Population of Greece

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2019)
Date	23 Aug 2021

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The current population of Greece is 10,277,961 as of March 21, 2023, based on interpolation of the latest United Nations data. The population of Greece is projected at 10,370,744 or 10.371 million as of July 1, 2021. The total population in Greece is projected at 10,423,054 or 10.423 million people for the year 2020. Greece ranks number 87th in the world by population in the list of 235 countries/territories. Greece is ranked 13th among 48 countries in Europe.

Greece's population peaked in 2004 with 11.23 mn people after Greece's population decreased year by year. The Greece population is projected to reach 9.92 million in 2030 and decrease further to 9.03 million in 2050 and 6.58 million by 2100. Greece accounts for 0.13 percent of the world population. Its global share has been declining since 0.29% of 1953 and is projected to decline at 0.06% by 2100.

Greece was at 48th position globally in 1950, and its rank is projected to decline at 119th in 2100.

Population
Growth rate
Net change

Greece population estimates
Year	Population	Growth		Share (%)
Year	Population	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
1950	7,668,794	-	-	0.30
1951	7,742,934	74,140	0.97	0.30
1952	7,814,164	71,230	0.92	0.30
1953	7,882,596	68,432	0.88	0.29
1954	7,948,283	65,687	0.83	0.29
1955	8,011,124	62,841	0.79	0.29
1956	8,070,962	59,838	0.75	0.29
1957	8,127,475	56,513	0.70	0.28
1958	8,180,322	52,847	0.65	0.28
1959	8,229,108	48,786	0.60	0.28
1960	8,273,629	44,521	0.54	0.27
1961	8,314,005	40,376	0.49	0.27
1962	8,350,885	36,880	0.44	0.27
1963	8,385,449	34,564	0.41	0.26
1964	8,419,296	33,847	0.40	0.26
1965	8,453,821	34,525	0.41	0.25
1966	8,489,863	36,042	0.43	0.25
1967	8,528,030	38,167	0.45	0.25
1968	8,569,141	41,111	0.48	0.24
1969	8,614,036	44,895	0.52	0.24
1970	8,663,571	49,535	0.58	0.23
1971	8,716,873	53,302	0.62	0.23
1972	8,774,514	57,641	0.66	0.23
1973	8,840,315	65,801	0.75	0.23
1974	8,919,244	78,929	0.89	0.22
1975	9,014,085	94,841	1.06	0.22
1976	9,127,049	112,964	1.25	0.22
1977	9,254,978	127,929	1.40	0.22
1978	9,388,728	133,750	1.45	0.22
1979	9,515,746	127,018	1.35	0.22
1980	9,627,002	111,256	1.17	0.22
1981	9,719,841	92,839	0.96	0.21
1982	9,796,829	76,988	0.79	0.21
1983	9,860,739	63,910	0.65	0.21
1984	9,916,482	55,743	0.57	0.21
1985	9,968,238	51,756	0.52	0.20
1986	10,015,119	46,881	0.47	0.20
1987	10,057,297	42,178	0.42	0.20
1988	10,101,352	44,055	0.44	0.20
1989	10,155,723	54,371	0.54	0.19
1990	10,225,992	70,269	0.69	0.19
1991	10,315,107	89,115	0.87	0.19
1992	10,420,236	105,129	1.02	0.19
1993	10,533,815	113,579	1.09	0.19
1994	10,644,949	111,134	1.06	0.19
1995	10,745,503	100,554	0.94	0.19
1996	10,832,141	86,638	0.81	0.19
1997	10,906,257	74,116	0.68	0.18
1998	10,970,121	63,864	0.59	0.18
1999	11,027,900	57,779	0.53	0.18
2000	11,082,104	54,204	0.49	0.18
2001	11,134,457	52,353	0.47	0.18
2002	11,182,305	47,848	0.43	0.18
2003	11,218,884	36,579	0.33	0.18
2004	11,234,992	16,108	0.14	0.17
2005	11,224,791	-10,201	-0.09	0.17
2006	11,185,228	-39,563	-0.35	0.17
2007	11,120,358	-64,870	-0.58	0.17
2008	11,040,309	-80,049	-0.72	0.16
2009	10,959,272	-81,037	-0.73	0.16
2010	10,887,637	-71,635	-0.65	0.16
2011	10,829,079	-58,558	-0.54	0.15
2012	10,781,125	-47,954	-0.44	0.15
2013	10,740,500	-40,625	-0.38	0.15
2014	10,701,456	-39,044	-0.36	0.15
2015	10,659,750	-41,706	-0.39	0.14
2016	10,615,185	-44,565	-0.42	0.14
2017	10,569,450	-45,735	-0.43	0.14
2018	10,522,246	-47,204	-0.45	0.14
2019	10,473,455	-48,791	-0.46	0.14

Greece population projections
Year	Population	Growth		Share (%)
Year	Population	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
2020	10,423,054	-50,401	-0.48	0.13
2021	10,370,744	-52,310	-0.50	0.13
2022	10,316,637	-54,107	-0.52	0.13
2023	10,261,732	-54,905	-0.53	0.13
2024	10,207,401	-54,331	-0.53	0.13
2025	10,154,685	-52,716	-0.52	0.12
2026	10,103,873	-50,812	-0.50	0.12
2027	10,054,802	-49,071	-0.49	0.12
2028	10,007,443	-47,359	-0.47	0.12
2029	9,961,658	-45,785	-0.46	0.12
2030	9,917,250	-44,408	-0.45	0.12
2031	9,874,292	-42,958	-0.43	0.11
2032	9,832,717	-41,575	-0.42	0.11
2033	9,792,168	-40,549	-0.41	0.11
2034	9,752,152	-40,016	-0.41	0.11
2035	9,712,264	-39,888	-0.41	0.11
2036	9,672,294	-39,970	-0.41	0.11
2037	9,632,151	-40,143	-0.42	0.11
2038	9,591,686	-40,465	-0.42	0.11
2039	9,550,773	-40,913	-0.43	0.10
2040	9,509,268	-41,505	-0.43	0.10
2041	9,467,054	-42,214	-0.44	0.10
2042	9,423,953	-43,101	-0.46	0.10
2043	9,379,789	-44,164	-0.47	0.10
2044	9,334,357	-45,432	-0.48	0.10
2045	9,287,494	-46,863	-0.50	0.10
2046	9,239,119	-48,375	-0.52	0.10
2047	9,189,182	-49,937	-0.54	0.10
2048	9,137,603	-51,579	-0.56	0.09
2049	9,084,303	-53,300	-0.58	0.09
2050	9,029,249	-55,054	-0.61	0.09
2051	8,972,446	-56,803	-0.63	0.09
2052	8,913,942	-58,504	-0.65	0.09
2053	8,853,834	-60,108	-0.67	0.09
2054	8,792,272	-61,562	-0.70	0.09
2055	8,729,376	-62,896	-0.72	0.09
2056	8,665,273	-64,103	-0.73	0.09
2057	8,600,082	-65,191	-0.75	0.09
2058	8,534,028	-66,054	-0.77	0.08
2059	8,467,310	-66,718	-0.78	0.08
2060	8,400,189	-67,121	-0.79	0.08
2061	8,332,814	-67,375	-0.80	0.08
2062	8,265,360	-67,454	-0.81	0.08
2063	8,198,097	-67,263	-0.81	0.08
2064	8,131,279	-66,818	-0.82	0.08
2065	8,065,163	-66,116	-0.81	0.08
2066	7,999,908	-65,255	-0.81	0.08
2067	7,935,660	-64,248	-0.80	0.08
2068	7,872,632	-63,028	-0.79	0.08
2069	7,811,020	-61,612	-0.78	0.07
2070	7,750,995	-60,025	-0.77	0.07
2071	7,692,678	-58,317	-0.75	0.07
2072	7,636,124	-56,554	-0.74	0.07
2073	7,581,400	-54,724	-0.72	0.07
2074	7,528,488	-52,912	-0.70	0.07
2075	7,477,409	-51,079	-0.68	0.07
2076	7,428,176	-49,233	-0.66	0.07
2077	7,380,780	-47,396	-0.64	0.07
2078	7,335,176	-45,604	-0.62	0.07
2079	7,291,296	-43,880	-0.60	0.07
2080	7,249,047	-42,249	-0.58	0.07
2081	7,208,363	-40,684	-0.56	0.07
2082	7,169,198	-39,165	-0.54	0.07
2083	7,131,400	-37,798	-0.53	0.07
2084	7,094,865	-36,535	-0.51	0.07
2085	7,059,435	-35,430	-0.50	0.07
2086	7,025,061	-34,374	-0.49	0.07
2087	6,991,626	-33,435	-0.48	0.06
2088	6,958,909	-32,717	-0.47	0.06
2089	6,926,658	-32,251	-0.46	0.06
2090	6,894,658	-32,000	-0.46	0.06
2091	6,862,799	-31,859	-0.46	0.06
2092	6,831,057	-31,742	-0.46	0.06
2093	6,799,444	-31,613	-0.46	0.06
2094	6,768,007	-31,437	-0.46	0.06
2095	6,736,773	-31,234	-0.46	0.06
2096	6,705,765	-31,008	-0.46	0.06
2097	6,674,968	-30,797	-0.46	0.06
2098	6,644,346	-30,622	-0.46	0.06
2099	6,613,843	-30,503	-0.46	0.06
2100	6,583,368	-30,475	-0.46	0.06