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648 km

Maritime claims:

territorial sea: 12 nm

contiguous zone: 24 nm

continental shelf: 200 m depth or to the depth of exploitation

Climate:

temperate; Mediterranean with hot, dry summers and cool winters

Terrain:

central plain with mountains to north and south; scattered but significant plains along southern coast

Elevation extremes:

lowest point: Mediterranean Sea 0 m

highest point: Mount Olympus 1,951 m

Natural resources:

copper, pyrites, asbestos, gypsum, timber, salt, marble, clay earth pigment

Land use:

arable land: 10.81%

permanent crops: 4.32%

other: 84.87% (2005)

Irrigated land:

400 sq km (2003)

Total renewable water resources:

0.4 cu km (2005)

Freshwater withdrawal (domestic/industrial/agricultural):

total: 0.21 cu km/yr (27%/1%/71%)

per capita: 250 cu m/yr (2000)

Natural hazards:

moderate earthquake activity; droughts

Environment - current issues:

water resource problems (no natural reservoir catchments, seasonal disparity in rainfall, sea water intrusion to island's largest aquifer, increased salination in the north); water pollution from sewage and industrial wastes; coastal degradation; loss of wildlife habitats from urbanization

Environment - international agreements:

party to: Air Pollution, Air Pollution-Nitrogen Oxides, Air

Pollution-Persistent Organic Pollutants, Air Pollution-Sulfur 94,

Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol,

Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification,

Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Ozone Layer

Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands

signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements

Geography - note:

the third largest island in the Mediterranean Sea (after Sicily and Sardinia)

People ::Cyprus

Population:

796,740 (July 2009 est.) country comparison to the world: 159

Age structure:

0–14 years: 19.1% (male 77,959/female 74,591)

15–64 years: 68.5% (male 276,890/female 269,267)

65 years and over: 12.3% (male 42,961/female 55,072) (2009 est.)

Median age:

total: 35.5 years

male: 34.5 years

female: 36.6 years (2009 est.)

Population growth rate:

0.519% (2009 est.) country comparison to the world: 154

Birth rate:

12.57 births/1,000 population (2009 est.) country comparison to the world: 161

Death rate:

7.8 deaths/1,000 population (July 2009 est.) country comparison to the world: 113

Net migration rate:

0.42 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.) country comparison to the world: 66

Urbanization:

urban population: 70% of total population (2008)

rate of urbanization: 1.3% annual rate of change (2005–10 est.)

Sex ratio:

at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female

under 15 years: 1.04 male(s)/female

15–64 years: 1.03 male(s)/female

65 years and over: 0.78 male(s)/female

total population: 1 male(s)/female (2009 est.)

Infant mortality rate:

total: 6.6 deaths/1,000 live births country comparison to the world: 174 male: 8.14 deaths/1,000 live births

female: 4.98 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Life expectancy at birth:

total population: 78.33 years country comparison to the world: 45 male: 75.91 years

female: 80.86 years (2009 est.)

Total fertility rate:

1.77 children born/woman (2009 est.) country comparison to the world: 162

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:

0.1% (2003 est.) country comparison to the world: 143

HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:

fewer than 1,000 (2007 est.) country comparison to the world: 142

HIV/AIDS - deaths: