Population - 1.085 million (estimate for 2010).
Life expectancy: men - 78 years, women - 82 years (data for the period 2006/07)

Ethnic groups -  Greek 77%, Turkish 18%, others 5%

Languages – Greek, Turkish, English

Religions – Greek Orthodox 78%, Muslim 18%, others 4% (these include centuries-old small populations of Latin Catholics, Lebanese Maronites and Armenian Apostolics).