Greece People - 2022
SOURCE: 2022 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK
Population
10,533,871 (2022 est.)
Nationality
noun: Greek(s)
adjective: Greek
Ethnic groups
Greek 91.6%, Albanian 4.4%, other 4% (2011 est.)
note: data represent citizenship; Greece does not collect data on ethnicity
Languages
Greek (official) 99%, other (includes English and French) 1%
major-language sample(s):
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Religions
Greek Orthodox 81-90%, Muslim 2%, other 3%, none 4-15%, unspecified 1% (2015 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.)
Dependency ratios
total dependency ratio: 57.7
youth dependency ratio: 22.2
elderly dependency ratio: 35.5
potential support ratio: 2.8 (2021 est.)
Median age
total: 45.3 years
male: 43.7 years
female: 46.8 years (2020 est.)
Population growth rate
-0.34% (2022 est.)
Birth rate
7.61 births/1,000 population (2022 est.)
Death rate
12.04 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.)
Net migration rate
1 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2022 est.)
Population distribution
one-third of the population lives in and around metropolitan Athens; the remainder of the country has moderate population density mixed with sizeable urban clusters
Urbanization
urban population: 80.7% of total population (2023)
rate of urbanization: 0.11% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)
Major urban areas - population
3.154 million ATHENS (capital), 814,000 Thessaloniki (2022)
Sex ratio
at birth: 1.07 male(s)/female
0-14 years: 1.06 male(s)/female
15-24 years: 1.14 male(s)/female
25-54 years: 1 male(s)/female
55-64 years: 0.89 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.71 male(s)/female
total population: 0.95 male(s)/female (2022 est.)
Mother's mean age at first birth
30.7 years (2020 est.)
Maternal mortality ratio
3 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)
Infant mortality rate
total: 3.55 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 3.94 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 3.13 deaths/1,000 live births (2022 est.)
Life expectancy at birth
total population: 81.49 years
male: 78.96 years
female: 84.2 years (2022 est.)
Total fertility rate
1.4 children born/woman (2022 est.)
Contraceptive prevalence rate
N/A
Drinking water source
improved: urban: 100% of population
rural: 100% of population
total: 100% of population
unimproved: urban: 0% of population
rural: 0% of population
total: 0% of population (2020 est.)
Current health expenditure
7.8% of GDP (2019)
Physicians density
6.31 physicians/1,000 population (2019)
Hospital bed density
4.2 beds/1,000 population (2018)
Sanitation facility access
improved: urban: 100% of population
rural: 100% of population
total: 100% of population
unimproved: urban: 0% of population
rural: 0% of population
total: 0% of population (2020 est.)
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate
0.2% (2021 est.)
Obesity - adult prevalence rate
24.9% (2016)
Alcohol consumption per capita
total: 6.33 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
beer: 2.13 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
wine: 2.66 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
spirits: 1.45 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
other alcohols: 0.08 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
Tobacco use
total: 33.5% (2020 est.)
male: 36.5% (2020 est.)
female: 30.5% (2020 est.)
Children under the age of 5 years underweight
N/A
Education expenditures
4.4% of GDP (2020 est.)
Literacy
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 97.9%
male: 98.5%
female: 97.4% (2018)
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)
total: 20 years
male: 20 years
female: 20 years (2020)
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24)
total: 35.5%
male: 31.1%
female: 40.9% (2021 est.)
NOTE: The information regarding Greece on this page is re-published from the 2022 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Greece 2022 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Greece 2022 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.
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