Nationality : Noun

Cypriot(s) adjective :  Cypriot

Population : 762,887 (July 2001 est.)

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.)

Population growth rate : 0.59% (2001 est.)

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)

Population below poverty line : NA%

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

Languages : Greek, Turkish, English

Household income or consumption by percentage share : lowest 10%:  NA% highest 10%:  NA%
Unemployment rate : Greek Cypriot area: 3.6% (2000 est.); Turkish Cypriot area: 6% (1998 est.)

Budget revenues : Greek Cypriot area - $2.9 billion (2000 est.); Turkish Cypriot area - $294 million (2000 est.) expenditures:  Greek Cypriot area - $3.2 billion, including capital expenditures of $324 million (2000 est.); Turkish Cypriot $495 million, including capital expenditures of $60 million (2000 est.)

Industries : Food, beverages, textiles, chemicals, metal products, tourism, wood products

Agriculture - products: potatoes, citrus, vegetables, barley, grapes, olives, vegetables

Exports : Greek Cypriot area: $1 billion (f.o.b., 1999 est.); Turkish Cypriot area: $51.1 million (f.o.b., 1999) Exports - commodities:  Greek Cypriot area: citrus, potatoes, grapes, wine, cement, clothing and shoes; Turkish Cypriot area: citrus, potatoes, textiles

Exports - partners : Greek Cypriot area: UK 17.3%, Greece 9.7%, Russia 7.0%, Lebanon 5.2% (1999); Turkish Cypriot area: Turkey 51%, UK 31%, other EU 16.5% (1999)
Imports:  Greek Cypriot area : $3.6 billion (f.o.b., 1999 est.); Turkish Cypriot area: $402 million (f.o.b., 1999)

Imports - commoditie : Greek Cypriot area: consumer goods, petroleum and lubricants, food and feed grains, machinery; Turkish Cypriot area: food, minerals, chemicals, machinery

Imports - partners :  Greek Cypriot area: UK 11.2%, US 10.6%, Italy 8.8%, Greece 8.2%, Germany 6.7% (1999); Turkish Cypriot area: Turkey 58.6%, UK 12.5%, other EU 13% (1999)
Debt - external:  Greek Cypriot area: $NA; Turkish Cypriot area : $NA

Economic aid - recipient : Greek Cypriot area - $17 million (1998); Turkish Cypriot area - $700 million from Turkey in grants and loans (1990-97) that are usually forgiven

Currency : Greek Cypriot area: Cypriot pound (CYP); Turkish Cypriot area: Turkish lira (TRL)

Currency code :  CYP; TRL