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People
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People:
Population: 788,457 (July 2007 est.)

Age structure:
0-14 years: 19.9% (male 80,273/female 76,826)
15-64 years: 68.3% (male 272,924/female 265,738)
65 years and over: 11.8% (male 40,458/female 52,238) (2007 est.)

Median age:  
total: 35.1 years
male: 34.1 years
female: 36.2 years (2007 est.)

Population growth rate: 0.527% (2007 est.)

Birth rate: 12.56 births/1,000 population (2007 est.)

Death rate: 7.72 deaths/1,000 population (2007 est.)

Net migration rate: 0.42 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2007 est.)

Sex ratio: 
at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.045 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.027 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.774 male(s)/female
total population: 0.997 male(s)/female (2007 est.)

Infant mortality rate:  
total: 6.89 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 8.54 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 5.16 deaths/1,000 live births (2007 est.)

Life expectancy at birth:  
total population: 77.98 years
male: 75.6 years
female: 80.49 years (2007 est.)

Total fertility rate: 1.8 children born/woman (2007 est.)

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: 0.1% (2003 est.)

HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: less than 1,000 (1999 est.) 

HIV/AIDS - deaths: NA 

Nationality: noun: Cypriot(s)
adjective: Cypriot

Ethnic groups: Greek 77%, Turkish 18%, other 5% (2001)

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

Languages: Greek, Turkish, English

Literacy:
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 97.6%
male: 98.9%
female: 96.3% (2003 est.)

This information comes from the CIA World Factbook January 2008.

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