page_title: Demographics of Cyprus
section_title: Population
hierarchical_section_title: Demographics of Cyprus / Population
caption_attribution_description: English: Nicosia new skyline from the hills of Nicosia Cyprus
context_page_description: The people of Cyprus are broadly divided into two main ethnic communities, Greek Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots, who share many cultural traits but maintain distinct identities based on ethnicity, religion, language, and close ties with their respective motherlands. Before the dispute started in 1964 the peoples of Cyprus were dispersed over the entire island.
  The Turkish invasion of Cyprus in 1974 de facto partitioned the island into two political areas: 99.5% of Greek Cypriots now live in the Republic of Cyprus while 98.7% of Turkish Cypriots live in Northern Cyprus. Greek is predominantly spoken in the South, where the majority are Greek Cypriots, and Turkish in the north, where the majority are Turkish Cypriots. English is widely used throughout the island, as a common language.
  The total population of Cyprus as of the end of 2006 is slightly over 1 million, comprising 789,300 in the territory controlled by the government of the Republic of Cyprus and 294,406 in Northern Cyprus.
context_section_description: 838,897 in Republic of Cyprus controlled area (October 2011 census preliminary result)
  294,906 in Northern Cyprus (2011 population census).
  1,133,803 total population of Cyprus (sum of population in Government controlled area and Northern Cyprus, 2011 data)
  Population by citizenship
  Republic of Cyprus government controlled area:
  1992 census: 95.8% Cypriot, 4.2% Non-Cypriot
  2001 census: 90.6% Cypriot, 9.4% Non-Cypriot
  2011 census: 78.6% Cypriot, 21.4% Non-Cypriot (preliminary)
  Northern Cyprus:
  2006 census (de facto population): 66.7% NC, 29.3% Turkey, 4.0% other
caption: Urban skyline of Nicosia
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