Greece Population Clock

Greece records about 188 births and 345 deaths a day — more deaths than births. Natural change is therefore negative, at roughly 157 fewer people per day, or about 57,344 a year before migration.

Net migration runs at about 16,636 over the reported period, with more people arriving than leaving. That is equivalent to about 29% of its natural change.

Over the 9 years from 2016 to 2025, the population fell from 10.8 million to 10.4 million — a loss of 362,009, or 3.4%.

With about 81 people per square kilometre, Greece is moderately populated, roughly 1.3× the world average of 62. That ranks 65th of the 115 countries here. Its closest comparisons on density are Uzbekistan and Serbia.

Greece covers about 128,900 km² of land, which is what turns a population of 10.4 million into that density figure.

About 79.2% of people live in urban areas, making Greece highly urbanised, above the world average of 57.8%. That works out to roughly 8.25 million town and city dwellers and 2.16 million living rurally.

Greece has one of the world’s oldest populations: about 12.9% are under 15 and 24.4% are 65 or older. Over-65s now outnumber under-15s, which is the classic marker of a population that has finished its demographic transition.

The total fertility rate is about 1.24 births per woman, below the ~2.1 replacement level, so without net immigration the population would eventually decline. The world figure is about 2.19.

Life expectancy at birth is about 81.8 years, roughly 8.4 years above the global average of 73.5.