Cyprus continues to experience a remarkable demographic change: after around two decades of continuous growth, the Republic of Cyprus is increasingly approaching the one million population mark.

According to current figures from Eurostat, the population last year was 982,966 people. This means that the number of inhabitants has risen by about 34 percent within about 20 years – one of the strongest relative increases within the European Union.

The development affects the internationally recognised southern part of the island. Compared to the previous year, a population increase was again recorded. This is due to both natural population development – i.e. more births than deaths – and immigration.

Growth also continues at the European level: the total population of the EU reached around 451 million people in 2025, about one million more than the previous year's figure. At the same time, the data indicate that the ageing of society in Europe continues to accelerate, although the overall population development is only slightly positive.

Despite the strong growth, Cyprus remains a comparatively sparsely populated country by European standards, accounting for only around 0.2 percent of the total EU population.

The largest EU member states remain:

While the EU population has grown by around four percent since 2005, Cyprus continues to be one of the countries with the most dynamic development.

The age structure is also striking: the median age is 41 years, which is below the European average. At the same time, the proportion of people under the age of 15 is 15.2 percent – also above the EU average.

Migration remains another factor. Last year, 40,471 arrivals were registered in Cyprus, slightly fewer than in the previous year.

Particularly noteworthy: While more people have been dying than being born in the EU for several years, Cyprus continues to be one of the few countries with positive natural population development. For the past year, natural growth of 3.1 percent was reported.

The current figures clearly show that Cyprus continues to grow – supported by a comparatively young population structure, continuing immigration and a continued positive demographic development.

can you research or find verifiable figures on how many Germans have immigrated to Cyprus in recent years?

Yes – but with one important caveat: reliable figures on the actual number of Germans in Cyprus are more difficult than often thought, because depending on the statistics, a distinction is made between German citizens, those born in Germany, registered EU citizens, tax residence or permanent residence.

The picture from official data looks something like this:

What can be deduced with relative certainty from the available figures:

PeriodAssessmentapprox. 2005–2015 | slow growth
approx. 2016–2020 | significant increase
since 2020 | Strongly accelerated immigration

does not publish the exact figure "how many Germans have immigrated in recent years" as a simple public annual series that would be directly available. Eurostat tends to publish total migration and population structure.  

Interesting in this context:

For the German-speaking community, many local estimates (not officially) now often speak of several tens of thousands of German-speaking people on the island – German-speakers ≠ German citizens.

Soberly estimated:
"Under the purely mathematical assumption that around 35% of EU foreigners living in Cyprus are of German origin, this would result in a figure of about 35,000 people. For German citizens, however, there is no official published total figure for this."  




Author: MFRadio Editorial Team
Source: Eurostat / CyprusMail.com - James Morphakis  / en.politis.com.cy /