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CYPRUS
Data Page
According to the Republic of Cyprus, the resident population south of the UN buffer zone includes: 642,100 Greek Cypriots, 500 Turkish Cypriots, and 72,500 citizens of other nations. Estimated residents north of the zone include: 86,900 Turkish Cypriots, 500 Greek Cypriots, 35,000 troops from Turkey, 118,000 other Turks who entered Cyprus illegally after Turkey invaded it in 1974, and 9,600 citizens of other nations. Despite losing access to 37 percent of the island in 1974, the Greek Cypriot area has a thriving economy.
Here's a profile of that economy in 2002:
| Area of the island | 3,572 sq mi (about the size of Delaware and Rhode Island, combined) |
| GDP * | $10.1 billion |
| Per-capita GDP * | $14,370 |
| Government Deficit | $353.6 million |
| Rate of Inflation | 2.8 percent |
| Ship Registry | 2,153 ** (6th largest in the world) |
| Tourists | 2.4 million annually |
| Labor Force | Farming 5.4%, Industry 23.1%, Services 71.5% |
| Unemployment Rate | 3.3 percent |
| Exports | $4.3 billion (including goods and services — among which tourism alone accounts for $1.8 billion) |
| Imports | $5.0 billion (including goods and services) |
| Key Trading Partners | European Union (UK, Greece, etc.), countries in Eastern Europe and in the Middle East |
* To view economic data for Cyprus in terms of purchasing power parity
(ppp), check the current CIA
World Factbook.
** According to Cyprus's Ministry of Communications
and Works, this number of vessels represents a gross tonnage of 24.8 million.
Other sources for this page: Cyprus Press and Information Office;
Planning Bureau, Republic of Cyprus.
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