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title: "Cyprus — capital, area, population and currency"
description: "Cyprus: capital Nicosia, area 9,251 km², population 1,370,754 (2025), currency Euro. Languages, time zones and calling code."
url: https://atoneplace.net/country/cyprus/
site: "At One Place"
---

# Cyprus

**Cyprus: Capital Nicosia**

9,251 km² · 1,370,754 people (2025) · Euro

The third-largest island in the Mediterranean, at about 9,250 km². The Troodos massif is one of the best-preserved ophiolite complexes on Earth — a slice of ocean crust pushed up onto land, which is why geologists come here to look at rock that normally sits kilometres under the sea.

## The facts

- **Capital:** Nicosia
- **Area:** 9,251 km² — 3,572 sq mi
- **Population:** 1,370,754 (2025)
- **Density:** 148.2 people per km²
- **Currency:** Euro (EUR, €)
- **Official languages:** Greek, Turkish
- **Time zone:** UTC+02:00
- **Calling code:** +357
- **Drives on the:** left
- **ISO codes:** CY · CYP
- **Continent:** Europe

## How it compares

- **By area:** 165 of 200
- **By population:** 156 of 200

> Population is the only figure on this page that dates — it is a 2025 estimate and will drift. Area, capital, currency, languages, calling code and driving side change rarely or never.

## Countries of a similar size

| Country | Area (km²) | Population |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kosovo | 10,887 | 1,576,876 |
| Lebanon | 10,400 | 5,849,421 |
| Cyprus ← | 9,251 | 1,370,754 |
| Puerto Rico | 9,104 | 3,184,835 |
| Palestine | 6,220 | 5,413,596 |

## Common questions

### What is the capital of Cyprus?

Nicosia

### What currency does Cyprus use?

The Euro (EUR).

### How big is Cyprus?

9,251 km², or 3,572 square miles — 165 of 200 by area.

### Which side of the road does Cyprus drive on?

The left.

## Related pages

- [Kosovo](https://atoneplace.net/country/kosovo/)
- [Lebanon](https://atoneplace.net/country/lebanon/)
- [Puerto Rico](https://atoneplace.net/country/puerto-rico/)
- [Palestine](https://atoneplace.net/country/palestine/)
- [Russia](https://atoneplace.net/country/russia/)
- [Germany](https://atoneplace.net/country/germany/)
- [United Kingdom](https://atoneplace.net/country/united-kingdom/)
- [France](https://atoneplace.net/country/france/)
- [Italy](https://atoneplace.net/country/italy/)
- [Spain](https://atoneplace.net/country/spain/)
- [Ukraine](https://atoneplace.net/country/ukraine/)
- [Poland](https://atoneplace.net/country/poland/)

## Sources

- The World Factbook — Central Intelligence Agency (https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/) [Public domain (US Government)]
- World Bank Open Data — The World Bank (https://data.worldbank.org/) [CC BY 4.0]