Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom, whereas Cyprus is an independent country located in the eastern Mediterranean. Today in this article we will discuss the comparison between Cyprus and Wales regarding different aspects.
Size
Is Cyprus bigger than Wales?
The total area of Cyprus is 9,251 km2 and the total area of Wales is 20,779 km2. Wales is bigger than Cyprus in the area by 11,528 km2. Cyprus is almost 2.25 times smaller than Wales.
Area of Wales: 8,023 sq mi ( 20,779 km2 )
Area of Cyprus: 3,572 sq mi ( 9,251 km2 )
Population
As per the data from Eurostat, the population of Wales, as of the end of 2019 was estimated to be 3.136 Million.
As per the Worldometer data, the current population of Cyprus, as of 5th December 2020 is 1,211,187.
Here is some more data comparison between Cyprus and Wales.
The capital city of Cyprus is Nicosia and the capital of Wales is Cardiff.
Official Languages
Cyprus: Greek and Turkish
Wales: Welsh and English
Human Development Index
HDI of Cyprus as of 2018: 0.873
HDI of Wales as of 2018: 0.883
Wales Timezone:
UTC (Greenwich Mean Time)
UTC + 1 (British Summer Time)
Cyprus Timezone:
UTC + 2 (Eastern European Time)
UTC + 3 (Eastern European Summer Time)
Geological Coordinates
Coordinates of Cyprus:
35° 0′ 0″ N, 33° 0′ 0″ E
Coordinates of Wales:
52° 18′ 0″ N, 3° 36′ 0″ W
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