The preliminary results from the recent census say that in Paphos district, 38% of the population are foreigners.
[https://cyprus-mail.com/2022/05/18/cyprus-population-up-9-2-in-10-years-to-total-918100/](https://cyprus-mail.com/2022/05/18/cyprus-population-up-9-2-in-10-years-to-total-918100/?fbclid=IwAR2WO8O-pouuQS6dq3qMTm6uStsztRDL534lELRzhVEXK1Mq71lMUUCLZnA)
Now that we know that a large part of the foreign population are British pensioners I would conclude that the children and youth are still largely Cypriot. Plus, probably not all foreigners are registered; some EU citizens live here without registration.
Also, distribution is not equal; there are less foreigners in the smaller villages up the mountains and on the north coast.
Does that mean we have a majority of foreigners in the adult age groups, at least in the western coastal areas?
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Living in Cyprus for past 3 months, I haven’t seen anywhere as mixed as here in Paphos.
Hi, this may be extremely anecdotal since I don’t have the data to back up but I would say that even in schools the population is somewhere 60% Cypriot – 40% non-Cypriot .
A good friend works at a primary school and I remember them saying that they only have one Cypriot in their class. 4 to 5 mixed Cypriots (meaning with one Cypriot parent and a non Cypriot parent) [disclaimer: of course they are fully Cypriots. I wrote it this way so that my comment can be more insightful] and the rest are children of immigrants non Cypriots in a class of 20.
Also I would say that you can see the change in Paphos. It’s something that I personally like and I know that this might not be the case for all. But now paphos kinda feels more international.
I worked at a company in Paphos and around 30% of the staff were foreigners. I also see that in the Mall, when walking downtown and in the “Kastro” area etc .
Most common nationalities : British, Greek, Romanian, Bulgarian, Russian, Ukrainian, Chinese, Lebanese, Syrian
Registration doesn’t matter, census is performed by visits to the houses.
According to global statistics 78% of the population in Cyprus is Cypriot.
So nowhere is really going to be “majority” foreign.
That being said, yes, paphos is diverse.