Cyprus

  • President:Nicos Anastasiades
  • President of the Parliament:Demetris Syllouris
  • Capital city:Nicosia (Lefkosia/Lefkosa)
  • Languages:Greek (official) 80.9%, Turkish (official) 0.2%, English 4.1%, Romanian 2.9%, Russian 2.5%, Bulgarian 2.2%, Arabic 1.2%, Filipino 1.1%, other 4.3%, unspecified 0.6% note: data represent only the government-controlled area of Cyprus (2011 est.)
  • Government
  • National statistics office
  • Population, persons:1,179,551 (2017)
  • Area, sq km:9,240 (2017)
  • GDP per capita, US$:25,234 (2017)
  • GDP, billion current US$:21.7 (2017)
  • GINI index:34 (2015)
  • Ease of Doing Business rank:53 (2017)

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