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🇬🇷 Greece

Overview

ISO 3166-1 alpha-3GRC
ISO 3166-1 alpha-2GR
UN M49 numeric300
IOC codeGRE
Official nameHellenic Republic
Native name(s)ell: official: Ελληνική Δημοκρατία; common: Ελλάδα
Alt spellingsGR, Elláda, Hellenic Republic, Ελληνική Δημοκρατία
Statusofficially-assigned
IndependentYes
UN memberYes

Geography

RegionEurope
SubregionSouthern Europe
UN regional groupWestern European and Others Group
CapitalAthens
Area (km²)131,990
Lat / Lng39.0000, 22.0000
LandlockedNo
Borders (ISO3)ALB, BGR, TUR, MKD
Top-level domain.gr
Calling coderoot: +3; suffixes: 0

Demographics

Population (World Bank)10,413,962 (2025)
Life expectancy (years, World Bank)81.839 (2024)
Languagesell: Greek
Demonymseng: f: Greek; m: Greek; fra: f: Grecque; m: Grec
Population time-series (UN WPP)74

Economy

GDP (current USD)280,635,521,324.441 (2025)
GDP per capita (current USD)26,948.007 (2025)
Unemployment rate (%)8.54 (2025)
CurrenciesEUR: name: Euro; symbol: €

Population by year (UN WPP)

74 yearly data points — click to expand
YearPopulation
19507,651,079
19517,712,870
19527,775,542
19537,841,270
19547,910,867
19557,984,711
19568,060,988
19578,136,974
19588,214,996
19598,297,710
19608,384,492
19618,447,002
19628,473,376
19638,488,375
19648,504,002
19658,521,363
19668,579,992
19678,655,156
19688,717,917
19698,747,073
19708,747,776
19718,787,038
19728,849,378
19738,893,400
19748,929,114
19759,016,967
19769,160,209
19779,282,021
19789,389,967
19799,526,004
19809,653,414
19819,754,402
19829,837,470
19839,911,493
19849,978,782
198510,037,037
198610,088,763
198710,134,534
198810,177,006
198910,218,039
199010,258,487
199110,306,644
199210,359,895
199310,412,751
199410,466,260
199510,519,235
199610,570,080
199710,622,325
199810,675,409
199910,727,951
200010,782,635
200110,843,164
200210,890,285
200310,918,471
200410,947,365
200510,981,334
200611,016,103
200711,045,737
200811,076,872
200911,108,069
201011,124,670
201111,108,844
201211,048,298
201310,967,540
201410,893,166
201510,820,903
201610,775,504
201710,753,533
201810,730,844
201910,718,576
202010,699,369
202110,579,561
202210,412,480
202310,242,908

Full raw record (JSON)

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