Foreign-born population share in Cyprus

Foreign-born population share in Cyprus was 27.6% in 2025, according to Eurostat. That is up 0.7 pts from 2024. That is the 3rd highest of 26 EU countries in 2025.

202527.6%
Change on 2024+0.7 pts
Rank3rd of 26EU countries ranked
Series high27.62025
Series low18.92009

Foreign-born population share in Cyprus, 2009 to 2025

1820222426282009201220152018202120252009: 18.9 %2010: 23 %2011: 23.1 %2012: 23.2 %2013: 22.8 %2014: 22.1 %2015: 21.6 %2016: 21.3 %2017: 21.3 %2018: 21.9 %2019: 22.5 %2020: 23.1 %2021: 24 %2022: 25.1 %2023: 26.1 %2024: 26.9 %2025: 27.6 %
%. Source: Invokely calculation with data from Eurostat. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
All 17 values
Period%
202527.6
202426.9
202326.1
202225.1
202124
202023.1
201922.5
201821.9
201721.3
201621.3
201521.6
201422.1
201322.8
201223.2
201123.1
201023
200918.9

Rankings

Definition

People born outside the country where they live, as a percentage of the total population. United States: people who were not US citizens at birth, including naturalized citizens, lawful permanent residents, temporary migrants and unauthorized immigrants; American Community Survey five-year estimate, where the period shown is the last year of the five-year span. EU countries: residents on 1 January whose country of birth is not the reporting country (Eurostat).

Based on place of birth, not nationality: a naturalized citizen counts as foreign born. In the United States people born in Puerto Rico, the US island areas or abroad to American parents count as native; in the EU everyone born outside the reporting country counts as foreign born, including people born in another EU country or abroad to national parents. Not comparable with foreign_population_share, which counts foreign nationals in Spain and the EU.

How it is calculated

Foreign-born population divided by total population for the same place and year, times 100. United States: Census Bureau American Community Survey table B05002 (foreign born over total population). EU countries: Invokely calculation FOR / TOTAL * 100 from Eurostat migr_pop4ctb (country of birth, all ages, both sexes, 1 January); the total includes residents whose country of birth is unknown.

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Invokely calculation from Foreign-born population share (Eurostat migr_pop4ctb). https://invokely.ai/docs/methodology#foreign_born_share. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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What is the foreign-born share of the population in Cyprus?

Foreign-born population share in Cyprus was 27.6% in 2025, according to Eurostat. That is up 0.7 pts from 2024. That is the 3rd highest of 26 EU countries in 2025.

Where does this figure come from?

Invokely. Foreign-born population share (Eurostat migr_pop4ctb). Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-12.

What was the highest foreign-born share of the population in Cyprus?

27.6% in 2025, the highest value since 2009 in this series.

Foreign-born population share elsewhere in European Union (27)

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