Population in Cyprus records increase

Population in Cyprus increased in 2009 by 1.000, reaching 798.000 inhabitants.

According to Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union, in 2009 around 10.000 births were recorded in Cyprus and 5.000 deaths.

On 1 January 2010, the population of the EU27 was estimated at 501.1 million, compared with 499.7 million on 1 January 2009.

The population of the EU27 grew by 1.4 million in 2009, an annual rate of 2.7 per 1000 inhabitants, due to a natural increase of 0.5 million (+1.0‰) and net migration of 0.9 million (+1.7‰).

Compared with 2008, the demographic situation in 2009 in the EU27 is characterised by a slight decrease in the crude birth rate and a constant crude death rate, while net migration fell more significantly.