- ISO 3166
CY- Main language + region
el-CY- Currency
- EUR · Euro
- Region
- EMEA · EU/UK
Cyprus
Cyprus has 1.3M people, and 1.2M of them are online. Greek is the most widely spoken language at 95%, one of 5 languages CLDR lists here. Greek and Turkish are official nationally. A product shipping here defaults to el-CY.
Market summary
Each figure carries its own world scale, so it reads without a second market beside it.
People online
1.2M
0%world median 81%100%
90% of 1.3M people use the internet, per the World Bank's 2024 figure. Estimated by multiplying CLDR population by that share.
Income per person
$41,783
Higher than 82% of 213 territories
GDP per capita in current US dollars, World Bank Open Data, most recent reported year. A rough guide to spending power, not revenue.
Can pay online
96%
0%world median 71%100%
Adults aged 15 and over holding a bank or mobile-money account, World Bank Global Findex 2024. Below half means a card-only checkout excludes most of the market.
Languages
5
Greek 95% · English 73% · Turkish 23%
Languages CLDR records here with a share of 0.1% or more. 2 of them are official nationally.
English proficiency
537
Very lowVery high
Moderate proficiency on the EF EPI 2025 scale. The sample is self-selected online test takers. It never enters any score on this site.
Adult literacy
99%
0%world median 95%100%
Share of adults who can read, as recorded in CLDR territory data. Low literacy shifts a product toward icons, audio, and video before another language.
What people speak
Shares include second languages, so totals can exceed 100%.
CLDR records Greek in 5 territories and 12.1M speakers in total; Cyprus holds 10% of them, and the rest come with the same translation. The Greek profile maps the whole footprint.
Day-one requirements
What the interface needs for the main language spoken here (el-CY).
Plural categories
2
Word-forms a translator writes for counted text, like English's "1 item" and "2 items".
Script family
Greek
Default system fonts cover this script on all major platforms.
Reading direction
Left-to-right
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Date
21 Απριλίου 2026
Short: 21/4/26
Time
6:30 μ.μ.
Week starts Mon
Currency
1.234,56 €
1,234.56 in EUR · Euro