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Greece population

Greece population now

9,886,590

A projection read at this second, not a count: the UN's totals for 1 January 2026 and 2027, joined by a straight line. 95% range for 31 December 2026: 9.7–10.1 million.

Mid-2023, UN estimate: 10,242,909

Year: 2026; projection · medium
Population, mid-2026: 9.89711 million; 95% range, 31 Dec: 9.7–10.1 million
Median age: 48.1
Aged 65+: 24.7%

Move through time, 1950–2100

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male female projection · one cell = 2,000 people

How to read this: one row for each age, newborns at the bottom; men on the left, women on the right.

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GRC · 1950–2100 · in brief

Greece in numbers

Greece had 10,242,909 people in mid-2023, the 95th-largest population of the 236 countries and areas the UN reports, and 0.13% of the world's people. That is 1.3 times its 1950 population of 7.7 million.

Its population peaked in 2010 at 11.1 million and has been falling since. The UN's medium projection has 6.3 million in 2100. The projection is uncertain: on 1 January 2100 the UN's 95% range runs from 1.6 million to 12.0 million.

Deaths have outnumbered births every year since 2011, and do so in every projected year to 2100.

The median age was 25.6 in 1950 and 46.7 in 2023; the projection has 53.3 in 2100. 23.5% of people were 65 or older in 2023, against 35.9% projected for 2100. The working-age population (15–64) peaked in 2009 at 7.4 million; in 2023 it was 6.4 million.

Its place in the world by population: 95th in 2023, 107th in 2050, 117th in 2100. In the medium projection it overtakes Cuba in 2076. It is overtaken by Togo in 2026, Israel in 2028 and Sierra Leone in 2031.

Population, mid-2023: 10,242,909
Rank by population, 2023: 95 of 236
Share of the world, 2023: 0.13%
Change in a year, mid-2022 to mid-2023: −1.63% · −169,571 people
People per km² of land, 2023: 79
Land area, 2023: 128,900 km²
Births, 2023: 73,661
Deaths, 2023: 127,018
Net migration, 2023: −159,430
Children per woman, 2023: 1.33
Median age, 2023: 46.7 years
Life expectancy at birth, 2023: 81.9 years
In a city, 2025: 46 of every 100
Population, mid-1950: 7,651,079
Projected, mid-2050: 8,812,070
Projected, mid-2100: 6,275,576

GRC · 1950–2100 · total population

Population, 1950–2100

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estimate projection, up to the bottom of the 95% range 95% range medium projection. Each column is the population on 1 January of one year; the paper rules cut it into equal cells.

Show the numbers: Greece, 1950–2100

Greece: population on 1 January, births, deaths, fertility and life expectancy, 1950–2100
Year	Kind	Population, 1 Jan	95% range	Births	Deaths	Children per woman	Life expectancy
1950	estimate	7,620,258		155,669	71,824	2.57	66.2
1951	estimate	7,681,900		153,848	69,704	2.48	66.7
1952	estimate	7,743,841		153,167	67,620	2.42	67.3
1953	estimate	7,807,243		155,075	67,761	2.39	67.5
1954	estimate	7,875,297		159,012	66,412	2.40	68.0
1955	estimate	7,946,437		163,739	65,144	2.42	68.6
1956	estimate	8,022,984		164,186	69,026	2.38	68.1
1957	estimate	8,098,992		163,225	68,735	2.33	68.4
1958	estimate	8,174,956		164,157	63,341	2.31	69.7
1959	estimate	8,255,035		167,459	65,562	2.33	69.6
1960	estimate	8,340,386		166,519	62,312	2.29	70.5
1961	estimate	8,428,597		162,584	64,667	2.24	70.4
1962	estimate	8,465,407		160,223	69,315	2.24	70.3
1963	estimate	8,481,345		159,489	68,083	2.24	70.7
1964	estimate	8,495,405		163,448	69,581	2.31	70.5
1965	estimate	8,512,599		164,181	65,075	2.33	71.5
1966	estimate	8,530,127		149,040	70,518	2.40	71.9
1967	estimate	8,629,856		176,635	70,175	2.48	71.4
1968	estimate	8,680,457		153,159	77,822	2.47	71.5
1969	estimate	8,755,377		172,372	70,436	2.43	72.1
1970	estimate	8,738,768		146,092	73,901	2.44	72.8
1971	estimate	8,756,784		146,679	73,427	2.41	72.9
1972	estimate	8,817,291		145,156	77,386	2.39	72.7
1973	estimate	8,881,465		144,554	78,307	2.37	73.0
1974	estimate	8,905,335		147,696	77,552	2.43	73.5
1975	estimate	8,952,893		147,239	80,356	2.42	73.5
1976	estimate	9,081,040		149,979	81,233	2.42	73.8
1977	estimate	9,239,378		150,518	84,432	2.38	73.8
1978	estimate	9,324,664		151,972	82,143	2.37	74.4
1979	estimate	9,455,269		153,232	83,944	2.36	74.7
1980	estimate	9,596,738		151,877	85,989	2.30	74.5
1981	estimate	9,710,090		147,435	83,876	2.17	74.9
1982	estimate	9,798,714		142,673	84,831	2.08	75.2
1983	estimate	9,876,226		137,653	85,767	1.99	75.5
1984	estimate	9,946,760		130,882	86,605	1.87	75.8
1985	estimate	10,010,804		123,245	86,873	1.74	76.1
1986	estimate	10,063,270		118,548	86,626	1.66	76.5
1987	estimate	10,114,255		114,011	92,458	1.58	76.1
1988	estimate	10,154,814		112,244	88,419	1.54	77.0
1989	estimate	10,199,199		108,997	90,181	1.49	77.1
1990	estimate	10,236,879		108,433	91,509	1.47	77.3
1991	estimate	10,280,095		108,663	93,485	1.46	77.4
1992	estimate	10,333,193		109,146	96,738	1.45	77.3
1993	estimate	10,386,596		108,149	95,669	1.43	77.7
1994	estimate	10,438,905		108,268	96,460	1.41	77.9
1995	estimate	10,493,614		107,111	98,540	1.39	77.9
1996	estimate	10,544,855		106,457	99,452	1.36	78.0
1997	estimate	10,595,305		106,744	98,376	1.36	78.4
1998	estimate	10,649,345		106,072	101,805	1.34	78.3
1999	estimate	10,701,473		105,734	102,701	1.33	78.4
2000	estimate	10,754,428		106,714	104,966	1.33	78.4
2001	estimate	10,810,842		106,792	102,530	1.33	78.9
2002	estimate	10,875,485		107,716	103,810	1.33	79.0
2003	estimate	10,905,086		107,321	105,876	1.33	79.1
2004	estimate	10,931,856		107,602	105,625	1.34	79.3
2005	estimate	10,962,875		108,760	105,135	1.36	79.7
2006	estimate	10,999,792		111,920	106,929	1.40	79.8
2007	estimate	11,032,415		112,280	111,027	1.42	79.7
2008	estimate	11,059,058		117,689	109,148	1.49	80.1
2009	estimate	11,094,686		117,910	109,329	1.51	80.4
2010	estimate	11,121,452		114,952	110,514	1.49	80.6
2011	estimate	11,127,888		106,648	112,952	1.40	80.6
2012	estimate	11,089,799		100,775	118,408	1.34	80.4
2013	estimate	11,006,796		94,435	113,622	1.29	81.1
2014	estimate	10,928,285		92,392	115,947	1.30	81.1
2015	estimate	10,858,048		92,051	122,897	1.33	80.8
2016	estimate	10,783,757		93,010	119,986	1.38	81.3
2017	estimate	10,767,251		88,544	126,469	1.35	81.0
2018	estimate	10,739,816		86,431	122,310	1.35	81.5
2019	estimate	10,721,871		83,587	126,948	1.34	81.3
2020	estimate	10,715,280		84,746	122,913	1.39	81.5
2021	estimate	10,683,458		86,163	133,678	1.43	80.5
2022	estimate	10,475,664		74,165	146,529	1.31	79.9
2023	estimate	10,349,296		73,661	127,018	1.33	81.9
2024	estimate	10,136,521		71,411	126,046	1.34	82.0
2025	projection	9,959,112	9.9–10.0 million	68,148	125,322	1.34	82.2
2026	projection	9,918,577	9.8–10.0 million	67,361	124,937	1.34	82.4
2027	projection	9,875,654	9.7–10.1 million	66,751	124,491	1.35	82.6
2028	projection	9,832,294	9.6–10.1 million	66,324	124,005	1.35	82.7
2029	projection	9,788,257	9.5–10.1 million	65,976	123,387	1.35	82.9
2030	projection	9,744,085	9.3–10.2 million	65,807	122,898	1.36	83.1
2031	projection	9,699,882	9.2–10.2 million	65,755	122,557	1.36	83.2
2032	projection	9,655,353	9.0–10.2 million	65,936	122,251	1.36	83.4
2033	projection	9,608,957	8.9–10.3 million	66,222	121,980	1.36	83.6
2034	projection	9,563,916	8.7–10.3 million	66,847	121,894	1.37	83.7
2035	projection	9,519,145	8.6–10.4 million	67,596	121,798	1.37	83.8
2036	projection	9,473,853	8.4–10.4 million	68,439	121,874	1.38	84.0
2037	projection	9,429,486	8.2–10.4 million	69,275	121,954	1.38	84.1
2038	projection	9,385,010	8.0–10.5 million	70,137	122,081	1.38	84.3
2039	projection	9,340,772	7.9–10.5 million	70,846	122,442	1.39	84.4
2040	projection	9,297,351	7.7–10.6 million	71,399	122,704	1.39	84.5
2041	projection	9,253,875	7.6–10.6 million	71,959	123,111	1.39	84.7
2042	projection	9,210,757	7.4–10.7 million	72,362	123,406	1.40	84.8
2043	projection	9,168,644	7.2–10.7 million	72,464	123,910	1.40	85.0
2044	projection	9,125,314	7.1–10.7 million	72,350	124,155	1.40	85.1
2045	projection	9,080,715	6.9–10.8 million	72,006	124,661	1.40	85.2
2046	projection	9,035,934	6.7–10.8 million	71,347	125,032	1.40	85.3
2047	projection	8,990,365	6.6–10.8 million	70,546	125,585	1.41	85.5
2048	projection	8,941,040	6.4–10.9 million	69,521	126,105	1.41	85.6
2049	projection	8,891,189	6.2–10.9 million	68,424	126,543	1.41	85.7
2050	projection	8,838,461	6.1–10.9 million	67,181	126,813	1.41	85.8
2051	projection	8,785,678	5.9–10.9 million	65,876	127,196	1.42	86.0
2052	projection	8,730,404	5.8–11.0 million	64,527	127,612	1.42	86.1
2053	projection	8,673,978	5.6–11.0 million	63,164	127,853	1.42	86.2
2054	projection	8,616,600	5.5–11.0 million	61,958	128,112	1.42	86.3
2055	projection	8,556,807	5.3–11.0 million	60,737	128,382	1.43	86.4
2056	projection	8,494,902	5.2–11.0 million	59,569	128,591	1.43	86.5
2057	projection	8,431,985	5.0–11.0 million	58,393	128,522	1.43	86.7
2058	projection	8,367,467	4.9–11.0 million	57,372	128,645	1.43	86.8
2059	projection	8,302,245	4.8–11.0 million	56,482	128,550	1.43	86.9
2060	projection	8,235,931	4.6–11.0 million	55,740	128,351	1.44	87.0
2061	projection	8,170,408	4.5–11.0 million	55,185	128,094	1.44	87.2
2062	projection	8,103,719	4.4–11.0 million	54,634	127,583	1.44	87.3
2063	projection	8,037,290	4.3–11.0 million	54,308	127,073	1.44	87.4
2064	projection	7,970,704	4.1–11.0 million	54,036	126,304	1.44	87.5
2065	projection	7,904,873	4.0–11.0 million	53,889	125,596	1.45	87.6
2066	projection	7,839,938	3.9–11.0 million	53,876	124,727	1.45	87.7
2067	projection	7,774,635	3.8–11.0 million	53,889	123,706	1.45	87.8
2068	projection	7,709,387	3.7–11.0 million	54,031	122,522	1.45	88.0
2069	projection	7,644,576	3.6–11.0 million	54,209	121,089	1.46	88.1
2070	projection	7,581,414	3.5–11.0 million	54,456	119,638	1.46	88.2
2071	projection	7,520,386	3.4–11.0 million	54,671	118,063	1.46	88.3
2072	projection	7,461,527	3.3–11.0 million	54,870	116,361	1.46	88.4
2073	projection	7,403,954	3.2–11.0 million	55,006	114,546	1.46	88.5
2074	projection	7,348,527	3.1–11.0 million	55,050	112,589	1.46	88.6
2075	projection	7,295,804	3.0–11.0 million	55,117	110,545	1.47	88.7
2076	projection	7,245,559	2.9–11.1 million	55,138	108,417	1.47	88.8
2077	projection	7,196,956	2.8–11.1 million	55,155	106,350	1.47	89.0
2078	projection	7,149,404	2.7–11.1 million	55,059	104,286	1.47	89.1
2079	projection	7,104,569	2.6–11.1 million	54,750	102,295	1.47	89.2
2080	projection	7,061,389	2.6–11.2 million	54,420	100,275	1.47	89.3
2081	projection	7,019,475	2.5–11.2 million	53,984	98,378	1.47	89.4
2082	projection	6,979,670	2.4–11.3 million	53,523	96,579	1.48	89.5
2083	projection	6,940,815	2.3–11.4 million	53,029	94,846	1.48	89.6
2084	projection	6,903,869	2.3–11.4 million	52,356	93,463	1.48	89.7
2085	projection	6,866,785	2.2–11.4 million	51,732	92,146	1.48	89.8
2086	projection	6,829,693	2.2–11.5 million	51,017	90,933	1.48	89.9
2087	projection	6,793,428	2.1–11.5 million	50,320	89,991	1.48	90.0
2088	projection	6,758,032	2.1–11.5 million	49,650	89,157	1.48	90.1
2089	projection	6,721,961	2.0–11.6 million	48,863	88,565	1.48	90.2
2090	projection	6,685,015	2.0–11.6 million	48,143	88,063	1.48	90.3
2091	projection	6,648,591	1.9–11.7 million	47,545	87,784	1.49	90.4
2092	projection	6,612,372	1.9–11.8 million	46,914	87,569	1.49	90.5
2093	projection	6,575,269	1.9–11.8 million	46,348	87,598	1.49	90.6
2094	projection	6,537,494	1.8–11.8 million	45,880	87,556	1.49	90.8
2095	projection	6,498,792	1.8–11.8 million	45,437	87,668	1.49	90.9
2096	projection	6,459,319	1.8–11.9 million	45,015	87,969	1.49	91.0
2097	projection	6,418,982	1.7–11.9 million	44,663	88,233	1.49	91.1
2098	projection	6,378,147	1.7–11.9 million	44,415	88,472	1.50	91.2
2099	projection	6,337,351	1.7–12.0 million	44,186	88,776	1.50	91.3
2100	projection	6,296,238	1.6–12.0 million	43,986	88,961	1.50	91.4

Show the numbers: Greece, mid-2026, by single year of age

Greece: population by single year of age, mid-2026
Age	Male	Female
0	35,082	32,901
1	35,464	33,150
2	35,869	33,467
3	36,216	33,816
4	38,714	36,154
5	40,980	38,292
6	40,805	38,378
7	42,126	39,701
8	44,370	41,776
9	46,858	44,268
10	48,040	45,436
11	47,558	45,045
12	47,756	45,209
13	49,306	46,539
14	51,763	48,654
15	53,882	50,784
16	55,906	53,130
17	56,710	54,079
18	55,653	52,562
19	55,498	52,050
20	55,665	51,902
21	55,028	50,660
22	54,860	50,084
23	55,103	49,651
24	54,373	48,872
25	53,480	48,073
26	53,082	47,472
27	52,062	46,662
28	51,568	46,051
29	51,906	46,150
30	51,863	46,204
31	51,910	46,455
32	50,756	46,255
33	51,037	47,102
34	53,304	49,700
35	53,136	51,299
36	53,116	52,504
37	54,675	54,279
38	53,502	53,956
39	53,604	54,551
40	56,986	57,044
41	59,914	59,504
42	64,616	63,840
43	69,151	68,333
44	72,026	72,098
45	74,292	74,854
46	75,590	76,287
47	75,828	76,540
48	75,229	76,103
49	75,823	77,037
50	75,579	77,960
51	74,382	78,134
52	73,736	77,357
53	73,240	76,818
54	73,813	78,250
55	74,352	79,538
56	74,538	80,592
57	74,163	81,162
58	73,428	81,404
59	71,541	79,404
60	68,730	75,627
61	65,593	73,115
62	62,606	71,918
63	61,349	71,724
64	61,067	71,945
65	60,722	71,896
66	60,096	71,256
67	58,716	69,788
68	56,576	67,468
69	55,367	66,518
70	55,116	65,762
71	52,873	62,921
72	49,676	59,532
73	48,306	57,671
74	47,621	57,157
75	46,453	56,304
76	44,901	55,114
77	43,064	53,942
78	41,108	52,817
79	39,206	51,386
80	37,074	49,100
81	33,478	44,752
82	29,344	39,462
83	26,108	35,545
84	23,750	33,446
85	22,171	33,000
86	21,020	33,022
87	19,508	31,794
88	17,306	29,242
89	14,870	26,160
90	12,453	22,880
91	10,192	19,570
92	8,232	16,456
93	6,535	13,664
94	5,058	11,106
95	3,788	8,696
96	2,720	6,604
97	1,859	4,898
98	1,202	3,480
99	776	2,463
100+	1,046	3,933

GRC · 1950–2100 · every age, every year

Greece, every age in every year

Each column is a year and each row an age; the denser the ink in a cell, the more people. Everyone born in the same year climbs one 45° diagonal, so famines, baby booms and migration show up as streaks. Select a cell to follow its generation.

GRC · ages 15–64

Who does the work in Greece

Greece had the most working-age people it is ever expected to have in 2009: 7,384,980 people aged 15–64, against 6,445,880 in 2023.

100 aged 15–64

22 children

37 aged 65+

aged 15–64 children under 15 aged 65 and over

How to read this: one orange square for each of 100 people aged 15–64 in 2023. Beneath them, teal for the children living alongside those 100 and violet for the people aged 65 or older.

Fewer than 50 dependants live alongside every 100 people aged 15–64 in 19 years: 1989–2007.

fewer than 50 dependants per 100 the same, projected 50 or more

How to read this: 1950 on the left, 2100 on the right; coloured in the years with fewer than 50 dependants per 100 working-age people, grey in the rest, hatched where that is a projection.

How every country compares

GRC · arrivals minus departures

Who arrives in Greece, and who leaves

In 2020–2025 Greece loses 96,995 people a year: everyone who arrives, minus everyone who leaves. The age at which that happens most is 25–29, at 12,805 a year more leaving than arriving.

one square = 2,000 people a year

020406080+

more arrive than leave more leave than arrive

How to read this: each column is one age, youngest on the left. Above the line, in blue, are the ages gaining people; below it, in orange, the ages losing them. This is the UN's projection for 2020–2025 — the record of migration by age does not go back beyond 2020.

In the years that were counted, 1950–2023, the most it gained in one year was 89,601 (1976) and the most it lost was 160,277 (2021).

In 2024, 1,423,964 people living in Greece had been born in another country, 14 of every 100 people there, against 6 in 1990.

How migration works everywhere

GRC · births by the mother's age · 1950–2100

Who has the babies in Greece

Of every 100 babies born in Greece in 2023, 3 had a mother under 20, 63 a mother aged 20 to 34 and 34 a mother aged 35 or older. In 1950 it was 3 under 20 and 19 aged 35 or older.

1950
3 · 78 · 19

2023
3 · 63 · 34

2050 · projected
1 · 52 · 47

The mother's age: under 20 20 to 34 35 or older projected

How to read this: shrink a year's babies to 100 and colour each one by the age of its mother — that is a block. Under it, the same three groups as numbers, starting with the youngest mothers.

Babies born, 2023: 73,661
Average age when women have a baby: 32.0 years; 30.0 in 1950
Babies a year per 1,000 girls aged 15–19: 7; 12 in 1950

Babies by the mother's age, 1950–2100

Babies born in Greece by the mother's age
Mother's age	1950	1975	2000	2023	2050 projected	2100 projected
10–14	22	126	83	105	47	32
15–19	4,963	16,054	3,615	1,798	728	549
20–24	37,488	48,700	18,498	5,738	2,188	1,763
25–29	50,566	44,932	35,415	15,177	9,813	7,497
30–34	33,147	22,258	33,377	25,602	23,033	15,155
35–39	21,855	11,841	13,005	18,288	21,449	12,933
40–44	7,101	3,024	2,523	5,990	7,957	4,610
45–49	519	276	185	938	1,919	1,408
50–54	8	28	13	25	47	39
All babies	155,669	147,239	106,714	73,661	67,181	43,986

The UN's births for each year, split by the mother's age in the UN's own proportions.

GRC · healthy years · 2021

Years in good health in Greece

Of the 79.6 years a baby born in Greece in 2021 could expect, about 68.6 would be lived in full health (95% range 67.8–69.4). The years in less than full health come to 11.0, above the world's 9.5.

Women

69.3 in full health, 12.7 not: 82.0 years

Men

67.8 in full health, 9.5 not: 77.3 years

a year in full health a year in less than full health

How to read this: each square is a year of life, each row ten years; filled squares are years in full health, rounded to whole years.

Women: 69.3 healthy years of 82.0. Men: 67.8 of 77.3. In 2019, before the pandemic, the healthy years were 69.8.

GRC · forced from home · end of 2025

Displacement in Greece

At the end of 2025, Greece was hosting 166,491 people who had crossed a border into it, about 17 of every 1,000 people living there.

hosted from abroad166,491
Greece nationals abroad215

stayed inside their own country crossed a border

How to read this: each square is 5,000 people, so the rows can be compared with one another. The last row is people from Greece living in another country, wherever they are. An outlined square means fewer people than one square stands for.

In 2025, 55,361 people asked for asylum in Greece for the first time; 40 people from Greece asked for asylum in another country. Who asks for asylum, and who is given it

How the world's displacement is counted

GRC · of every 100 people

How people live in Greece

Of every 100 people in Greece in 2025, 46 lived in a city, 22 in a town or suburb and 32 in the countryside.

cities towns and suburbs rural areas

Nearly everyone has electricity at home (2024). 13.7 of every 100 do not use the internet (2024).

How to read this: one square for every hundredth person, coloured as the key shows. Because the rule behind the colours is the same everywhere, two countries' squares can be compared directly.

How the world's people live

GRC · adults 25 and over · 2020

How far people in Greece went in school

Of every 100 adults in Greece in 2020, 2 never went to school and 63 finished upper secondary or went further.

2 never went to school 3 some primary 22 finished primary 10 finished lower secondary 31 finished upper secondary 32 studied after school

Its people aged 15 to 64 were most numerous in 2020, the first year counted, and are never as many again in the middle projection; the ones who finished upper secondary are most numerous later, in 2030.

How to read this: the row is the adults (25 and over) shrunk to 100 people, coloured by how far each went in school, least schooling on the left. The Wittgenstein Centre's count, 2020.

How far the world's people went in school

GRC · cities · 2025

Cities in Greece

Greece had 8 cities in 2025, home to 4.5 million people. The largest, Athens, holds 31 of every 100 people in Greece.

Athens3,101,979
Thessaloniki749,840
Heraklion155,817
Patras149,900
Larissa120,704
Volos100,418
Ioannina89,505
Chania65,689

How to read this: the 8 biggest cities here in 2025, drawn on a single scale so the bars can be compared. Each is a built-up area on the UN's rule rather than a city government's patch.

All the world's cities

Apparatus

Sources and method

Every figure on this page comes from the UN's World Population Prospects 2024: the annual country tables (estimates to 2023, projections with 95% intervals from 2024), and the population by single year of age and sex for the pyramid.

The censuses, surveys and registers behind the UN's estimates for Greece are listed, source by source, on the UN's own data sources page.

Sources: UN WPP 2024 · World Bank · UNHCR · country code lists · UN WUP 2025 · Wittgenstein Centre · WHO GHO · flag-icons · Natural Earth. Every source, its licence and how to cite it →

Checked before it was drawn

Verified 2026-09-30 · 73 canaries The pyramid for every year was checked against the published total. What that stamp counts, and what every page here has to pass before it can be built: how this site checks its figures.