Immigration in Cyprus
Cyprus recorded 40,471 immigrants in 2024.
Cyprus, 2024
40,471
Change from 2023
−0.7%
European Union, 2024
5,684,984 immigrantsip (Source flag ip)
Position in 2024
23rd of 33
Immigration in Cyprus over time
View
Cyprus
European Union
×
The chart loads when you scroll to it. The table below shows the same data.
The chart shows a calculation from the published values. The table below keeps the published values.
People. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Cyprus | European Union |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 40,471 immigrants | 5,684,984 immigrantsip (value imputed by Eurostat or other receiving agencies, provisional) |
| 2023 | 40,761 immigrants | 6,011,360 immigrantsep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2022 | 37,558 immigrants | 6,997,284 immigrantsep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2021 | 25,473 immigrants | 4,132,213 immigrantsbep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2020 | 22,850 immigrants | 3,279,673 immigrantsep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2019 | 27,553 immigrants | 4,206,293 immigrantsbep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2018 | 25,740 immigrants | 3,936,055 immigrantsep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2017 | 22,458 immigrants | 3,766,413 immigrantsep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2016 | 18,590 immigrants | 3,735,536 immigrantsbep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2015 | 15,364 immigrants | 4,097,244 immigrantsbep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2014 | 13,003 immigrants | 3,187,841 immigrantsep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2013 | 13,666 immigrants | 2,901,962 immigrantsbep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2012 | 16,138 immigrants | – |
| 2011 | 23,037 immigrants | – |
| 2010 | 20,206 immigrants | – |
| 2009 | 22,581 immigrantsb (break in time series) | – |
| 2008 | 21,060 immigrants | – |
| 2007 | 19,328 immigrants | – |
| 2006 | 13,077 immigrants | – |
| 2005 | 10,320 immigrants | – |
| 2004 | 9,003 immigrants | – |
| 2003 | 7,981 immigrants | – |
| 2002 | 6,940 immigrants | – |
| 2001 | 17,485 immigrants | – |
| 2000 | 12,764 immigrants | – |
Flags: b break in time series; bep break in time series, estimated, provisional; ep estimated, provisional; ip value imputed by Eurostat or other receiving agencies, provisional . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- That is a change of −0.7% from 40,761 immigrants in 2023.
- Since 2014, when it was 13,003 immigrants, the figure has changed by +211.2%.
- Among the 33 countries with data for 2024, Cyprus has the 23rd highest value.
- The figure for the European Union in 2024 was 5,684,984 immigrants.
More for Cyprus
All statistics for Cyprus
Emigration
26,883 emigrants
2024 · Eurostat
Acquisitions of citizenship
2,800 people
2024 · Eurostat
Net migration
7,749 people
2025 · World Bank
First-time asylum applicants
2,835 applicants
2025 · Eurostat
Net migration rate
11.3p (Provisional) per 1,000 people
2025 · Eurostat
Net migration estimates and projections
6.5 per 1,000 people
2023 · UN Population Division