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Population in Cyprus compared to the United Kingdom: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of Cyprus was 1,358,282 in 2024 vs 69,226,000 people in the United Kingdom in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Cyprus' population is 1,380,052 people compared to 69,945,462 in the United Kingdom.

Population statistics:

  • The United Kingdom's population is 50.7 times bigger than Cyprus'.
  • Cyprus is ranked the 153rd most populous country in the world, while the United Kingdom is the 22nd.
  • The countries together account for 0.86% of the world: 0.02% for Cyprus vs 0.85% for the United Kingdom.
  • For the last 10 years, Cyprus has had an average growth rate of +1.26% per year vs +0.7% in the United Kingdom.
  • Since 2005, the population of Cyprus has increased from 1.04M people to 1.38M (33.2% growth), while the United Kingdom has grown from 60.4M to 69.9M (15.8% growth).
  • Cyprus is projected to reach its peak in 2052 at 1.51M people compared to the peak of 76.2M people in 2072 for the United Kingdom.

Cyprus vs United Kingdom: live population counter

Cyprus United Kingdom
Current population
1380052
69945462
Population rank 153/197 22/197
Percent of world population 0.02% 0.85%
One net population change
39.5 minutes
43 seconds
One birth every
36.2 minutes
45.9 seconds
One death every
55.3 minutes
48.4 seconds
One migration net change every
1.08 hours
1.26 minutes
Annual migration change +8,138 +417,114
Daily growth/decline +36 +2,011
Annual growth/decline +13,306 +734,000
Annual growth/decline rate +0.99% +1.07%
Population growth rate rank 104/197 99/197

Cyprus and the United Kingdom: population history and growth rate by year chart

Cyprus
Population

Growth rate
United Kingdom
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Cyprus United Kingdom Cyprus United Kingdom
1960 586,490 52,400,000 - -
1961 595,514 52,800,000 1.54% 0.76%
1962 601,466 53,250,000 1% 0.85%
1963 607,252 53,650,000 0.96% 0.75%
1964 612,521 54,000,000 0.87% 0.65%
1965 617,736 54,348,050 0.85% 0.64%
1966 623,390 54,648,500 0.92% 0.55%
1967 629,251 54,943,600 0.94% 0.54%
1968 635,157 55,211,700 0.94% 0.49%
1969 641,189 55,441,750 0.95% 0.42%
1970 647,446 55,663,250 0.98% 0.4%
1971 654,050 55,896,223 1.02% 0.42%
1972 661,063 56,086,065 1.07% 0.34%
1973 665,937 56,194,527 0.74% 0.19%
1974 663,254 56,229,974 -0.4% 0.06%
1975 659,405 56,225,800 -0.58% -0.007%
1976 662,032 56,211,968 0.4% -0.02%
1977 667,101 56,193,492 0.77% -0.03%
1978 672,249 56,196,504 0.77% 0.005%
1979 677,549 56,246,951 0.79% 0.09%
1980 683,076 56,314,216 0.82% 0.12%
1981 688,893 56,333,829 0.85% 0.03%
1982 696,497 56,313,641 1.1% -0.04%
1983 707,225 56,332,848 1.54% 0.03%
1984 719,334 56,422,072 1.71% 0.16%
1985 731,277 56,550,268 1.66% 0.23%
1986 743,105 56,681,396 1.62% 0.23%
1987 754,785 56,802,050 1.57% 0.21%
1988 766,235 56,928,327 1.52% 0.22%
1989 777,420 57,076,711 1.46% 0.26%
1990 788,351 57,247,586 1.41% 0.3%
1991 798,944 57,424,897 1.34% 0.31%
1992 810,341 57,580,402 1.43% 0.27%
1993 826,034 57,718,614 1.94% 0.24%
1994 844,667 57,865,745 2.26% 0.25%
1995 862,695 58,019,030 2.13% 0.26%
1996 880,290 58,166,950 2.04% 0.25%
1997 897,568 58,316,954 1.96% 0.26%
1998 914,548 58,487,141 1.89% 0.29%
1999 931,234 58,682,466 1.82% 0.33%
2000 947,667 58,892,514 1.76% 0.36%
2001 964,127 59,119,673 1.74% 0.39%
2002 981,440 59,370,479 1.8% 0.42%
2003 999,590 59,647,577 1.85% 0.47%
2004 1,017,875 59,987,905 1.83% 0.57%
2005 1,036,151 60,401,206 1.8% 0.69%
2006 1,054,418 60,846,820 1.76% 0.74%
2007 1,072,714 61,322,463 1.74% 0.78%
2008 1,091,026 61,806,995 1.71% 0.79%
2009 1,109,371 62,276,270 1.68% 0.76%
2010 1,127,816 62,766,365 1.66% 0.79%
2011 1,146,493 63,258,810 1.66% 0.78%
2012 1,165,397 63,711,000 1.65% 0.71%
2013 1,183,895 64,139,000 1.59% 0.67%
2014 1,201,801 64,620,000 1.51% 0.75%
2015 1,219,502 65,088,000 1.47% 0.72%
2016 1,237,112 65,607,000 1.44% 0.8%
2017 1,254,275 65,966,000 1.39% 0.55%
2018 1,270,737 66,289,000 1.31% 0.49%
2019 1,286,671 66,631,000 1.25% 0.52%
2020 1,302,247 66,744,000 1.21% 0.17%
2021 1,317,309 66,984,000 1.16% 0.36%
2022 1,331,370 67,604,000 1.07% 0.93%
2023 1,344,976 68,492,000 1.02% 1.31%
2024 1,358,282 69,226,000 0.99% 1.07%
2025 1,370,750 69,639,673 0.92% 0.6%
2026 1,382,331 70,020,350 0.84% 0.55%
2027 1,393,332 70,382,853 0.8% 0.52%
2028 1,403,777 70,732,699 0.75% 0.5%
2029 1,413,339 71,061,482 0.68% 0.46%
2030 1,422,317 71,377,535 0.64% 0.44%
2031 1,430,677 71,678,351 0.59% 0.42%
2032 1,438,502 71,959,934 0.55% 0.39%
2033 1,445,956 72,234,509 0.52% 0.38%
2034 1,452,842 72,497,650 0.48% 0.36%
2035 1,459,190 72,749,096 0.44% 0.35%
2036 1,465,171 72,990,847 0.41% 0.33%
2037 1,470,712 73,218,850 0.38% 0.31%
2038 1,475,792 73,441,349 0.35% 0.3%
2039 1,480,540 73,658,392 0.32% 0.3%
2040 1,484,845 73,868,334 0.29% 0.29%
2041 1,488,688 74,074,316 0.26% 0.28%
2042 1,492,043 74,275,779 0.23% 0.27%
2043 1,494,983 74,475,035 0.2% 0.27%
2044 1,497,653 74,667,284 0.18% 0.26%
2045 1,500,062 74,848,605 0.16% 0.24%
2046 1,502,255 75,020,949 0.15% 0.23%
2047 1,504,222 75,184,478 0.13% 0.22%
2048 1,505,909 75,337,543 0.11% 0.2%
2049 1,507,311 75,476,141 0.09% 0.18%
2050 1,508,478 75,600,588 0.08% 0.16%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Cyprus increased by 183,351 people (a 17.7% growth), while the United Kingdom gained 4,686,794 people (a 7.76% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Cyprus gained 160,550 (a 13.2% growth), while the United Kingdom's population increased by 4,857,462 (a 7.46% growth).

Cyprus was ranked 153rd most populous country in 2005 and is still 153rd in 2025. The United Kingdom was ranked 21st in 2005 and ranked 22nd 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 the United Kingdom will increase by 8.09% to 75,600,588 people and rank change from 22nd to 26th.

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