Greece - Population, total

The value for Population, total in Greece was 10,700,560 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 11,121,340 in 2010 and a minimum value of 8,331,725 in 1960.

Definition: Total population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship. The values shown are midyear estimates.

Source: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects: 2019 Revision. (2) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (3) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (4) United Nations Statistical Division. Popu

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Year Value
1960 8,331,725
1961 8,398,050
1962 8,448,233
1963 8,479,625
1964 8,510,429
1965 8,550,333
1966 8,613,651
1967 8,684,088
1968 8,740,765
1969 8,772,764
1970 8,792,806
1971 8,831,036
1972 8,888,628
1973 8,929,086
1974 8,962,022
1975 9,046,541
1976 9,188,150
1977 9,308,479
1978 9,429,959
1979 9,548,258
1980 9,642,505
1981 9,729,350
1982 9,789,513
1983 9,846,627
1984 9,895,801
1985 9,934,300
1986 9,967,213
1987 10,000,600
1988 10,036,980
1989 10,089,500
1990 10,196,790
1991 10,319,930
1992 10,399,060
1993 10,460,420
1994 10,512,920
1995 10,562,150
1996 10,608,800
1997 10,661,260
1998 10,720,510
1999 10,761,700
2000 10,805,810
2001 10,862,130
2002 10,902,020
2003 10,928,070
2004 10,955,140
2005 10,987,310
2006 11,020,360
2007 11,048,470
2008 11,077,840
2009 11,107,020
2010 11,121,340
2011 11,104,900
2012 11,045,010
2013 10,965,210
2014 10,892,410
2015 10,820,880
2016 10,775,970
2017 10,754,680
2018 10,732,880
2019 10,721,580
2020 10,700,560

Development Relevance: Increases in human population, whether as a result of immigration or more births than deaths, can impact natural resources and social infrastructure. This can place pressure on a country's sustainability. A significant growth in population will negatively impact the availability of land for agricultural production, and will aggravate demand for food, energy, water, social services, and infrastructure. On the other hand, decreasing population size - a result of fewer births than deaths, and people moving out of a country - can impact a government's commitment to maintain services and infrastructure.

Limitations and Exceptions: Current population estimates for developing countries that lack (i) reliable recent census data, and (ii) pre- and post-census estimates for countries with census data, are provided by the United Nations Population Division and other agencies. The cohort component method - a standard method for estimating and projecting population - requires fertility, mortality, and net migration data, often collected from sample surveys, which can be small or limited in coverage. Population estimates are from demographic modeling and so are susceptible to biases and errors from shortcomings in both the model and the data. In the UN estimates the five-year age group is the cohort unit and five-year period data are used; therefore interpolations to obtain annual data or single age structure may not reflect actual events or age composition. Because future trends cannot be known with certainty, population projections have a wide range of uncertainty.

Statistical Concept and Methodology: Population estimates are usually based on national population censuses. Estimates for the years before and after the census are interpolations or extrapolations based on demographic models. Errors and undercounting occur even in high-income countries. In developing countries errors may be substantial because of limits in the transport, communications, and other resources required to conduct and analyze a full census. The quality and reliability of official demographic data are also affected by public trust in the government, government commitment to full and accurate enumeration, confidentiality and protection against misuse of census data, and census agencies' independence from political influence. Moreover, comparability of population indicators is limited by differences in the concepts, definitions, collection procedures, and estimation methods used by national statistical agencies and other organizations that collect the data. The currentness of a census and the availability of complementary data from surveys or registration systems are objective ways to judge demographic data quality. Some European countries' registration systems offer complete information on population in the absence of a census. The United Nations Statistics Division monitors the completeness of vital registration systems. Some developing countries have made progress over the last 60 years, but others still have deficiencies in civil registration systems. International migration is the only other factor besides birth and death rates that directly determines a country's population growth. Estimating migration is difficult. At any time many people are located outside their home country as tourists, workers, or refugees or for other reasons. Standards for the duration and purpose of international moves that qualify as migration vary, and estimates require information on flows into and out of countries that is difficult to collect. Population projections, starting from a base year are projected forward using assumptions of mortality, fertility, and migration by age and sex through 2050, based on the UN Population Division's World Population Prospects database medium variant.

Aggregation method: Sum

Periodicity: Annual

General Comments: Relevance to gender indicator: disaggregating the population composition by gender will help a country in projecting its demand for social services on a gender basis.

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Population