1. ΚΥΠΡΟ΢-CHIPRE-CYPRUS
My Country In Numbers
A presentation prepared by Trimiklini Elementary
School as part of the Comenius Project “Under
The Same Sky”

2. NUMBERS ABOUT:
 Size
 Population
 Religion
 Languages
 Climate
 Education
 Standard of Living
 Electric Current - Time Zone -
Telephone Numbers

3. SIZE
 The third largest Mediterranean island
after Sicily and Sardinia
 Cyprus is located in the East
Mediterranean Basin 75 kilometers
(47 miles) south of Turkey.
 The island has an area of 9,251
square kilometers (3,571 square
miles) and a coastline of 648
kilometers (402 miles).

4. POPULATION
 Greek Cypriot community 672.800 or 75,4%
 Turkish Cypriot community 89.200 or 10,0%
 Foreign residents 130.400 or 14,6%
 The religious groups which belong to the
Greek Cypriot community totaled:
(i) Armenians 2.700 or 0,4% of the Greek
Cypriot community and 0,3% of the total
population
(ii) Maronites 4.800 or 0,7% of the Greek
Cypriot community and 0,5% of the total
population
(ii) Latins 900 or 0,1% of the Greek Cypriot
community and 0,1% of the total population

5. RELIGION
 Greek Orthodox 78%
 Muslim 18%
 Maronite, Armenian Apostolic, and
other 4%

6. LANGUAGES
 The local population is Greek speaking
with a Cypriot accent.
 Cyprus was once a British colony
resulting in over 80% of the population
speaking English apart from Greek. It is
also useful to note that all street
signs, direction signs, shop signs etc. are
written both in Greek and English.
 Knowledge of German, French, Russian
and other European languages is
increasing with the Island tourist trade.

7. CLIMATE & TEMPERATURE
 Cyprus enjoys the best Mediterranean climate with
approximately 340 days of sunshine per year.
 The swimming season practically starts from April and
does not end until November. Pine forests are close to
the coast and it is possible to ski in the mountains and
swim in the blue Mediterranean all in the same day.
Average temperatures comparison
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Avg Sep Oct Nov Dec
Cyprus 17 18 21 23 27 30 32 32 31 28 23 18
London 5 5 8 11 14 17 18 18 16 12 9 6
Paris 4 5 7 10 13 16 19 19 15 11 7 5
Moscow -8 -7 -2 6 12 17 18 16 11 5 -2 -6
Amsterdam 5 5 8 12 16 19 21 21 18 14 9 6
Tokyo 15 5 6 9 14 18 21 25 27 24 13 8

8. EDUCATION
 At all levels of education, there were 1.277 educational
institutions, 179.702 pupils/students and 16.345
teachers, giving a pupil/teacher ratio of 11,0.
 Of the total number of pupils/students, 69,5% were enrolled in
public schools and 30,5% in private schools.
 The enrolments of pupils/students by level of education were
as follows: Pre-school and Pre-primary 27.420, Primary
55.552, Secondary 65.445, Tertiary 30.986 and Special
education 299.
 Cypriot students abroad totaled 21.473. Their distribution by
level of education was as follows: Tertiary non-university 385
or 1,8%, Tertiary University Undergraduate 18.712 or
87,1%, Tertiary Postgraduate (Master’s) 1.886 or 8,8% and
Doctoral (Ph.D) 490 or 2,3%.

9. EDUCATION
 The most popular fields of study were: Business and
Administration 12,1%, Health 10,8%, Social and behavioral
sciences 9,4%, Humanities 9,2%, Engineering
8,3%, Architecture and building 6.9% and Teacher training
and Education science 6,7%.
 The main countries of study were: Greece 54,7%, United
Kingdom 35,4%, U.S.A. 2,2%, Bulgaria 1,5%, Hungary
1,2%, France 0,9%, and Germany 0,8%.
 The current public cost per pupil/student in public schools by
level of education was as follows: Pre-school and Pre-primary
€5.510, Primary €5.401, Secondary €8.604 and Tertiary
€13.679.

10. STANDARD OF LIVING
 Cyprus provides a fairly
high, European level standard of
living. The annual per capita income is
about US 27,000. The overall cost of
living averages about 1/3 to 2/3 of
most parts of Europe, Japan or the
USA.
 A recent international poll showed
Cyprus towns to have one of the
lowest costs of living within a
developed nation.

11. Electricity – Time Zone –
Telephone Numbers
 Time Zone: + 2 GMT
 Electric Current: 220-240 Volt
 Telephone number format for largest cities:
Famagusta: 23xxxxxx
Larnaca: 24xxxxxx
Limassol: 25xxxxxx
Nicosia: 22xxxxxx
Paphos: 26xxxxxx
How to dial a fixed telephone number in Cyprus:
e.g. 00 357 25xxxxxx (Limassol Number)
How to dial to Cyprus cellular
Dialing format for calls to a cell phone:
00 357 99xxxxxx
00 357 97xxxxxx
00 357 96xxxxxx
00 357 95xxxxxx

12. Thank you all for
your attention
Köszönöm Obrigado
Merci
Ευχαριστώ
Bedankt Gracias
Danke schön Paldies