Editing Greek Cypriots (section)

{{short description|Ethnic group}}
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{{Infobox ethnic group
| group            = Greek Cypriots<br> Ελληνοκύπριοι
| native_name_lang = el
| image            = 
| total            = {{circa}} 1.2 million<ref name="2011Cypriotcensus">{{cite web|title=Population – Country of Birth, Citizenship Category, Country of Citizenship, Language, Religion, Ethnic/Religious Group, 2011|url=http://www.cystat.gov.cy/mof/cystat/statistics.nsf/populationcondition_22main_en/populationcondition_22main_en?OpenForm&sub=2&sel=2|publisher=Statistical Service of the Republic of Cyprus|access-date=26 April 2016|archive-date=12 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612211105/http://www.cystat.gov.cy/mof/cystat/statistics.nsf/populationcondition_22main_en/populationcondition_22main_en?OpenForm&sub=2&sel=2|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="Cole 2011 loc=92" />
| popplace         = [[Cyprus]] 737,196 (2023 census){{Citation needed|date=March 2025}}<br>≈500,000 in [[Greek Cypriot diaspora|diaspora]] (2011 estimate)<ref name="Cole 2011 loc=92">{{citation |last=Papadakis|first=Yiannis|year=2011|chapter=Cypriots, Greek|editor-last=Cole|editor-first=Jeffrey E.|editor-link=Jeffrey Cole|title=Ethnic Groups of Europe: An Encyclopedia|publisher=ABC-CLIO|isbn=978-1-59884-302-6|page=92|quote=The population of Greek Cypriots currently living in Cyprus is around 650,000. In addition, it is estimated that up to 500,000 Greek Cypriots live outside Cyprus, the major concentrations being in the United Kingdom (270,000), Australia, South Africa, Greece, and the United States.}}</ref>
| region1          = [[United Kingdom]]
| pop1             = 270,000
| region2          = [[Australia]], [[South Africa]], [[Greece]], [[United States]], [[Germany]] and others
| pop2             = ≈230,000
| langs            = [[Modern Greek]] ([[Cypriot Greek|Cypriot]] and [[Varieties of Modern Greek#Standard Modern Greek|Standard]])
| rels             = [[Christianity]]<br>([[Greek Orthodox Church|Greek Orthodox]])
| native_name      = 
| related_groups   = Other [[Greeks|Greek]] subgroups
}}
{{Greeks}}
'''Greek Cypriots''' ({{langx|el|Ελληνοκύπριοι|Ellinokýprioi}}, {{langx|tr|Kıbrıs Rumları}}) are the ethnic [[Greeks|Greek]] population of [[Cyprus]],<ref name="Constitution">{{cite web|url=http://www.cyprus.gov.cy/portal/portal.nsf/0/302578ad62e1ea3ac2256fd5003b61d4?OpenDocument&ExpandSection=1,2,3,4,5|title=The Constitution – Appendix D: Part 01 – General Provisions|work=[[Constitution of Cyprus]]|publisher=Republic of Cyprus|access-date=9 February 2010|archive-date=28 July 2012|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120728215805/www.cyprus.gov.cy/portal/portal.nsf/0/302578ad62e1ea3ac2256fd5003b61d4?OpenDocument&ExpandSection=1,2,3,4,5|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cyprus.gov.cy/portal/portal.nsf/All/DE020800C01914BBC2257028003FBCBD?OpenDocument|title=About Cyprus – History – Modern Times|work=Government Web Portal – Areas of Interest|publisher=[[Government of Cyprus]]|access-date=19 January 2010|archive-date=24 May 2012|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120524174834/www.cyprus.gov.cy/portal/portal.nsf/All/DE020800C01914BBC2257028003FBCBD?OpenDocument|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="Congress">{{cite web|url=http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/cytoc.html|title=A Country Study: Cyprus|last=Solsten|first=Eric|date=January 1991|work=[[Federal Research Division]]|publisher=[[Library of Congress]]|access-date=9 February 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://cnewa.org/ecc-bodypg-us.aspx?eccpageID=22&indexview=toc|title=The Orthodox Church of Cyprus|publisher=[[Catholic Near East Welfare Association]]|access-date=19 January 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091203184148/http://www.cnewa.org/ecc-bodypg-us.aspx?eccpageID=22&IndexView=toc|archive-date=3 December 2009}}</ref> forming the island's largest [[Ethnolinguistic group|ethnolinguistic]] community. According to the 2023 census, 719,252 respondents recorded their ethnicity as Greek, forming almost 99% of the 737,196 Cypriot citizens and over 77.9% of the 923,381 total residents of the area controlled by the Republic of Cyprus.{{Citation needed|date=March 2025}} These figures do not include the 29,321 citizens of [[Greece]] residing in Cyprus, ethnic Greeks recorded as citizens of other countries, or the population of illegally occupied [[Northern Cyprus]].

The majority of Greek Cypriots are members of the [[Church of Cyprus]], an [[autocephaly|autocephalous]] [[Greek Orthodox Church]] within the wider communion of [[Eastern Orthodox Church|Orthodox Christianity]].<ref name="Congress" /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cyprus.gov.cy/portal/portal.nsf/All/817E9279C04E4480C2257023002B858C?OpenDocument|title=About Cyprus – Towns and Population|work=Government Web Portal – Areas of Interest|publisher=[[Government of Cyprus]]|access-date=19 January 2010|archive-date=25 February 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120225142919/http://www.cyprus.gov.cy/portal/portal.nsf/All/817E9279C04E4480C2257023002B858C?OpenDocument|url-status=dead}}</ref> In regard to the 1960 [[Constitution of Cyprus]], the term also includes [[Maronite Cypriots|Maronites]], [[Armenians in Cyprus|Armenians]], and [[Catholic Church in Cyprus|Catholics]] of the [[Latin Church]] ("Latins"), who were given the option of being included in either the Greek or [[Turkish Cypriots|Turkish]] communities and voted to join the former due to a shared religion.