Nationality:
noun: Greek(s)
adjective:
Greek
Ethnic groups:
population: Greek 93%, other (foreign citizens) 7% (2001 census)
note:
percents represent citizenship, since Greece does not collect data on ethnicity
Languages:
Greek (official) 99%, other (includes English and French) 1%
Religions:
Greek Orthodox (official) 98%, Muslim 1.3%, other 0.7%
Population: Age structure:
Dependency ratios:
Median age:
Population growth rate: Birth rate: Death rate: Net migration rate: Urbanization:
Major urban areas - population: Sex ratio:
Mother's mean age at first birth: Maternal mortality rate: Infant mortality rate:
Life expectancy at birth:
Total fertility rate: Contraceptive prevalence rate: Health expenditures: Physicians density: Hospital bed density: Drinking water source:
Sanitation facility access:
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: HIV/AIDS - deaths: Obesity - adult prevalence rate: Education expenditures: Literacy:
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education):
Unemployment, youth ages 15-24
10,775,557 (July 2014 est.)
country comparison to the world: 81
[see also: Population country ranks ]
0-14 years:
14.1% (male 781,151/female 735,444)
15-24 years:
9.8% (male 537,849/female 515,359)
25-54 years:
43.2% (male 2,321,709/female 2,337,502)
55-64 years:
12.7% (male 670,270/female 694,399)
65 years and over:
20.1% (male 954,605/female 1,227,269) (2014 est.)
population pyramid: 
total dependency ratio:
52.9 %
youth dependency ratio:
22.4 %
elderly dependency ratio:
30.5 %
potential support ratio:
3.3 (2014 est.)
total:
43.5 years
male:
42.4 years
female:
44.6 years (2014 est.)
0.01% (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world: 192
[see also: Population growth rate country ranks ]
8.8 births/1,000 population (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world: 213
[see also: Birth rate country ranks ]
11 deaths/1,000 population (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world: 34
[see also: Death rate country ranks ]
2.32 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world: 42
[see also: Net migration rate country ranks ]
urban population:
61.4% of total population (2011)
rate of urbanization:
0.63% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.)
ATHENS (capital) 3.414 million; Thessaloniki 883,000 (2011)
at birth:
1.06 male(s)/female
0-14 years:
1.06 male(s)/female
15-24 years:
1.04 male(s)/female
25-54 years:
0.99 male(s)/female
55-64 years:
0.96 male(s)/female
65 years and over:
0.78 male(s)/female
total population:
0.96 male(s)/female (2014 est.)
31.2 (2010 est.)
[see also: Mother's mean age at first birth country ranks ]
3 deaths/100,000 live births (2010)
country comparison to the world: 183
[see also: Maternal mortality rate country ranks ]
total:
4.78 deaths/1,000 live births
country comparison to the world: 181
male:
5.24 deaths/1,000 live births
female:
4.28 deaths/1,000 live births (2014 est.)
total population:
80.3 years
country comparison to the world: 30
male:
77.71 years
female:
83.06 years (2014 est.)
1.41 children born/woman (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world: 207
[see also: Total fertility rate country ranks ]
76.2%
note:
percent of women aged 16-45 (2001)
[see also: Contraceptive prevalence rate country ranks ]
9% of GDP (2011)
country comparison to the world: 45
[see also: Health expenditures country ranks ]
6.04 physicians/1,000 population (2008)
[see also: Physicians density country ranks ]
4.9 beds/1,000 population (2009)
[see also: Hospital bed density country ranks ]
improved:
urban: 100% of population
rural: 99.4% of population
total: 99.8% of population
unimproved:
urban: 0% of population
rural: 0.6% of population
total: 0.2% of population (2012 est.)
improved:
urban: 99.4% of population
rural: 97.5% of population
total: 98.6% of population
unimproved:
urban: 0.6% of population
rural: 2.5% of population
total: 1.4% of population (2012 est.)
0.1% (2009 est.)
country comparison to the world: 139
[see also: HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate country ranks ]
8,800 (2009 est.)
country comparison to the world: 108
[see also: HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS country ranks ]
fewer than 500 (2009 est.)
country comparison to the world: 96
[see also: HIV/AIDS - deaths country ranks ]
20.1% (2008)
country comparison to the world: 96
[see also: Obesity - adult prevalence rate country ranks ]
4.1% of GDP (2005)
country comparison to the world: 111
[see also: Education expenditures - percent of GDP country ranks ]
definition:
age 15 and over can read and write
total population:
97.3%
male:
98.4%
female:
96.3% (2011 est.)
total:
17 years
male:
16 years
female:
17 years (2007)
total:
55.3%
country comparison to the world: 3
male:
48.4%
female:
63.2% (2012)