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Population in Cyprus compared to Spain: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of Cyprus was 1,358,282 in 2024 vs 48,807,137 people in Spain in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Cyprus' population is 1,380,052 people compared to 48,786,181 in Spain.

Population statistics:

  • Spain's population is 35.4 times bigger than Cyprus'.
  • Cyprus is ranked the 153rd most populous country in the world, while Spain is the 32nd.
  • The countries together account for 0.61% of the world: 0.02% for Cyprus vs 0.59% for Spain.
  • For the last 10 years, Cyprus has had an average growth rate of +1.26% per year vs +0.42% in Spain.
  • Since 2005, the population of Cyprus has increased from 1.04M people to 1.38M (33.2% growth), while Spain has grown from 43.7M to 48.8M (11.8% growth).
  • Cyprus is projected to reach its peak in 2052 at 1.51M people, while Spain's population already peaked in 2024 at 48.8M people and is projected to decrease to 33.7M people by 2100.

Cyprus vs Spain: live population counter

Cyprus Spain
Current population
1380052
48786181
Population rank 153/197 32/197
Percent of world population 0.02% 0.59%
One net population change
39.5 minutes
1.14 minutes
One birth every
36.2 minutes
1.62 minutes
One death every
55.3 minutes
1.21 minutes
One migration net change every
1.08 hours
4.71 minutes
Annual migration change +8,138 +111,674
Daily growth/decline +36 +1,258
Annual growth/decline +13,306 +459,227
Annual growth/decline rate +0.99% +0.95%
Population growth rate rank 104/197 108/197

Cyprus and Spain: population history and growth rate by year chart

Cyprus
Population

Growth rate
Spain
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Cyprus Spain Cyprus Spain
1960 586,490 30,455,000 - -
1961 595,514 30,739,250 1.54% 0.93%
1962 601,466 31,023,366 1% 0.92%
1963 607,252 31,296,651 0.96% 0.88%
1964 612,521 31,609,195 0.87% 1%
1965 617,736 31,954,292 0.85% 1.09%
1966 623,390 32,283,194 0.92% 1.03%
1967 629,251 32,682,947 0.94% 1.24%
1968 635,157 33,113,134 0.94% 1.32%
1969 641,189 33,441,054 0.95% 0.99%
1970 647,446 33,814,531 0.98% 1.12%
1971 654,050 34,224,490 1.02% 1.21%
1972 661,063 34,604,469 1.07% 1.11%
1973 665,937 34,988,947 0.74% 1.11%
1974 663,254 35,373,335 -0.4% 1.1%
1975 659,405 35,757,900 -0.58% 1.09%
1976 662,032 36,137,812 0.4% 1.06%
1977 667,101 36,511,638 0.77% 1.03%
1978 672,249 36,864,898 0.77% 0.97%
1979 677,549 37,191,330 0.79% 0.89%
1980 683,076 37,491,165 0.82% 0.81%
1981 688,893 37,758,631 0.85% 0.71%
1982 696,497 37,986,012 1.1% 0.6%
1983 707,225 38,171,525 1.54% 0.49%
1984 719,334 38,330,364 1.71% 0.42%
1985 731,277 38,469,512 1.66% 0.36%
1986 743,105 38,584,624 1.62% 0.3%
1987 754,785 38,684,815 1.57% 0.26%
1988 766,235 38,766,939 1.52% 0.21%
1989 777,420 38,827,764 1.46% 0.16%
1990 788,351 38,867,322 1.41% 0.1%
1991 798,944 38,966,376 1.34% 0.25%
1992 810,341 39,157,685 1.43% 0.49%
1993 826,034 39,361,262 1.94% 0.52%
1994 844,667 39,549,108 2.26% 0.48%
1995 862,695 39,724,050 2.13% 0.44%
1996 880,290 39,889,852 2.04% 0.42%
1997 897,568 40,057,389 1.96% 0.42%
1998 914,548 40,223,509 1.89% 0.41%
1999 931,234 40,386,875 1.82% 0.41%
2000 947,667 40,567,864 1.76% 0.45%
2001 964,127 40,850,412 1.74% 0.7%
2002 981,440 41,431,558 1.8% 1.42%
2003 999,590 42,187,645 1.85% 1.82%
2004 1,017,875 42,921,895 1.83% 1.74%
2005 1,036,151 43,653,155 1.8% 1.7%
2006 1,054,418 44,397,319 1.76% 1.7%
2007 1,072,714 45,226,803 1.74% 1.87%
2008 1,091,026 45,954,106 1.71% 1.61%
2009 1,109,371 46,362,946 1.68% 0.89%
2010 1,127,816 46,576,897 1.66% 0.46%
2011 1,146,493 46,742,697 1.66% 0.36%
2012 1,165,397 46,773,055 1.65% 0.06%
2013 1,183,895 46,604,197 1.59% -0.36%
2014 1,201,801 46,460,733 1.51% -0.31%
2015 1,219,502 46,422,303 1.47% -0.08%
2016 1,237,112 46,458,139 1.44% 0.08%
2017 1,254,275 46,571,232 1.39% 0.24%
2018 1,270,737 46,782,011 1.31% 0.45%
2019 1,286,671 47,118,501 1.25% 0.72%
2020 1,302,247 47,359,424 1.21% 0.51%
2021 1,317,309 47,443,821 1.16% 0.18%
2022 1,331,370 47,786,102 1.07% 0.72%
2023 1,344,976 48,347,910 1.02% 1.18%
2024 1,358,282 48,807,137 0.99% 0.95%
2025 1,370,750 48,786,181 0.92% -0.04%
2026 1,382,331 48,746,279 0.84% -0.08%
2027 1,393,332 48,696,847 0.8% -0.1%
2028 1,403,777 48,642,132 0.75% -0.11%
2029 1,413,339 48,578,166 0.68% -0.13%
2030 1,422,317 48,501,513 0.64% -0.16%
2031 1,430,677 48,412,854 0.59% -0.18%
2032 1,438,502 48,321,195 0.55% -0.19%
2033 1,445,956 48,230,054 0.52% -0.19%
2034 1,452,842 48,136,421 0.48% -0.19%
2035 1,459,190 48,036,650 0.44% -0.21%
2036 1,465,171 47,929,957 0.41% -0.22%
2037 1,470,712 47,819,257 0.38% -0.23%
2038 1,475,792 47,706,580 0.35% -0.24%
2039 1,480,540 47,588,878 0.32% -0.25%
2040 1,484,845 47,463,597 0.29% -0.26%
2041 1,488,688 47,332,618 0.26% -0.28%
2042 1,492,043 47,194,588 0.23% -0.29%
2043 1,494,983 47,052,293 0.2% -0.3%
2044 1,497,653 46,902,636 0.18% -0.32%
2045 1,500,062 46,738,565 0.16% -0.35%
2046 1,502,255 46,564,383 0.15% -0.37%
2047 1,504,222 46,381,681 0.13% -0.39%
2048 1,505,909 46,190,642 0.11% -0.41%
2049 1,507,311 45,985,428 0.09% -0.44%
2050 1,508,478 45,769,362 0.08% -0.47%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Cyprus increased by 183,351 people (a 17.7% growth), while Spain gained 2,769,148 people (a 6.34% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Cyprus gained 160,550 (a 13.2% growth), while Spain's population increased by 2,363,878 (a 5.09% growth).

Cyprus was ranked 153rd most populous country in 2005 and is still 153rd in 2025. Spain was ranked 28th in 2005 and ranked 32nd now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 25 years (in 2050) Cyprus' population will grow by 9.31% to 1,508,478 people with a rank change from 153rd to 152nd. The population of Spain will decrease by 6.18% to 45,769,362 people and rank change from 32nd to 47th.

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