Countries
Key facts
- Capital
- Nicosia
- Region
- Europe, Southern Europe
- Population
- 1,370,754 (2025)
- Area
- 9,250 km²
- Currency
- euro (EUR)
- Languages
- Modern Greek (1453-), Turkish, English
- Calling code
- +357
- Internet domain
- .cy
- ISO codes
- CY, CYP, 196
- Time zone
- UTC+2:00 to UTC+2:00
- United Nations
- Member state
- Postal code pattern
- #### (# = digit, @ = letter)
Land and position
Cyprus covers about 9,250 square kilometres. By area it ranks 171st among the 250 countries and territories on this site. It is a little smaller than Lebanon and a little larger than Puerto Rico. It has no land border with any other country. Its centre lies at about 35° north, 33° east, in the northern hemisphere.
People
About 1.37 million people live in Cyprus (World Bank, 2025). That makes it the 156th most populous of the 246 places on this site with a figure. On average there are 148 people to each square kilometre. About 67 percent of people live in towns and cities (World Bank, 2025). A baby born there can expect to live about 82 years (World Bank, 2024). Languages listed for it: Modern Greek (1453-), Turkish, English. A person from Cyprus is called Cypriot.
Money and economy
The currency is the euro (code EUR, symbol €). It is also the main currency of Andorra, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Estonia, Finland, France and 28 more. The World Bank puts the size of its economy (GDP) at about US$ 41.2 billion (2025), which is about US$ 41,783 for each person (2025).
Time
Cyprus spans 2 time zone areas, from UTC+2:00 to UTC+2:00. Clocks are moved for daylight saving time in part of the year.
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Offsets are for January 2026. See Time Zones for a converter.
Largest cities
| City | People |
|---|---|
| Nicosia | 200,452 |
| Limassol | 154,000 |
| Larnaca | 72,000 |
| Stróvolos | 67,904 |
| Famagusta | 42,526 |
| Káto Lakatámeia | 40,000 |
City figures are from GeoNames and count the city itself, not the wider urban area. They can be some years old, so use them to see the order of size.
More in Southern Europe
Andorra, Gibraltar, Greece, Italy, Malta, Portugal, San Marino, Spain. See the whole region.
Figures were collected on 11 November 2026 from the World Bank, GeoNames and the open countries data set. See About and data sources. Borders and names follow those sources and do not express any view on disputed territory.