Total Cyprus population fell in 2013 due to the outflow of legal immigrants residing in the island, data released by Eurostat on Thursday show.
According to the data the population of Cyprus reached at the end of 2013 858,000 residents compared to 865,9000 one year earlier, down by 7,900 people.
The figure is the result of adding up the balance between births and deaths and taking into account legal immigrants who chose to leave the island.
