Ethnic Groups
- Greek 60%, Turkish 24%, other 16% (2011 census, 2006 North Cyprus data, entire island)
- Largest foreign ethnic groups:
- Greeks(from mainland): 17.3% (31,044)
- British: 14,8% (26,659)
- Romanian: 13.6% (24,376)
- Bulgarian: 10.7% (19,197)
- Filipinos: 5.4% (9,744)
- Russian: 4.8% (8,663)
- Sri Lankan: 4.1% (7,350)
- Vietnamese: 4% (7,102)
- Syrian: 1.8% (3,235)
- Ukrainian: 1.7% (3,023)
- Polish: 1.6% (2,951)
- Indian: 1.6% (2,955)
- Georgian: 1.2% (2,113)
- German: 0.6% (1,162)
- Other EU countries: 4% (7,035)
- Other non-EU countries: 12% (22,938)
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