Demographics of Greece

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The Demographics of Greece refer to the demography of the population that inhabits the country. The population of Greece was estimated by the Hellenic Statistical Authority to be 10,372,335 in 2025. The latest census in Greece was conducted in 2021.[1]

Historical overview

Greece was inhabited as early as the Paleolithic period. The Greek language ultimately dominated the peninsula and Greece's mosaic of small city-states became culturally similar. The population estimates on the Greeks during the 4th century BC, is approximately 3.5 million on the Greek peninsula and 4 to 6.5 million in the rest of the entire Mediterranean Basin,[2] including all colonies such as those in Magna Graecia, Asia Minor and the shores of the Black Sea.

During the history of the Byzantine Empire, the Greek peninsula was occasionally invaded by the foreign peoples like Goths, Avars, Slavs, Normans, Franks and other Romance-speaking peoples who had betrayed the Crusades. The only group, however, that planned to establish permanent settlements in the region were the Slavs. They settled in isolated valleys of the Peloponnese and Thessaly, establishing segregated communities that were referred by the Byzantines as Sclaveni. Traces of Slavic culture in Greece are very rare and by the 9th century, the Sclaveni in Greece were largely assimilated. However, some Slavic communities managed to survive in rural Macedonia. At the same time a large Sephardi Jewish emigrant community from the Iberian Peninsula established itself in Thessaloniki, while there were population movements of Arvanites and "Vlachs" (Aromanians and Megleno-Romanians), who established communities in several parts of the Greek peninsula. The Byzantine Empire ultimately fell to Ottoman Turks in the 15th century and as a result Ottoman colonies were established in the Balkans, notably in Macedonia, the Peloponnese and Crete. Many Greeks either fled to other European nations or to geographically isolated areas (i.e. mountains and heavily forested territories) to escape foreign rule. For those reasons, the population decreased in the plains, while increasing on the mountains. The population transfers with Bulgaria and Turkey that took place in the early 20th century, added in total some two million Greeks to the demography of the Greek Kingdom.[3]

During the next decades, the population of Greece continued to increase, except during a large part of 1940s due to World War II and subsequent events. After 1940s the population of Greece continued to grow, though on a decreased pace after 1960s, due to a gradual decrease in fertility and emigration to various countries, such as West Germany, Australia, United Kingdom and many others. The birth rate decreased significantly in 1980s, while in 1987 the Greek population surpassed 10 million. At this time Greece had started to see a positive migration rate, due to the return of Greek Civil War refugees and international immigration. During the 1990s the population increased by close to 1 million, as the collapse of the communist governments in Eastern Europe and the economic downturn resulted in a significant influx of Eastern European immigrants to Greece, especially from the Balkans, including many diaspora Greeks returning home. In the 2000s the population continued to increase reaching 11 million, thanks to an increased birth rate, a stable influx of migrants from other countries and the return of Greeks from United States, Germany, Australia and other countries. In the 2010s, in the wake of the Greek financial crisis, the population started to decrease and birthrates plummeted, while death rates increased due to an aging population. Many Greeks emigrated abroad, while more recently the population decrease has been largely stabilized due to foreign immigration.

Recent Demographics

Population

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Population of Greece since 1961.

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According to the 2001 census the population of Greece was 10,964,020. Eurostat estimations as of January 2008 gave the number of 11,214,992 inhabitants in the Greek peninsula. According to the official 2011 census, which used sophisticated methodology, the population of Greece was 10,816,286.

Census Population Change
1971 8,768,372 –
1981 9,739,589 11.1%
1991 10,259,900 5.3%
2001 10,964,020 6.9%
2011 10,816,286 −0.88%
2021 10,482,487 −3.1%

By region

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Population density map of Greek regions

Greece is divided into nine geographic regions. The population of each region according to the 1971, 1981, 1991, 2001, 2011 and 2021 censuses is represented in the table below, comparing the change in population over a 50-year period. The latest population estimates by the Hellenic Statistical Authority are also included.

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Region Population (1971) Population (1981) Population (1991) Population (2001) Population (2011) Population (2021) Population (2025)[8]
Aegean Islands 417,813 Decrease 428,030 Increase 456,555 Increase 508,807 Increase 508,246 Decrease 522,763 Increase 534,963 Increase
Central Greece 3,532,248 Increase 4,125,463 Increase 4,366,900 Increase 4,591,568 Increase 4,586,626 Decrease 4,514,663 Decrease 4,455,160 Decrease
Crete 456,642 Decrease 501.909 Increase 536,433 Increase 601,131 Increase 623,065 Increase 624,408 Increase 621,121 Decrease
Epirus 310,334 Decrease 323.871 Increase 327,176 Increase 353,822 Increase 336,856 Decrease 319,991 Decrease 324,061 Increase
Ionian Islands 184,443 Decrease 182.327 Decrease 189,338 Increase 212,984 Increase 207,855 Decrease 204,532 Decrease 198,421 Decrease
Macedonia 1,890,684 Increase 2,116,361 Increase 2,225,690 Increase 2,424,765 Increase 2,402,771 Decrease 2,266,206 Decrease 2,229,959 Decrease
Peloponnese 986,912 Decrease 1,014,485 Increase 1,045,020 Increase 1,155,019 Increase 1,046,897 Decrease 995,410 Decrease 981,399 Decrease
Thessaly 659,913 Decrease 695,724 Increase 729,268 Increase 753,888 Increase 732,762 Decrease 688,255 Decrease 676,040 Decrease
Thrace 329,582 Decrease 341,180 Increase 340,755 Decrease 362,038 Increase 371,208 Increase 346,259 Decrease 351,211 Increase
Total 8,768,372 Increase 9,729,350 Increase 10,223,392 Increase 10,964,020 Increase 10,816,286 Decrease 10,482,487 Decrease 10,372,335 Decrease

Increase/Decrease = change since previous census

Fertility rate

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Greece total fertility rate by region (2014)
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The total fertility rate is the number of children born per woman. It is based on fairly good data for the entire period. Sources: Our World In Data and Gapminder Foundation.[9]

Years 1850 1851 1852 1853 1854 1855 1856 1857 1858 1859 1860[9]
Total fertility rate in Greece 6.03 5.81 5.59 5.36 5.14 4.92 4.7 4.47 4.25 4.03 3.81
Years 1861 1862 1863 1864 1865 1866 1867 1868 1869 1870[9]
Total fertility rate in Greece 3.95 3.87 3.78 3.94 3.73 4.03 3.83 3.85 3.86 3.77
Years 1871 1872 1873 1874 1875 1876 1877 1878 1879 1880[9]
Total fertility rate in Greece 3.81 3.83 3.7 3.91 3.78 3.97 3.82 3.64 3.32 3.27
Years 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890[9]
Total fertility rate in Greece 3.28 3.38 3.35 3.83 3.82 4.01 4.19 4.38 4.57 4.73
Years 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900[9]
Total fertility rate in Greece 4.8 4.88 4.95 5.03 5.1 5.18 5.25 5.32 5.4 5.47
Years 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910[9]
Total fertility rate in Greece 5.35 5.22 5.1 4.97 4.85 4.72 4.6 4.47 4.35 4.22
Years 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920[9]
Total fertility rate in Greece 4.09 3.97 3.84 3.72 3.59 3.47 3.34 3.22 3.09 2.97

Life expectancy

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Life expectancy in Greece since 1877
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Life expectancy in Greece since 1960 by gender
Period Life expectancy in
Years 		Period Life expectancy in
Years
1950–1955 65.8 1985–1990 75.6
1955–1960 67.2 1990–1995 77.4
1960–1965 69.3 1995–2000 78.1
1965–1970 70.1 2000–2005 79.1
1970–1975 71.8 2005–2010 80.0
1975–1980 72.8 2010–2015 80.6
1980–1985 74.5 2015–2020 81.2

Source: UN World Population Prospects[10]

Age structure

Being part of the phenomenon of the aging of Europe, the Greek population shows a rapid increase of the percentage of the elderly people. Greece's population census of 1961 found that 10.9% of the total population was above the age of 65, while the percentage of this group age increased to 19.0% in 2011. In contrast, the percentage of the population of the ages 0–14 had a total decrease of 10.2% between 1961 and 2011.

Age group 1971 1981 1991 2001 2011 2021
Population % Population % Population % Population % Population % Population %
0–14 2,223,904 25.4 2,307,297 23.7 1,974,867 19.2 1,664,085 15.2 1,576,500 14.4 1,510,736 14.1
15–64 5,587,352 63.7 6,192,751 63.6 6,880,681 67.1 7,468,395 68.1 7,122,830 66.6 6,760,040 63.3
65+ 957,116 10.9 1,239,541 12.7 1,404,352 13.7 1,831,540 16.7 2,108,807 19.0 2,407,856 22.6
Total 8,768,372 9,739,589 10,259,900 10,964,020 10,816,286 10,678,632

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Vital statistics

Vital statistics from 1833

Source: Hellenic Statistical Authority[11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19] Territorial changes of Greece occurred in 1881 (the addition of Thessaly), 1913 (the addition of Macedonia, Epirus, and the Aegean islands) and in 1923–1925 (Population exchange between Greece and Turkey)

Notable events in Greek demography:

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Average population

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Live births

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Deaths Natural change Crude birth rate (per 1000) Crude death rate (per 1000) Natural change (per 1000) Crude migration change (per 1000) Total Fertility RatesTemplate:Refn[9][21][22]
1833 753,000 28,300 20,900 7,400 37.6 27.8 9.8
1834 765,000 28,800 21,300 7,500 37.7 27.8 9.9 5.93
1835 777,000 29,300 21,700 7,600 37.7 27.9 9.8 5.71
1836 789,000 29,800 22,000 7,800 37.8 27.9 9.9 5.36
1837 801,000 30,300 22,400 7,900 37.8 28.0 9.8 5.16
1838 813,000 30,800 22,800 8,000 37.9 28.0 9.8 4.96
1839 825,000 31,400 23,200 8,200 38.1 28.1 10.0 4.88
1840 838,000 32,000 23,600 8,400 38.2 28.2 10.0 4.09
1841 858,000 32,700 24,100 8,600 38.1 28.1 10.0 12.97
1842 878,000 33,500 24,600 8,900 38.1 28.0 10.1 12.79
1843 899,000 34,300 25,100 9,200 38.1 27.9 10.2 13.51
1844 920,000 35,100 25,600 9,500 38.2 27.8 10.4 13.52
1845 941,000 36,000 26,100 9,900 38.2 27.7 10.5 12.04
1846 963,000 36,800 26,700 10,100 38.2 27.7 10.5 12.39
1847 985,000 37,700 27,200 10,500 38.3 27.6 10.7 11.70
1848 1,008,000 38,600 27,800 10,800 38.3 27.6 10.7 11.84
1849 1,021,000 39,100 28,200 10,900 38.3 27.6 10.7 2.66
1850 1,031,000 36,200 25,400 10,800 35.1 24.6 10.5 −0.78 6.03
1851 1,046,000 36,700 25,900 10,800 35.1 24.8 10.3 3.56 5.81
1852 1,061,000 37,300 26,300 11,000 35.2 24.8 10.4 3.99 5.59
1853 1,076,000 37,800 26,800 11,000 35.1 24.9 10.2 3.74 5.36
1854 1,092,000 38,400 27,300 11,100 35.2 25.0 10.2 4.61 5.14
1855 1,108,000 39,000 27,800 11,200 35.2 25.1 10.1 4.55 4.92
1856 1,124,000 39,500 28,200 11,300 35.1 25.1 10.0 4.48 4.70
1857 1,140,000 40,100 28,700 11,400 35.2 25.2 10.0 4.42 4.47
1858 1,156,000 40,700 29,200 11,500 35.2 25.3 9.9 4.44 4.25
1859 1,173,000 41,300 29,700 11,600 35.2 25.3 9.9 4.64 4.03
1860 1,190,000 41,900 30,200 11,700 35.2 25.4 9.8 4.49 3.71
1861 1,264,000 44,200 31,800 12,400 35.0 25.2 9.8 50.20 3.95
1862 1,286,000 45,000 32,300 12,700 35.0 25.1 9.9 7.29 3.87
1863 1,308,000 45,900 32,800 13,100 35.1 25.1 10.0 6.86 3.78
1864 1,330,000 46,700 33,200 13,500 35.1 25.0 10.1 6.4 3.94
1865 1,353,000 47,600 33,700 13,900 35.2 24.9 10.3 6.8 3.73
1866 1,376,000 48,400 34,200 14,200 35.2 24.9 10.3 6.5 4.03
1867 1,400,000 49,300 34,800 14,500 35.2 24.9 10.4 6.8 3.83
1868 1,424,000 50,200 35,300 14,900 35.2 24.8 10.4 6.4 3.85
1869 1,448,000 51,100 35,900 15,200 35.3 24.8 10.5 6.3 3.86
1870 1,457,000 50,200 33,600 16,600 34.5 23.1 11.4 -0.5 3.77
1871 1,474,000 50,900 34,200 16,700 34.5 23.2 11.3 2.3 3.81
1872 1,491,000 51,700 34,800 16,900 34.7 23.3 11.4 2.7 3.83
1873 1,508,000 52,400 35,200 17,200 34.8 23.3 11.5 2.6 3.70
1874 1,526,000 53,100 35,800 17,300 34.8 23.5 11.3 2.0 3.91
1875 1,544,000 53,800 36,400 17,400 34.8 23.6 11.3 2.0 3.78
1876 1,563,000 54,600 36,900 17,700 34.9 23.6 11.3 1.9 3.97
1877 1,582,000 55,400 37,400 18,000 35.0 23.6 11.4 2.4 3.82
1878 1,602,000 56,200 38,000 18,200 35.1 23.7 11.4 2.4 3.64
1879 1,622,000 57,000 38,600 18,400 35.1 23.8 11.3 2.6 3.32
1880 1,643,000 57,900 39,100 18,800 35.3 23.8 11.4 28.2 3.27
1881 1,709,000 60,300 41,000 19,300 35.3 24.0 11.3 3.0 3.28
1882 1,734,000 61,300 41,700 19,600 35.4 24.1 11.3 3.7 3.38
1883 1,760,000 62,200 42,400 19,800 35.4 24.1 11.3 3.5 3.35
1884 1,786,000 63,000 43,000 20,000 35.3 24.1 11.2 3.5 3.83
1885 1,812,000 63,800 43,500 20,300 35.2 24.0 11.2 3.6 3.82
1886 1,839,000 64,700 44,000 20,700 35.2 23.9 11.3 3.5 4.01
1887 1,867,000 65,700 44,700 21,000 35.2 23.9 11.3 3.5 4.19
1888 1,895,000 66,700 45,300 21,400 35.2 23.9 11.3 3.5 4.38
1889 1,924,000 67,700 45,900 21,800 35.2 23.9 11.3 3.6 4.57
1890 1,953,000 68,700 46,600 22,100 35.2 23.9 11.3 3.7 4.73
1891 1,991,000 70,000 47,400 22,600 35.2 23.8 11.4 8.1 4.80
1892 2,030,000 71,300 48,200 23,100 35.1 23.8 11.4 7.6 4.88
1893 2,070,000 72,600 49,000 23,600 35.1 23.7 11.4 8.2 4.95
1894 2,110,000 73,900 49,800 24,100 35.0 23.6 11.4 7.8 5.03
1895 2,151,000 75,300 50,500 24,800 35.0 23.5 11.5 7.9 5.10
1896 2,193,000 76,700 51,200 25,500 35.0 23.4 11.6 7.6 5.18
1897 2,236,000 78,200 52,000 26,200 35.0 23.3 11.7 7.6 5.25
1898 2,280,000 79,700 52,800 26,900 34.9 23.2 11.7 7.6 5.32
1899 2,324,000 81,200 53,600 27,600 34.9 23.1 11.9 7.1 5.40
1900 2,433,000 84,900 58,200 26,700 34.9 23.9 11.0 34.6 5.47
1901 2,455,000 85,600 58,900 26,700 34.9 24.0 10.9 −1.9 5.35
1902 2,478,000 86,400 59,400 27,000 34.9 24.0 10.9 1.6 5.22
1903 2,501,000 87,300 60,200 27,100 34.9 24.1 10.8 -1.7 5.10
1904 2,525,000 88,000 60,800 27,200 34.8 24.1 10.7 −1.3 4.97
1905 2,549,000 88,700 61,300 27,400 34.8 24.0 10.8 −1.3 4.85
1906 2,573,000 89,300 61,700 27,600 34.7 24.0 10.7 −1.4 4.72
1907 2,598,000 90,100 62,300 27,800 34.7 24.0 10.7 −1.1 4.60
1908 2,623,000 90,900 63,000 27,900 34.7 24.0 10.6 −1.1 4.47
1909 2,648,000 91,700 63,500 28,200 34.6 24.0 10.6 −1.2 4.35
1910 2,674,000 92,500 64,100 28,400 34.6 24.0 10.6 −0.9 4.22
1911 2,728,000 94,300 65,400 28,900 34.5 24.0 10.5 9.3 4.09
1912 2,761,000 95,200 66,200 29,000 34.5 24.0 10.5 1.5 3.97
1913 4,718,000 167,500 114,300 53,200 35.5 24.2 11.3 509.11 3.84
1914 4,755,000 167,000 116,000 51,000 35.1 24.4 10.7 −3.0 3.72
1915 4,792,000 166,500 118,300 48,200 34.7 24.7 10.0 −2.4 3.59
1916 4,830,000 165,900 120,700 45,200 34.3 25.0 9.3 −1.5 3.47
1917 4,869,000 165,200 123,000 42,200 33.9 25.3 8.6 −0.7 3.34
1918 4,908,000 164,600 148,500 16,100 33.5 30.3 3.3 4.7 3.22
1919 4,948,000 165,300 126,900 38,400 33.4 25.6 7.8 0.3 3.09
1920 4,989,000 166,000 125,500 40,500 33.3 25.1 8.1 0.1 2.97
1921 5,030,000 162,800 117,400 45,400 32.4 23.3 9.0 −0.9 2.84
1922 5,090,000 163,500 120,900 42,600 32.1 23.8 8.4 3.4 2.88
1923 5,150,000 164,900 124,600 40,300 32.0 24.2 7.8 3.9 2.55
1924 5,210,000 165,800 126,500 39,300 31.8 24.3 7.5 4.0 2.61
1925 5,958,000 156,367 88,633 67,734 26.2 14.9 11.4 121.82 3.52
1926 6,042,000 181,278 84,136 97,142 30.0 13.9 16.1 −2.0 4.02
1927 6,127,000 176,527 100,020 76,507 28.8 16.3 12.5 1.0 3.86
1928 6,210,000 189,250 105,665 83,585 30.5 17.0 13.5 −1.3 4.09
1929 6,286,000 181,870 115,561 66,309 28.9 18.4 10.5 2.4 3.87
1930 6,367,000 199,565 103,811 95,754 31.3 16.3 15.0 0.1 4.19
1931 6,463,000 199,243 114,369 84,874 30.8 17.7 13.1 −0.6 3.83
1932 6,544,000 185,523 117,593 67,930 28.4 18.0 10.4 2.0 3.8
1933 6,625,000 189,583 111,447 78,136 28.6 16.8 11.8 3.6 3.84
1934 6,727,000 208,929 100,651 108,278 31.1 15.0 16.1 0.3 4.16
1935 6,837,000 192,511 101,416 91,095 28.2 14.8 13.3 1.2 3.77
1936 6,936,000 193,343 105,005 88,338 27.9 15.1 12.7 0.7 3.68
1937 7,029,000 183,878 105,674 78,204 26.2 15.0 11.1 2.1 3.51
1938 7,122,000 184,509 93,766 90,743 25.9 13.2 12.7 1.3 3.47
1939 7,222,000 178,852 100,459 78,393 24.8 13.9 10.9 2.5 3.32
1940 7,319,000 179,500 93,830 85,670 24.5 12.8 11.7 −4.7 3.29
1941 7,370,000 134,760 125,710 9,050 18.3 17.1 1.2 −3.9 3.19
1942 7,350,000 132,640 191,030 −58,390 18.0 26.0 −7.9 −1.6 3.08
1943 7,280,000 122,170 111,320 10,850 16.8 15.3 1.5 1.2 2.98
1944 7,300,000 145,530 110,810 34,720 19.9 15.2 4.8 −3.4 2.88
1945 7,310,000 183,470 85,540 97,930 25.1 11.7 13.4 3.0 2.78
1946 7,430,000 209,360 73,500 135,860 28.2 9.9 18.3 −6.2 2.68
1947 7,520,000 206,400 70,340 136,060 27.4 9.4 18.1 −20.8 2.58
1948 7,500,000 210,000 96,000 114,000 28.0 12.8 15.2 −17.8 2.48
1949 7,480,000 139,108 59,450 79,658 18.6 7.9 10.6 −0.7 2.37
1950 7,554,000 151,314 53,755 97,559 20.0 7.1 12.9 −0.7 2.57
1951 7,646,000 155,422 57,508 97,914 20.3 7.5 12.8 −1.4 2.47
1952 7,733,000 149,637 53,377 96,260 19.4 6.9 12.4 −1.5 2.48
1953 7,817,000 143,765 56,680 87,085 18.4 7.3 11.1 −1.4 2.49
1954 7,893,000 151,892 55,625 96,267 19.2 7.0 12.2 −3.0 2.48
1955 7,966,000 154,263 54,781 99,482 19.4 6.9 12.5 −4.3 2.39
1956 8,031,000 158,203 59,460 96,727 19.4 7.4 12.0 −3.9 2.44
1957 8,096,000 155,940 61,664 93,528 19.2 7.6 11.6 −2.1 2.42
1958 8,173,000 155,359 58,160 97,199 19.0 7.1 11.9 −1.5 2.38
1959 8,258,000 160,199 60,852 99,347 19.4 7.4 12.0 −2.8 2.36
1960 8,304,698 157,239 60,563 96,676 18.9 7.3 11.6 −3.9 2.23
1961 8,363,490 150,716 63,955 86,761 17.9 7.6 10.3 −4.3 2.32
1962 8,433,124 152,158 66,554 85,604 18.0 7.9 10.1 −6.3 2.32
1963 8,463,290 148,249 66,813 81,436 17.5 7.9 9.6 −6.1 2.34
1964 8,495,610 153,109 69,429 83,680 18.0 8.1 9.8 −5.0 2.37
1965 8,525,408 151,448 67,269 84,179 17.7 7.8 9.8 −2.4 2.32
1966 8,575,653 154,613 67,912 86,701 17.9 7.9 10.1 −1.7 2.46
1967 8,651,739 162,839 71,975 90,864 18.7 8.3 10.5 −4.2 2.51
1968 8,716,502 160,338 73,309 87,029 18.3 8.4 10.0 −6.3 2.54
1969 8,765,894 154,077 71,825 82,252 17.6 8.2 9.4 −7.1 2.56
1970 8,780,549 144,928 74,009 70,919 16.5 8.4 8.1 −3.8 2.43
1971 8,805,194 141,126 73,819 67,307 16.0 8.4 7.6 −1.0 2.57
1972 8,857,439 140,891 76,859 64,032 15.9 8.6 7.2 −2.7 2.55
1973 8,920,359 137,526 77,648 59,878 15.4 8.7 6.7 −3.0 2.54
1974 8,937,982 144,069 76,303 67,766 16.1 8.5 7.6 1.9 2.52
1975 8,986,203 142,273 80,077 62,196 15.7 8.9 6.9 6.4 2.33
1976 9,106,985 146,566 81,818 64,748 16.0 8.9 7.1 4.0 2.35
1977 9,269,459 143,739 83,750 59,989 15.4 9.0 6.5 7.1 2.28
1978 9,347,618 146,588 81,615 64,973 15.5 8.7 6.9 7.9 2.29
1979 9,512,347 147,965 82,338 65,627 15.5 8.6 6.9 4.5 2.26
1980 9,584,298 148,134 87,282 60,852 15.4 9.1 6.3 2.6 2.23
1981 9,700,893 140,953 86,261 54,692 14.5 8.9 5.6 0.7 2.10
1982 9,757,944 137,275 86,345 50,930 14.0 8.8 5.2 0.6 2.03
1983 9,821,279 132,608 90,586 42,022 13.5 9.2 4.3 0.7 1.94
1984 9,872,195 125,724 88,397 37,327 12.7 8.9 3.8 0 1.82
1985 9,919,539 116,481 92,886 23,595 11.7 9.4 2.4 0.9 1.68
1986 9,949,185 112,810 91,469 20,781 11.3 9.2 2.1 1.3 1.60
1987 9,985,374 106,392 95,232 10,667 10.6 9.5 1.1 2.5 1.50
1988 10,015,957 107,505 93,031 14,637 10.7 9.3 1.4 3.9 1.50
1989 10,058,127 101,657 92,717 8,432 10.0 9.2 0.9 6.1 1.40
1990 10,120,984 102,229 94,152 8,077 10.1 9.3 0.8 8.6 1.39
1991 10,272,768 102,620 95,498 7,122 10.0 9.3 0.7 10.3 1.37
1992 10,367,276 104,081 98,231 5,850 10.0 9.5 0.6 8.7 1.36
1993 10,431,200 101,799 97,419 4,380 9.7 9.3 0.4 7.9 1.32
1994 10,489,958 103,763 97,807 5,956 9.8 9.3 0.6 7.2 1.33
1995 10,536,004 101,495 100,158 1,337 9.5 9.4 0.1 7.0 1.28
1996 10,588,378 100,718 100,740 −22 9.4 9.4 −0.0 6.3 1.26
1997 10,629,378 102,038 99,738 2,300 9.5 9.3 0.2 5.2 1.27
1998 10,693,340 100,894 102,668 −1,774 9.3 9.5 −0.2 4.6 1.24
1999 10,747,879 100,643 103,304 −2,661 9.2 9.5 −0.3 3.5 1.23
2000 10,775,693 103,274 105,219 −1,952 9.5 9.6 −0.1 −7.4 1.25
2001 10,836,578 102,282 102,559 −277 9.4 9.4 0.0 4.8 1.25
2002 10,888,357 103,569 103,915 −346 9.5 9.5 0.0 2.5 1.28
2003 10,915,874 104,420 105,529 −1,109 9.6 9.7 −0.1 2.4 1.29
2004 10,940,437 105,655 104,942 713 9.6 9.6 0.1 2.6 1.31
2005 10,969,984 107,545 105,091 2,454 9.8 9.6 0.2 3.0 1.34
2006 11,004,784 112,042 105,476 6,566 10.2 9.6 0.6 2.2 1.40
2007 11,036,789 111,926 109,895 2,031 10.1 9.9 0.2 2.1 1.41
2008 11,060,985 118,302 107,979 10,323 10.7 9.7 0.9 2.2 1.50
2009 11,094,768 117,933 108,316 9,617 10.6 9.8 0.9 1.3 1.50
2010 11,119,102 114,766 109,084 5,682 10.3 9.8 0.5 −0.1 1.50
2011 11,123,392 106,428 111,099 −4,671 9.6 10.0 −0.4 −2.9 1.41
2012 11,072,725 100,371 116,668 −16,297 9.1 10.6 −1.5 −6.0 1.36
2013 10,980,006 94,134 111,794 −17,660 8.6 10.2 −1.6 −5.4 1.30
2014 10,894,294 92,149 113,740 −21,591 8.5 10.4 −2.0 4.3 1.31
2015 10,818,041 91,847 121,183 −29,336 8.5 11.2 −2.7 −4.2 1.34
2016 10,735,415 92,898 118,788 −25,890 8.6 11.0 −2.4 1.0 1.39
2017 10,707,527 88,553 124,495 −35,942 8.2 11.6 −3.3 0.8 1.36
2018 10,667,336 86,440 120,291 −33,851 8.1 11.2 −3.2 1.8 1.36
2019 10,635,213 83,756 124,954 −41,198 7.8 11.7 −3.8 3.1 1.35
2020 10,612,591 84,764 131,025 −46,261 7.9 12.3 −4.3 −0.7 1.41
2021 10,555,334 85,346 143,904 −58,558 8.2 13.8 −5.6 −1.4 1.45
2022 10,461,627 76,095 140,792 −64,697 7.2 13.2 −6.0 −10.7 1.33
2023 10,401,868 71,455 128,101 −56,646 6.9 12.4 −5.5 2.5 1.28
2024 10,375,764 68,467 126,164 −57,698 6.6 12.2 −5.6 5.2 1.26
2025 10,372,335 65,594 121,566 –55,972 6.4 11.9 –5.5 1.23

Current vital statistics

Period Live births Deaths Natural increase
January–June 2025 31,763 53,757 −21,994
January–June 2026 32,071 63,508 −31,437
Difference Increase +308 (+0.97%) Template:Increasenegative +9,751 (+18.14%) Decrease –9,443
Source:[23]

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Total fertility rates (TFR) by region

2013-2024[24]
Regions 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
South Aegean 1.31 1.39 Increase 1.38 Decrease 1.54 Increase 1.52 Decrease 1.54 Increase 1.62 Increase 1.64 Increase 1.72 Increase 1.63 Decrease 1.58 Decrease 1.69 Increase
Crete 1.42 1.44 Increase 1.47 Increase 1.55 Increase 1.49 Decrease 1.52 Increase 1.54 Increase 1.56 Increase 1.73 Increase 1.62 Decrease 1.57 Decrease 1.51 Decrease
Ionian Islands 1.42 1.43 Increase 1.45 Increase 1.49 Increase 1.50 Increase 1.60 Increase 1.55 Decrease 1.59 Increase 1.63 Increase 1.45 Decrease 1.31 Decrease 1.50 Increase
North Aegean 1.36 1.40 Increase 1.44 Increase 1.55 Increase 1.55 – 1.63 Increase 1.60 Decrease 1.98 Increase 1.55 Decrease 1.32 Decrease 1.46 Increase 1.43 Decrease
Peloponnisos 1.31 1.33 Increase 1.32 Decrease 1.37 Increase 1.35 Decrease 1.35 – 1.32 Decrease 1.38 Increase 1.47 Increase 1.43 Decrease 1.38 Decrease 1.37 Decrease
Western Greece 1.33 1.31 Decrease 1.33 Increase 1.36 Increase 1.32 Decrease 1.29 Decrease 1.32 Increase 1.35 Increase 1.42 Increase 1.42 Increase 1.34 Decrease 1.31 Decrease
Thessaly 1.34 1.32 Decrease 1.35 Increase 1.35 – 1.33 Decrease 1.32 Decrease 1.28 Decrease 1.32 Increase 1.41 Increase 1.36 Decrease 1.33 Decrease 1.29 Decrease
Eastern Macedonia and Thrace 1.38 1.35 Decrease 1.40 Increase 1.41 Increase 1.42 Increase 1.32 Decrease 1.30 Decrease 1.34 Increase 1.44 Increase 1.35 Decrease 1.29 Decrease 1.29 Decrease
File:Flag of Greece.svg Greece 1.29 1.30 Increase 1.33 Increase 1.38 Increase 1.35 Decrease 1.35 – 1.34 Decrease 1.39 Increase 1.43 Increase 1.32 Decrease 1.26 Decrease 1.24 Decrease
Central Greece 1.25 1.24 Decrease 1.23 Decrease 1.30 Increase 1.24 Decrease 1.23 Decrease 1.12 Decrease 1.24 Increase 1.34 Increase 1.37 Increase 1.24 Decrease 1.22 Decrease
Central Macedonia 1.30 1.27 Decrease 1.31 Increase 1.36 Increase 1.34 Decrease 1.28 Decrease 1.27 Decrease 1.30 Increase 1.34 Increase 1.25 Decrease 1.18 Decrease 1.19 Increase
Epirus 1.29 1.26 Decrease 1.28 Increase 1.30 Increase 1.26 Decrease 1.22 Decrease 1.24 Increase 1.25 Increase 1.34 Increase 1.28 Decrease 1.18 Decrease 1.18 Decrease
Western Macedonia 1.29 1.33 Increase 1.32 Decrease 1.31 Decrease 1.34 Increase 1.26 Decrease 1.26 – 1.33 Increase 1.31 Decrease 1.19 Decrease 1.23 Increase 1.17 Decrease
Attica 1.23 1.26 Increase 1.30 Increase 1.36 Increase 1.34 Decrease 1.36 Increase 1.35 Decrease 1.39 Increase 1.40 Increase 1.23 Decrease 1.18 Decrease 1.14 Decrease

Structure of the population

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Population by Sex and Age Group (Census 09.V.2011):[25]
Age group Male Female Total %
Total 5 303 223 5 513 063 10 816 286 100
0–4 274 788 262 455 537 243 4.97
5–9 262 432 250 164 512 596 4.74
10–14 265 787 253 642 519 429 4.80
15–19 286 386 266 890 553 276 5.12
20–24 325 127 301 970 627 097 5.80
25–29 371 617 352 154 723 771 6.69
30–34 417 861 404 614 822 475 7.60
35–39 409 681 403 148 812 829 7.51
40–44 414 026 418 640 832 666 7.70
45–49 367 086 381 343 748 429 6.92
50–54 355 552 375 934 731 486 6.76
55–59 321 466 338 902 660 368 6.11
60–64 301 589 324 180 625 769 5.79
65–69 241 832 266 444 508 276 4.70
70–74 246 264 295 901 542 165 5.01
75–79 209 983 265 094 475 077 4.39
80–84 146 455 205 918 352 373 3.26
85–89 60 933 98 908 159 841 1.48
90–94 18 760 34 685 53 445 0.49
95–99 4 948 10 239 15 187 0.14
100+ 650 1 838 2 488 0.02
Age group Male Female Total Percent
0–14 803 007 766 261 1 569 268 14.51
15–64 3 570 391 3 567 775 7 138 166 65.99
65+ 929 825 1 179 027 2 108 852 19.50

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Population Estimates by Sex and Age Group (01.I.2021) (Data refer to usual resident population.):[25]
Age group Male Female Total %
Total 5 196 048 5 482 584 10 678 632 100
0–4 232 962 221 004 453 966 4.25
5–9 256 724 242 916 499 640 4.68
10–14 286 211 270 919 557 130 5.22
15–19 286 473 261 827 548 300 5.13
20–24 295 675 267 375 563 050 5.27
25–29 289 021 268 852 557 873 5.22
30–34 292 391 293 623 586 014 5.49
35–39 351 172 348 759 699 931 6.55
40–44 397 038 400 046 797 084 7.46
45–49 388 226 404 647 792 873 7.42
50–54 388 838 418 213 807 051 7.56
55–59 340 585 379 684 720 269 6.74
60–64 320 930 366 665 687 595 6.44
65–69 288 274 327 034 615 308 5.76
70–74 261 202 309 037 570 239 5.34
75–79 200 470 246 135 446 605 4.18
80–84 161 684 227 332 389 016 3.64
85–89 98 597 148 795 247 392 2.32
90–94 41 160 58 052 99 212 0.93
95–99 12 188 14 445 26 633 0.25
100–104 4 334 4 190 8 524 0.08
105–109 1 370 2 047 3 417 0.03
110+ 523 987 1 510 0.01
Age group Male Female Total Percent
0–14 775 897 734 839 1 510 736 14.15
15–64 3 350 349 3 409 691 6 760 040 63.30
65+ 1 069 802 1 338 054 2 407 856 22.55

Other demographic statistics

File:Population pyramid of Greece (1928).svg
Population pyramid of Greece in 1928

Demographic statistics according to the CIA World Factbook, unless otherwise indicated.[22]

File:Greecepop.svg
Population pyramid of Greece in 2017
Population
10,413,982 (Jan 2023 est.)
10,718,565 (Jan 2020 est.)
10,761,523 (July 2018 est.)
10,768,477 (July 2017 est.)
10,768,193 (Jan 2017 est.)
Age structure
0–14 years: 14.53% (male 794,918/female 745,909)
15–24 years: 10.34% (male 577,134/female 519,819)
25–54 years: 39.6% (male 2,080,443/female 2,119,995)
55–64 years: 13.1% (male 656,404/female 732,936)
65 years and over: 22.43% (male 1,057,317/female 1,322,176) (2020 est.)
0–14 years: 13.83% (male 767,245/female 722,313)
15–24 years: 9.67% (male 532,179/female 509,487)
25–54 years: 42.45% (male 2,275,984/female 2,295,082)
55–64 years: 13.13% (male 692,420/female 721,641)
65 years and over: 20.91% (male 986,816/female 1,265,310) (2017 est.)
0–14 years: 14.2% (male 787,143/female 741,356)
15–64 years: 66.2% (male 3,555,447/female 3,567,383)
65 years and over: 19.6% (male 923,177/female 1,185,630) (2011 est.)
Median age
total: 45.3 years. Country comparison to the world: 9th
male: 43.7 years
female: 46.8 years (2020 est.)
total: 44.5 years
male: 43.5 years
female: 45.6 years (2017 est.)
total: 42.5 years
male: 41.4 years
female: 43.6 years (2011 est.)
Mother's mean age at first birth
29.9 years (2017 est.)
Total fertility rate
1.39 children born/woman (2021 est.) Country comparison to the world: 225th
Population growth rate
−0.34% (2021 est.) Country comparison to the world: 221st
Birth rate
7.72 births/1,000 population (2021 est.) Country comparison to the world: 222nd
8.4 births/1,000 population (2017 est.)
Death rate
12.05 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.) Country comparison to the world: 14th
Net migration rate
0.97 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2021 est.) Country comparison to the world: 62nd
Life expectancy at birth
total population: 81.28 years. Country comparison to the world: 41st
male: 78.73 years
female: 84 years (2021 est.)
Infant mortality rate
total: 3.61 deaths/1,000 live births. Country comparison to the world: 204th
male: 4 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 3.19 deaths/1,000 live births (2021 est.)
Ethnic groups

population: Greek 91.6%, Albanian 4.4%, other 4% (2011) Note: data represent citizenship, since Greece does not collect data on ethnicity

Dependency ratios
total dependency ratio: 56.1
youth dependency ratio: 21.3
elderly dependency ratio: 34.8
potential support ratio: 2.9 (2020 est.)
Religions

Greek Orthodox (official) 81–90%, Muslim 2%, other 3%, none 4–15%, unspecified 1% (2015 est.)

Urbanization
urban population: 79.7% of total population (2020)
rate of urbanization: 0.22% annual rate of change (2015–20 est.)
Unemployment, youth ages 15–24
total: 39.9%. Country comparison to the world: 11th
male: 36.4%
female: 43.9% (2018 est.)
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)
total: 20 years
male: 20 years
female: 20 years (2018)

Immigration

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Foreign citizens in Greece in 1998 by country of citizenship.

Greece has received a large number of immigrants since the early 1990s. The majority of them come from the neighbouring countries. As of 2011, the number of foreigners in an enumerated total of 10,815,197 people was 911,299.

Foreign-born by country (Eurostat):[26] The Top-15 per year are displayed for consistency.

Country 2010 2014 2020 n-aEU[27] 2020 EU[28] 2021[29]
File:Flag of Albania.svg Albania 384,600 337,719 346,918 — 374,926
Template:FlagiconFile:Flag of Bulgaria.svg Bulgaria 45,700 40,914 —Template:Refn 72,777 35,444
File:Flag of Pakistan.svg Pakistan 20,100 18,040 19,167 — 35,309
Template:FlagiconFile:Flag of Romania.svg Romania 32,400 27,191 —Template:Refn 44,600 28,250
Template:Country data Georgia 62,600 45,061 23,050 — 26,083
File:Flag of Bangladesh.svg Bangladesh 14,200 8,362 Script error: No such module "sort". — 17,189
File:Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine 13,300 10,662 18,056 — 16,408
File:Flag of the Taliban.svg Afghanistan Script error: No such module "sort". — 15,457
File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom 5,200 10,736 —Template:Refn 14,752 13,517
File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia 55,700 42,959 14,772 — 13,415
File:Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt 10,200 9,813 11,652 — 12,453
File:Flag of India.svg India 13,259 — 12,385
Template:FlagiconFile:Flag of Cyprus.svg Cyprus 10,200 10,881 —Template:Refn 13,850 12,362
File:Flag of the Syrian revolution.svg Syria 7,500 8,306 Script error: No such module "sort". — 10,785
File:Flag of the Philippines.svg Philippines 10,696 — 10,585
Template:FlagiconFile:Flag of Poland.svg Poland 10,800 16,635 —Template:Refn 13,560 Script error: No such module "sort".
Template:FlagiconFile:Flag of Germany.svg Germany 29,300 25,722 —Template:Refn 10,336 Script error: No such module "sort".
File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China 19,814 — Script error: No such module "sort".
File:Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey 9,500 12,469 Script error: No such module "sort". — Script error: No such module "sort".
others 117,100 102,006 65,429Template:Refn 736,470Template:Refn 127,287
Total 828,400 727,477 524,813Template:Refn 906,345 761,855
Nationality of Greece over time
Nationality 1951 1961 1971 1981 1991 2001 2011 2021[30] 2021
census[29]
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
Template:Flagicon Greeks 7,602,230 99.60% 8,333,817 99.35% 8,675,804 98.94% 9,568,017 98.24% 10,092,624 98.37% 10,166,927 92.73% 9,903,268 91.57% 9,777,439 91.34% 9,716,889 92.70%
Foreigners 30,571 0.40% 54,736 0.65% 92,568 1.06% 171,424 1.76% 167,276 1.63% 797,093 7.27% 911,929 8.43% 921,485 8.61% 761,855 7.27%
Template:Flagicon EU-27 – – – – – – – – – – – – 199,101 1.84% 168,550 1.57% 116,669 1.11%
Non-EU 752,900 7.1% 641,921 6.12%
Total 7,632,801 8,388,553 8,768,372 9,739,441 10,259,900 10,964,020 10,815,197 10,698,837 10,482,487

Net Migration

Net Migration of Greece (1991–2023)
Year Immigration Emigration Net Migration
1991 151,978 64,628 87,350
1992 110,334 52,389 57,945
1993 107,462 52,929 54,533
1994 86,959 46,813 40,146
1995 98,989 47,967 51,022
1996 95,585 54,628 40,957
1997 113,477 51,794 61,683
1998 116,411 60,119 56,292
1999 84,695 54,175 30,520
2000 109,251 46,993 62,258
2001 98,471 45,909 52,562
2002 67,220 39,378 27,842
2003 63,141 37,433 25,708
2004 66,871 38,041 28,830
2005 70,933 38,583 32,350
2006 63,094 38,368 24,726
2007 63,298 40,400 22,898
2008 66,529 43,044 23,485
2009 58,613 43,686 14,927
2010 60,462 62,041 −1,579
2011 60,089 92,404 −32,315
2012 58,200 124,694 −66,494
2013 57,946 117,094 −59,148
2014 59,013 106,804 −47,791
2015 64,446 109,351 −44,905
2016 116,867 106,535 10,332
2017 112,247 103,327 8,920
2018 119,489 103,049 16,440
2019 129,459 95,020 34,439
2020 84,221 77,837 6,384
2021 57,120 79,596 −22,476
2022 96,662 80,307 16,355
2023 118,816 76,158 42,658

[31]

Illegal immigration

Greece has received many illegal immigrants beginning in the 1990s and continuing during the 2000s and 2010s. Migrants make use of the many islands in the Aegean Sea, directly west of Turkey. A spokesman for the European Union's border control agency said that the Greek–Albanian border is "one of Europe's worst-affected external land borders." Migrants across the Evros region bordering Turkey face land-mines. Principal illegal immigrants include Albanians, Pakistanis, Kurds, Afghans, Iraqis and Somalis.[32][33]

Ethnic groups, languages and religion

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File:Hellenism in the Near East Ethnological Map of Greece by George Soteriadis c1918.jpg
Ethnic map of Greece in 1918 during the Greek genocide.

The population of northern Greece has primarily been ethnically, religiously and linguistically diverse.[34] The Muslim minority of Greece is the only explicitly recognized minority in Greece by the government. The officials define it as a group of Greek Muslims numbering 98,000 people, consisting of Turks (50%), Pomaks (35%) and Romani (15%). No other minorities are officially acknowledged by the government.[35][36][37] There is no official information for the size of the ethnic, linguistic and religious minorities because asking the population questions pertaining to the topic have been abolished since 1951.[38][39]

File:Greece linguistic minorities.svg
Note: Greek is the dominant language throughout Greece; inclusion in a non-Greek language zone does not necessarily imply that the relevant minority language is still spoken there, or that its speakers consider themselves an ethnic minority.

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Minorities in Greece according to Minority Rights Group International in 2015:[40]

The official language of Greece is Greek, spoken by almost all as a second language at least. Additionally, there are a number of linguistic minority groups that are bilingual in a variety of non-Greek languages, and parts of these groups identify ethnically as Greeks.

Estimated historical population and census figures1:
Language (and religion) census 1879[41][42] estimate 1913[43] census 1928[44][35][45] census 1940[44][45][46] census 1951[44][47]
Number % Number % Number % Number % Number %
Greek 5,759,523 92.8 6,902,339 92.5 7,297,878 95.6
Turkish (altogether) 191,254 3.1 229,075 3.8 179,895 2.4
Turkish (and Orthodox Christian) 103,642 1.7
Turkish (and Muslim) 86,506 1.4
Slavic3 300,000–500,000 6.3–10.6 81,9842 1.3 86,086 1.2 41,017 0.5
Bulgarian (and Muslim) 16,775 0.3
Pomak 18,086 0.2 18,671 0.2
"Koutsovlach" 19,703 0.3 53,997 0.7 39,855 0.5
Albanian 49,632 0.7 22,7364 0.3
Albanian/Arvanitika 225,000
Albanian (and Muslim) 18,598 0.3
Armenian 33,634 0.5 26,827 0.4 8,990 0.1
Roma 4,998 0.1 8,141 0.1 7,429 0.1
Russian 3,295 0.1 8,126 0.1 3,815 0.1
French 4,518 0.1 2,101 0.0
Romanian 2,901 0.0 2,082 0.0
English 2,098 0.0 3,529 0.0 1,456 0.0
Spanish 63,200 1.0 53,125 0.7 1,339 0.0
German 3,401 0.0 1,301 0.0
Italian 3,199 0.1 4,426 0.1 894 0.0
Hebrew or Yiddish 34 0.0 853 0.0
Others 6,248 0.1 5,694 0.1 2,489 0.1
Total 1,679,775 4,734,990 6,204,684 7,344,860 7,632,801
Notes:
1 Census figures are considered "unreliable".[48]

2The 1928 census figure (81,984) of the Slavic speakers does not reflect their actual strength due to either an official policy or reluctance of the concerned, and perhaps represents a number of speakers, who are lacking Greek national consciousness, while contemporary Greek reports estimate at least 200,000 Bulgarian-speaking inhabitants in the country.[49]
3 The Slavic figure in the 1928, 1940 and 1951 census is referred to as a Macedonian Bulgarian dialect or Macedonian Slavic.[44][45]
4 The Albanian figure (22,746) in the 1951 census is considered "certainly too small" and a research in the 1970s indicated a figure of at least 30,000 in Attica and Boiotia alone.[50]

Languages spoken in Greece:

Language Classification Speaking population Spoken by Ethnic population Region Notes
Greek classification
Cappadocian[51] IE, Greek, Attic 2,800 (2015 M. Janse) Cappadocians Mandra, Neo Agioneri and Xirochori More distinct from standard Greek than Pontic Greek
Cretan 600,000 Cretans Crete
Greek[51] IE, Greek, Attic 10,700,000 (2012 European Commission ) national scattered Lexical similarity: 84%–93% with Greek in Cyprus
Greek, Ancient[51] IE, Greek, Attic no known L1 speakers scattered religious language
Pontic[51][52] IE, Greek, Attic 200,000 (2001 Johnstone and Mandryk) – 400,000 (2009 Z. Diakonikolaou) Pontians Macedonia and Epirus(Kilkis, Pella, and Serres; Thessaloniki, Drama and Imathia) Greek and Pontic speakers reportedly do not understand each other and Pontians do not speak standard Greek
Romano-Greek[51] mixed Greek–Romani 30 (2000) Romani Thessaly, Central Greece Structured on Greek with heavy Romani lexicon
Sarakatsani IE, Greek, Doric 80,000 Sarakatsani Central Greece, Thessaly, Epirus
Tsakonian[51][53] IE, Greek, Doric 200 (2007 Salminen)–1,500 (2010 M. Kisilier) Tsakonians Agios Andreas, Leonidio, Prastos, Kastanitsa, Pramatefti, Sapounakeika, Sitena, and Tyros Not inherently intelligible with modern Greek. Lexical similarity with standard Greek: 70% or less.
Other languages
Albanian, Arvanitika[51][50] IE, Albanian, Tosk 50,000 (1993 Lunden, 2007 Salminen) Arvanites 150,000 southern Euboea, Salamis, Boeotia, Attica, Peloponnese, Western Greece and the Ionian Islands, Thessaly and Central Greece, Thrace Heavily influenced by Greek. Christian
Albanian, Tosk[51] IE, Albanian, Tosk 10,000 (2002) Tosk Albanians Epirus and Western Macedonia(Central Florina, into Kastoria, Lechovo) Cham Tosk
Arabic[54] Afro-Asiatic, Semitic, Central, South 28,000 Arabs
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic[54] Afro-Asiatic, Semitic, Central, Aramaic, Eastern, Central, Northeastern 2,000 Assyrians
Armenian, Western[51] IE, Armenian 20,000 (2007) Armenians scattered, Attica, Thessaly and Central Greece
Aromanian[55][51] IE, Italic, Romance, Eastern 50,000 (1999 Salminen) – 200,000 (1995 Greek Monitor of Human and Minority Rights) Aromanians 700,000 (Trâ Armânami Association of French Aromanians) Pindus Mountains, around Trikala, Epirus, Thessaly, Macedonia Christian
Bulgarian[56][50] IE, Balto-Slavic, Slavic, South, Eastern 56,200 (2014), 10–40,000 (Trudgill) Pomaks, Bulgarians Macedonia and Thrace Pomak, Muslim
English[52] IE, Germanic, West 8,000
German[51] IE, Germanic, West L1 users: 10,800 (2011 census), L2 users: 541,000 (2012 European Commission) L1 users based on nationality
Greek sign language[51] Sign language 5,000 (2014 EUD) – 62,500 (2014 IMB) national scattered
Judeo-Italian[56] IE, Italic, Romance, Italo-Western, Italo-Dalmatian 50 (2007 Salminen) Jews Peloponnese, Western Greece and the Ionian Islands
Kurdish, Northern[52] IE, Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Iranian, Western, Northwestern, Kurdish 22,500 Kurds
Ladino[52] IE, Italic, Romance, Italo-Western, Western, Gallo-Iberian, Ibero-Romance, West Iberian, Castilian 2,000 Jews
Megleno-Romanian[56][54] IE, Italic, Romance, Eastern 3,000 (2002) – 12,000 (1995) Megleno-Romanians Moglena
Romani, Balkan[51] IE, Indo-Iranian, Indo-Aryan, Intermediate Divisions, Western, Romani 40,000 (1996 B. Igla) Romani Attica; Macedonia, Peloponnese, Western Greece and the Ionian Islands, Epirus Christian, Muslim
Romani, Vlax IE, Indo-Iranian, Indo-Aryan, Intermediate Divisions, Western, Romani 1,000 Romani Attica, Thessaly, Central Greece, Epirus, Western Macedonia Christian
Russian[52] IE, Balto-Slavic, Slavic, East Russians
Serbian[52] IE, Balto-Slavic, Slavic, South, Western Serbs
Slavic[52][50][51] IE, Balto-Slavic, Slavic, South, Eastern 60–90,000 (Trudgill), 250,000 (2007 Boskov) Slavic-speakers of Greek Macedonia Macedonia (mainly Florina, Pella and Thessaloniki; Kastoria, Kozani, Kilkis, Imathia, Serres), Epirus (Ioannina) Christian
Turkish[51] Turkic, Southern 40,000 (L1: 9,700, L2: 30,300, 2014) Turks, Karamanlides, Pomaks Macedonia and Thrace, Aegean Muslim, Christian
Turkish, Balkan Gagauz[54] Turkic, Southern Gagauzes
Urum[52] Turkic Urums
Religious population in Greece at the 1951 Census[47]
Orthodox 7,472,559 (97.9%)
Muslim 112,665 (1.4%)
Catholic 28,430 (0.4%)
Protestant and other Christian 12,677 (0.2%)
Jewish 6,325 (0.1%)
Total 7,632,801

According to the Greek constitution, Eastern Orthodox Christianity is recognized as the "prevailing religion" in Greece. During the centuries that Greece was part of the Ottoman Empire, besides its spiritual mandate, the Orthodox Church, based in Constantinople (present-day Istanbul), also functioned as an official representative of the Christian population of the empire. The Church is often credited with the preservation of the Greek language, values, and national identity during Ottoman times. The Church was also an important rallying point in the war for independence against the Ottoman Empire, although the official Church in Constantinople initially condemned the breakout of the armed struggle in fear of retaliation from the Ottoman side. The Church of Greece was established shortly after the formation of a Greek national state. Its authority to this day extends only to the areas included in the independent Greek state before the Balkan Wars of 1912–1913. There is a Muslim minority concentrated in Thrace and officially protected by the Treaty of Lausanne (1923). Besides Pomaks (Muslim Bulgarian[57] speakers) and Roma, it consists mainly of ethnic Turks, who speak Turkish and receive instruction in Turkish at special government-funded schools. There are also a number of Jews in Greece, most of whom live in Thessaloniki. There are also some Greeks who adhere to a reconstruction of the ancient Greek religion.[58] A place of worship has been recognized as such by court.[59]

Education

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Greek education is free and compulsory for children between the ages of 5 and 15. English study is compulsory from first grade through high school. University education, including books, is also free, contingent upon the student's ability to meet stiff entrance requirements. A high percentage of the student population seeks higher education. More than 100,000 students are registered at Greek universities, and 15% of the population currently holds a university degree. Admission in a university is determined by state-administered exams, the candidate's grade-point average from high school, and his/her priority choices of major. About one in four candidates gains admission to Greek universities.

Greek law does not currently offer official recognition to the graduates of private universities that operate in the country, except for those that offer a degree valid in another European Union country, which is automatically recognized by reciprocity. As a result, a large and growing number of students are pursuing higher education abroad. The Greek Government decides through an evaluation procedure whether to recognize degrees from specific foreign universities as qualification for public sector hiring. Other students attend private, post-secondary educational institutions in Greece that are not recognized by the Greek Government. At the moment extensive public talk is made for the reform of the Constitution to recognize private higher education in Greece as equal with public and to place common regulations for both.

The number of Greek students studying at European institutions is increasing along with EU support for educational exchange. In addition, nearly 5,000 Greeks are studying in the United States, about half of whom are in graduate school. Greek per capita student representation in the US (one every 2,200) is among the highest in Europe.

See also

Notes

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