Editing Demographics of Cyprus (section)

==Historical population==
Turkish Cypriots were the majority of the population registered for taxation between 1777 and 1800.<ref>[https://archive.org/details/excerptacypriama00cobhuoft Claude Delaval Cobham] Excerpta Cypria, Cambridge University Press, 1908, p.366-67</ref><ref>[http://cypruslibrary.moec.gov.cy/ebooks/36821 Archimandrite Kyprianos] Istoria Khronoloyiki tis Nisou Kiprou (History and Chronicles of the Island of Cyprus, Ιστορία χρονολογική της νήσου Κύπρου) 1788, p.495</ref> However, it is likely that the [[Muslim]] population never exceeded 35-40 per cent of the total population of Cyprus. Rather, many [[Eastern Orthodox Church|Orthodox Christians]] registered as [[Muslims]] in order to reduce taxation from the government.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://inalcik.com/images/pdfs/52721689STATUSOFGREEKORTHODOXPATRiARCH.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2018-06-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160501065440/http://inalcik.com/images/pdfs/52721689STATUSOFGREEKORTHODOXPATRiARCH.pdf |archive-date=2016-05-01 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

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| image1 = Cyprus-distribution-1891-1931.jpg
| alt1   = Distribution of Turkish Cypriots (1891, 1911, 1931)
| image2 = Cyprus-distribution-1946-1973.jpg
| alt2   = Distribution of Turkish Cypriots (1946, 1960, 1973)
| footer = Distribution of Turkish Cypriots (1891–1973)
}}

{| class="wikitable"
|+ Tax Registered Population of Cyprus by ethnicity 1777–1800
|-
! rowspan="2" | census year
! colspan="2" | [[Greeks]]
! colspan="2" | [[Turkish people|Turks]]
! colspan="2" | [[Armenians]]
! colspan="2" | [[Maronites]]
! colspan="2" | Others
! rowspan="2" | Total
|-
! # !! %
! # !! %
! # !! %
! # !! %
! # !! %
|-
| 1777
| 37,000 || {{percentage bar|width=50|44.0}}
| 47,000 || {{percentage bar|width=50|56.0}}
| {{n/a}} || {{n/a}}
| {{n/a}} || {{n/a}}
| {{n/a}} || {{n/a}}
| 84,000
|-
| 1790
| 47,500 || {{percentage bar|width=50|41.5}}
| 67,000 || {{percentage bar|width=50|58.5}}
| {{n/a}} || {{n/a}}
| {{n/a}} || {{n/a}}
| {{n/a}} || {{n/a}}
| 114,500
|-
| 1793
| 46,392 || {{percentage bar|width=50|39.3}}
| 67,000 || {{percentage bar|width=50|58.8}}
| {{n/a}} || {{n/a}}
| {{n/a}} || {{n/a}}
| 4,608 || {{percentage bar|width=50|3.9}}
| 118,000
|-
| 1800
| 30,524 || {{percentage bar|width=50|31.3}}
| 67,000 || {{percentage bar|width=50|68.7}}
| {{n/a}} || {{n/a}}
| {{n/a}} || {{n/a}}
| {{n/a}} || {{n/a}}
| 97,524
|}

{| class="wikitable"
|+ Population of Cyprus according to ethnicity (1881–2011)
|-
! rowspan="2" | census year
! colspan="2" | [[Greeks]]
! colspan="2" | [[Turkish people|Turks]]
! colspan="2" | [[Armenians]]
! colspan="2" | [[Maronites]]
! colspan="2" | Others
! rowspan="2" | Total
|-
! # !! %
! # !! %
! # !! %
! # !! %
! # !! %
|-
| 1881<ref name="historical_pop">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6jH4Xy4KFrYC&pg=PA21 |title=The Armenians of Cyprus
|author=Alexander-Michael Hadjilyra |pages=21}}</ref>
| 137,631 || {{percentage bar|width=50|73.9}}
| 45,458 || {{percentage bar|width=50|24.4}}
| 174 || {{percentage bar|width=50|0.1}}
| 830 || {{percentage bar|width=50|0.4}}
| 1,738 || {{percentage bar|width=50|0.9}}
| 186,173
|-
| 1891<ref name="historical_pop" />
| 158,585 || {{percentage bar|width=50|75.8}}
| 47,926 || {{percentage bar|width=50|22.9}}
| 280 || {{percentage bar|width=50|0.1}}
| 1,131 || {{percentage bar|width=50|0.5}}
| 1,364 || {{percentage bar|width=50|0.7}}
| 209,286
|-
| 1901<ref name="historical_pop" />
| 182,739 || {{percentage bar|width=50|77.1}}
| 51,309 || {{percentage bar|width=50|21.6}}
| 517 || {{percentage bar|width=50|0.2}}
| 1,130 || {{percentage bar|width=50|0.5}}
| 1,327 || {{percentage bar|width=50|0.6}}
| 237,022
|-
| 1911<ref name="historical_pop" />
| 214,480 || {{percentage bar|width=50|78.2}}
| 56,428 || {{percentage bar|width=50|20.6}}
| 558 || {{percentage bar|width=50|0.2}}
| 1,073 || {{n/a}}
| 1,569 || {{n/a}}
| 274,108
|-
| 1921<ref name="historical_pop" />
| 244,887 || {{percentage bar|width=50|78.8}}
| 61,339 || {{percentage bar|width=50|19.7}}
| 1,197 || {{percentage bar|width=50|0.4}}
| 1,350 || {{n/a}}
| 1,942 || {{n/a}}
| 310,715
|-
| 1931<ref name="historical_pop" />
| 276,572 || {{percentage bar|width=50|79.5}}
| 64,238 || {{percentage bar|width=50|18.5}}
| 3,377 || {{percentage bar|width=50|1}}
| 1,704 || {{n/a}}
| 2,068 || {{n/a}}
| 347,959
|-
| 1946
| 361,199 || {{percentage bar|width=50|80.2}}
| 80,548 || {{percentage bar|width=50|17.9}}
| 3,686 || {{percentage bar|width=50|0.8}}
| 2,083 || {{n/a}}
| 2,598 || {{n/a}}
| 450,114
|-
| 1960
| 442,363 || {{percentage bar|width=50|77.1}}
| 104,333 || {{percentage bar|width=50|18.2}}
| 3,630 || {{n/a}}
| 2,752 || {{n/a}}
| 20,488 || {{n/a}}
| 573,566
|-
| 2011{{efn|in the territory controlled by the Republic of Cyprus}}<ref name="census2011" >{{cite web|title=Population - Country of Birth, Citizenship Category, Country of Citizenship, Language, Religion, Ethnic/Religious Group, 2011|url=http://www.cystat.gov.cy/mof/cystat/statistics.nsf/populationcondition_22main_en/populationcondition_22main_en?OpenForm&sub=2&sel=2|access-date=12 May 2018|archive-date=12 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612211105/http://www.cystat.gov.cy/mof/cystat/statistics.nsf/populationcondition_22main_en/populationcondition_22main_en?OpenForm&sub=2&sel=2|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| 659,115 || {{percentage bar|width=50|98.8}}
| 1,128 || {{percentage bar|width=50|0.2}}
| 1,831 || {{percentage bar|width=50|0.3}}
| 3,656 || {{percentage bar|width=50|0.5}}
| 1,460 || {{percentage bar|width=50|0.2}}
| 667,398
|}
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In the census from 1881 to 1960, all Muslims are counted as Turks, only Greek Orthodox are counted as Greeks. There were small populations of Greek-speaking Muslims and Turkish-speaking Greek Orthodox.<ref>A Handbook of Cyprus, Hutchinson, Joseph Turner, page 57, 1907</ref>

In total, between 1955 and 1973, 16,519 Turks and 71,036 Greeks emigrated from the country. Of the emigrated Turkish Cypriots in this period, only 290 went to Turkey.<ref name="Mete Hatay 2007, page 64">{{cite web |url=http://file.prio.no/publication_files/Cyprus/Report%202007-2%20Is%20the%20Turkish%20Cypriot%20Population%20Shrinking.pdf |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/http://file.prio.no/publication_files/Cyprus/Report%202007-2%20Is%20the%20Turkish%20Cypriot%20Population%20Shrinking.pdf |archive-date=2022-10-09 |url-status=live |title=Is the Turkish Cypriot population shrinking?: an overview of the ethno-demography of Cyprus in the light of the preliminary results of the 2006 Turkish-Cypriot census |first=Mete |last=Hatay |publisher=International Peace Research Institute |year=2007 |page=64}}</ref> In the 2011 census, 208 people stated their ethnic origin as being [[Catholic Church in Cyprus|Latin]].<ref name="census2011" />