Cyprus
Net migration rate in Cyprus
Net migration rate in Cyprus: -0.8 per 1,000 people in 1950 and 6.5 per 1,000 people in 2023, by UN estimates.
- Latest, 2023
- 6.5 per 1,000 people
- Since 1950
- +7.3 per 1,000 people
- Rank, 2023
- 33 of 229
- counting from the highest
- Projected, 2100
- 1 per 1,000 people
- UN projection (medium variant)
per 1,000 people · UN
What the numbers say
- The UN projection (medium variant) puts it at 1 per 1,000 people in 2100, between -13.4 per 1,000 people and 21 per 1,000 people (95% prediction interval).
- The highest was 13.1 per 1,000 people in 2002, the lowest -12.4 per 1,000 people in 1974.
Every year
per 1,000 people · UN
| Year | Cyprus |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 6.5 |
| 2022 | 6.8 |
| 2021 | 7.1 |
| 2020 | 7.4 |
| 2019 | 7.8 |
| 2018 | 8.1 |
| 2017 | 8.5 |
| 2016 | 8.9 |
| 2015 | 9.2 |
| 2014 | 9.7 |
| 2013 | 10.1 |
| 2012 | 10.5 |
| 2011 | 11 |
| 2010 | 10.5 |
| 2009 | 10.4 |
| 2008 | 10.9 |
| 2007 | 11.5 |
| 2006 | 11.5 |
| 2005 | 12.2 |
| 2004 | 12.4 |
| 2003 | 12.8 |
| 2002 | 13.1 |
| 2001 | 11.7 |
| 2000 | 11.4 |
| 1999 | 11.8 |
| 1998 | 12 |
| 1997 | 11.9 |
| 1996 | 11.9 |
| 1995 | 12.2 |
| 1994 | 12.2 |
| 1993 | 12.7 |
| 1992 | 3.2 |
| 1991 | 1.6 |
| 1990 | 1.7 |
| 1989 | 2.4 |
| 1988 | 2.3 |
| 1987 | 3.3 |
| 1986 | 3.2 |
| 1985 | 3.6 |
| 1984 | 3.5 |
| 1983 | 4.1 |
| 1982 | -0.1 |
| 1981 | -1.7 |
| 1980 | -3.3 |
| 1979 | -1.8 |
| 1978 | -1.1 |
| 1977 | -0.8 |
| 1976 | -2.3 |
| 1975 | -7.3 |
| 1974 | -12.4 |
| 1973 | -4.3 |
| 1972 | -1.6 |
| 1971 | -2.4 |
| 1970 | -3.1 |
| 1969 | -4.3 |
| 1968 | -5 |
| 1967 | -5.5 |
| 1966 | -5.8 |
| 1965 | -6.8 |
| 1964 | -5.5 |
| 1963 | -4.9 |
| 1962 | -5.7 |
| 1961 | -6.2 |
| 1960 | 6.4 |
| 1959 | 6.2 |
| 1958 | 5.2 |
| 1957 | 4.2 |
| 1956 | 3.6 |
| 1955 | 2.9 |
| 1954 | 2.1 |
| 1953 | 2.4 |
| 1952 | 2.2 |
| 1951 | -0.3 |
| 1950 | -0.8 |
UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100
| Year | Cyprus |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 61.5–11 |
| 2025 | 5.7-0.7–13.4 |
| 2026 | 5.2-2.2–14 |
| 2027 | 5.3-3.4–15 |
| 2028 | 4.9-5.1–15.3 |
| 2029 | 4.6-6.1–15.5 |
| 2030 | 4.6-6.7–16 |
| 2031 | 4.2-7.7–16 |
| 2032 | 4.3-7.9–16.7 |
| 2033 | 4.1-8.2–17.5 |
| 2034 | 4-8.8–18 |
| 2035 | 3.8-8.9–18.2 |
| 2036 | 3.9-8.6–18.1 |
| 2037 | 3.5-8.8–18.6 |
| 2038 | 3.6-9.5–18.2 |
| 2039 | 3.3-10.5–18.6 |
| 2040 | 3.2-10.8–18.4 |
| 2041 | 3-11.1–19.3 |
| 2042 | 2.8-11.4–18.8 |
| 2043 | 2.6-11.9–18.7 |
| 2044 | 2.6-12–18.7 |
| 2045 | 2.5-11.8–18.7 |
| 2046 | 2.5-12.5–19.8 |
| 2047 | 2.4-13.1–19.1 |
| 2048 | 2.3-13–19.4 |
| 2049 | 2.2-12.8–19.8 |
| 2050 | 2.2-13.5–19.1 |
| 2051 | 2.2-13.5–19.7 |
| 2052 | 1.7-14.5–19 |
| 2053 | 1.7-15–19.5 |
| 2054 | 1.8-14.5–19.6 |
| 2055 | 1.9-15–19.9 |
| 2056 | 2-15.1–19.4 |
| 2057 | 1.9-15–19.4 |
| 2058 | 1.9-14.5–19.1 |
| 2059 | 2.1-14.6–19.1 |
| 2060 | 2-13.8–19.3 |
| 2061 | 2-14.7–20.5 |
| 2062 | 1.6-14.9–20.1 |
| 2063 | 1.7-14.6–19.8 |
| 2064 | 1.7-15–19.5 |
| 2065 | 1.7-14.9–19.6 |
| 2066 | 1.7-14.7–20.2 |
| 2067 | 1.5-14.8–20.3 |
| 2068 | 1.4-14.3–20.8 |
| 2069 | 1.5-13.8–19.9 |
| 2070 | 1.5-13.7–20.5 |
| 2071 | 1.6-13.9–19.4 |
| 2072 | 1.3-14.2–19.1 |
| 2073 | 1.3-14.1–19.3 |
| 2074 | 1.3-14.7–19.9 |
| 2075 | 1.4-14.3–20.8 |
| 2076 | 1.6-14.1–19.6 |
| 2077 | 1.4-14.3–19.1 |
| 2078 | 1.4-13.6–19.8 |
| 2079 | 1.4-14.3–19.7 |
| 2080 | 1.3-14.8–19.2 |
| 2081 | 1.3-14.4–19.1 |
| 2082 | 1.5-13.7–19.7 |
| 2083 | 1.4-14–19.9 |
| 2084 | 1.3-14–20.1 |
| 2085 | 1.2-15.1–20.4 |
| 2086 | 1.1-14.8–20.6 |
| 2087 | 1.4-14.7–20.9 |
| 2088 | 1.4-14.4–21.1 |
| 2089 | 1.3-14–20.4 |
| 2090 | 1.3-14.1–20.6 |
| 2091 | 1.3-14.6–20.2 |
| 2092 | 1.2-13.5–20.4 |
| 2093 | 1.5-13.6–21.5 |
| 2094 | 1.3-13.7–21.4 |
| 2095 | 1.1-13.4–20.8 |
| 2096 | 1.1-12.4–21.4 |
| 2097 | 1.1-13.4–19.5 |
| 2098 | 0.9-13.7–20.6 |
| 2099 | 1-13.3–22.3 |
| 2100 | 1-13.4–21 |
Good to know
- People moving in minus people moving out in a year, per 1,000 residents; below zero, more left than arrived.
- Source: UN DESA, World Population Prospects 2024.
- The dashed line is the UN projection (medium variant), a scenario rather than a forecast; the band is its 95% prediction interval.
- Ranks count the 229 countries with a value in 2023, highest first.
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- Military spending1.61% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollars$632M in 2025
- Military spending per person$486 in 2025
- Military share of state spending4% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel13,000 people in 2020
- National power0.02% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers1.81% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports28 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exports40 million TIV in 2023