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Cyprus Population
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Figure 5. Republic of Cyprus: Population by Age and Sex, 1988
Source: Based on information from Republic of Cyprus, Ministry of Finance,
Department of Statistics and Research, Demographic Report, 1988,
Nicosia, 1989, 83.
In 1960, the last year for which there was an official
census
for the entire population of Cyprus, the island was home
to 573,566
people. Official estimates held that there were 441,568
Greek
Cypriots, 3,627 Armenians, 2,706 Maronites (in the future
these two
groups were to be counted as part of the Greek Cypriot
community,
according to the terms of the constitution of 1960),
103,822
Turkish Cypriots, and 24,408 others (mostly foreigners)
(see
table 5, Population of Cyprus, Selected Years, 1491-1973).
According to
government statistics, 81.14 percent of Cypriots in 1960,
were
Greek Cypriot (including Armenians and Maronites) and
18.86 percent
were Turkish Cypriot. Republic of Cyprus statistics
estimated the
1988 population of the whole island at 687,500, and that
of the
government-controlled area at 562,700
(see table 6). It
was
estimated that the island's population consisted of
550,400 (80.1
percent) Greek Cypriots (including 6,300 Armenians and
Maronites),
128,200 (18.6 percent) Turkish Cypriots, and 8,900 (1.3
percent)
who belonged to other groups (mainly British). Cypriot
population
estimates were often controversial, because they could
have
significant bearing on political settlements. Thus,
population
figures from the "Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus"
differed
markedly from those of the Republic of Cyprus
(see table 7).
Data as of January 1991
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