World Factbook
Greece
Elliniki Dimokratia
Last updated: 2026-03-28 (today)
Languages
Languages
Greek (official) 99%, other (includes English and French) 1%
major-language sample(s)
Το Παγκόσμιο Βιβλίο Δεδομένων, η απαραίτητη πηγή βασικών πληροφοριών. (Greek) The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information.
Religions
Greek Orthodox 81-90%, Muslim 2%, other 3%, none 4-15%, unspecified 1% (2015 est.)
Sex ratio
at birth
1.07 male(s)/female
0-14 years
1.06 male(s)/female
15-64 years
1 male(s)/female
total population
0.96 male(s)/female (2024 est.)
65 years and over
0.8 male(s)/female
Birth rate
7.38 births/1,000 population (2025 est.)
Death rate
11.99 deaths/1,000 population (2025 est.)
Median age
male
44.6 years
total
46.8 years (2025 est.)
female
48.3 years
Population
male
5,105,879
total
10,424,536 (2025 est.)
female
5,318,657
Nationality
noun
Greek(s)
adjective
Greek
Tobacco use
male
30.3% (2025 est.)
total
27.3% (2025 est.)
female
24.6% (2025 est.)
Urbanization
urban population
80.7% of total population (2023)
rate of urbanization
0.11% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)
Age structure
0-14 years
13.8% (male 742,131/female 699,079)
15-64 years
62.6% (male 3,278,906/female 3,267,140)
65 years and over
23.6% (2024 est.) (male 1,096,825/female 1,377,010)
Ethnic groups
Greek 91.6%, Albanian 4.4%, other 4% (2011 est.)
note: data represent citizenship; Greece does not collect data on ethnicity
Dependency ratios
total dependency ratio
60.1 (2025 est.)
youth dependency ratio
21.7 (2025 est.)
potential support ratio
2.6 (2025 est.)
elderly dependency ratio
38.4 (2025 est.)
Physician density
6.58 physicians/1,000 population (2022)
Health expenditure
Health expenditure (as % of GDP)
9.2% of GDP (2021)
Health expenditure (as % of national budget)
8.7% of national budget (2022 est.)
Net migration rate
1.1 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2025 est.)
Hospital bed density
4.2 beds/1,000 population (2019 est.)
Total fertility rate
1.42 children born/woman (2025 est.)
Drinking water source
improved: rural
rural: 100% of population (2022 est.)
improved: total
total: 100% of population (2022 est.)
improved: urban
urban: 100% of population (2022 est.)
unimproved: rural
rural: 0% of population (2022 est.)
unimproved: total
total: 0% of population (2022 est.)
unimproved: urban
urban: 0% of population (2022 est.)
Education expenditure
Education expenditure (% GDP)
3.4% of GDP (2022 est.)
Education expenditure (% national budget)
6.4% national budget (2022 est.)
Infant mortality rate
male
3.8 deaths/1,000 live births
total
3.4 deaths/1,000 live births (2025 est.)
female
3 deaths/1,000 live births
Population growth rate
-0.35% (2025 est.)
Gross reproduction rate
0.69 (2025 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
Life expectancy at birth
male
79.4 years
female
84.6 years
total population
81.9 years (2024 est.)
Maternal mortality ratio
5 deaths/100,000 live births (2023 est.)
Sanitation facility access
improved: rural
rural: 100% of population (2022 est.)
improved: total
total: 100% of population (2022 est.)
improved: urban
urban: 100% of population (2022 est.)
unimproved: rural
rural: 0% of population (2022 est.)
unimproved: total
total: 0% of population (2022 est.)
unimproved: urban
urban: 0% of population (2022 est.)
Alcohol consumption per capita
beer
2.13 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
wine
2.66 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
total
6.33 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.)
Major urban areas - population
3.154 million ATHENS (capital), 815,000 Thessaloniki (2023)
Obesity - adult prevalence rate
24.9% (2016)
Mother's mean age at first birth
30.7 years (2020 est.)
Currently married women (ages 15-49)
52.4% (2023 est.)
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)
male
21 years (2022 est.)
total
21 years (2022 est.)
female
21 years (2022 est.)