

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