Cyprus - Population, total

The value for Population, total in Cyprus was 1,207,361 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 1,207,361 in 2020 and a minimum value of 572,933 in 1960.

Definition: Total population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship. The values shown are midyear estimates.

Source: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects: 2019 Revision. (2) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (3) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (4) United Nations Statistical Division. Popu

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Year Value
1960 572,933
1961 576,402
1962 577,696
1963 577,918
1964 578,628
1965 580,972
1966 585,313
1967 591,301
1968 598,495
1969 606,121
1970 613,618
1971 620,860
1972 628,002
1973 635,105
1974 642,322
1975 649,753
1976 657,524
1977 665,521
1978 673,253
1979 680,010
1980 685,408
1981 689,170
1982 691,716
1983 694,076
1984 697,715
1985 703,694
1986 712,335
1987 723,384
1988 736,476
1989 751,043
1990 766,616
1991 783,121
1992 800,610
1993 818,750
1994 837,104
1995 855,391
1996 873,426
1997 891,190
1998 908,710
1999 926,049
2000 943,288
2001 960,274
2002 976,968
2003 993,562
2004 1,010,410
2005 1,027,657
2006 1,045,508
2007 1,063,708
2008 1,081,568
2009 1,098,089
2010 1,112,617
2011 1,124,837
2012 1,135,046
2013 1,143,866
2014 1,152,297
2015 1,160,987
2016 1,170,189
2017 1,179,685
2018 1,189,262
2019 1,198,574
2020 1,207,361

Development Relevance: Increases in human population, whether as a result of immigration or more births than deaths, can impact natural resources and social infrastructure. This can place pressure on a country's sustainability. A significant growth in population will negatively impact the availability of land for agricultural production, and will aggravate demand for food, energy, water, social services, and infrastructure. On the other hand, decreasing population size - a result of fewer births than deaths, and people moving out of a country - can impact a government's commitment to maintain services and infrastructure.

Limitations and Exceptions: Current population estimates for developing countries that lack (i) reliable recent census data, and (ii) pre- and post-census estimates for countries with census data, are provided by the United Nations Population Division and other agencies. The cohort component method - a standard method for estimating and projecting population - requires fertility, mortality, and net migration data, often collected from sample surveys, which can be small or limited in coverage. Population estimates are from demographic modeling and so are susceptible to biases and errors from shortcomings in both the model and the data. In the UN estimates the five-year age group is the cohort unit and five-year period data are used; therefore interpolations to obtain annual data or single age structure may not reflect actual events or age composition. Because future trends cannot be known with certainty, population projections have a wide range of uncertainty.

Statistical Concept and Methodology: Population estimates are usually based on national population censuses. Estimates for the years before and after the census are interpolations or extrapolations based on demographic models. Errors and undercounting occur even in high-income countries. In developing countries errors may be substantial because of limits in the transport, communications, and other resources required to conduct and analyze a full census. The quality and reliability of official demographic data are also affected by public trust in the government, government commitment to full and accurate enumeration, confidentiality and protection against misuse of census data, and census agencies' independence from political influence. Moreover, comparability of population indicators is limited by differences in the concepts, definitions, collection procedures, and estimation methods used by national statistical agencies and other organizations that collect the data. The currentness of a census and the availability of complementary data from surveys or registration systems are objective ways to judge demographic data quality. Some European countries' registration systems offer complete information on population in the absence of a census. The United Nations Statistics Division monitors the completeness of vital registration systems. Some developing countries have made progress over the last 60 years, but others still have deficiencies in civil registration systems. International migration is the only other factor besides birth and death rates that directly determines a country's population growth. Estimating migration is difficult. At any time many people are located outside their home country as tourists, workers, or refugees or for other reasons. Standards for the duration and purpose of international moves that qualify as migration vary, and estimates require information on flows into and out of countries that is difficult to collect. Population projections, starting from a base year are projected forward using assumptions of mortality, fertility, and migration by age and sex through 2050, based on the UN Population Division's World Population Prospects database medium variant.

Aggregation method: Sum

Periodicity: Annual

General Comments: Relevance to gender indicator: disaggregating the population composition by gender will help a country in projecting its demand for social services on a gender basis.

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Population