Greece - Geography
Here, let us take a look at the Geography of Greece. Strategic location dominating the Aegean Sea and southern approach to Turkish Straits; a peninsular country, with an archipelago of about 2,000 islands. Mother's mean age at first birth is N/A , whereas, the Maternal mortality ratio is N/A.
Population Distribution
One third of the population lives in and around metropolitan Athens; the remainder of the country has moderate population density mixed with sizeable urban clusters
People and Society
In Greece, the different Ethnic groups are such that we have: Greek 91.6%, Albanian 4.4%, other 4% (2011 est.)
| Population | N/A |
|---|---|
| Pop growth rate | -0.35% (2025 est.) |
| Birth rate | 7.38 births/1,000 population (2025 est.) |
| Death rate | 11.99 deaths/1,000 population (2025 est.) |
| Current health expenditure | N/A |
| Physicians Density | N/A |
| Hospital bed Density | 4.2 beds/1,000 population (2019 est.) |
| Total fertility rate | 1.42 children born/woman (2025 est.) |
| Gross reproduction rate | 0.69 (2025 est.) |
| Contraceptive prevalence rate | N/A |
| Est married women (ages 15-49) | N/A |
| Literacy | N/A |
| Education expenditures | N/A |
| Net Migration rate | N/A |
| Nationality | Greek | Greek(s) |
| Languages | N/A |
| Religions | N/A |
| Age Structure | |
| 0-14 years | 13.8% (male 742,131/female 699,079) |
| 15-64 years | 62.6% (male 3,278,906/female 3,267,140) |
| 65 years and over | 23.6% (2024 est.) (male 1,096,825/female 1,377,010) |
| Dependency Ratios | |
| Total dependency ratio | 60.1 (2025 est.) |
| Youth dependency ratio | 21.7 (2025 est.) |
| Elderly dependency ratio | 38.4 (2025 est.) |
| Potential support ratio | 2.6 (2025 est.) |
| Median Age | |
| Total | 46.8 years (2025 est.) |
| Male | 44.6 years |
| Female | 48.3 years |
| Urbanization | |
| Urban population | 80.7% of total population (2023) |
| Rate of urbanization | 0.11% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.) |
| Major urban areas (Pop) | 3.154 million ATHENS (capital), 815,000 Thessaloniki (2023). |
| Sex Ratio | |
| At birth | 1.07 male(s)/female |
| 0-14 years | 1.06 male(s)/female |
| 15-64 years | 1 male(s)/female |
| 65 years and over | 0.8 male(s)/female |
| Total population | 0.96 male(s)/female (2024 est.) |
| Infant Motality | |
| Total | 3.4 deaths/1,000 live births (2025 est.) |
| Male | 3.8 deaths/1,000 live births |
| Female | 3 deaths/1,000 live births |
| Life Expectancy at birth | |
| Total population | 81.9 years (2024 est.) |
| Male | 79.4 years |
| Female | 84.6 years |
| Drinking Water Sources | |
| Improved: urban | urban: 100% of population (2022 est.) |
| Improved: rural | rural: 100% of population (2022 est.) |
| Improved: total | total: 100% of population (2022 est.) |
| Unimproved: urban | urban: 0% of population (2022 est.) |
| Unimproved: rural | rural: 0% of population (2022 est.) |
| Unimproved: total | total: 0% of population (2022 est.) |
| Sanitation facility acess | |
| Improved: urban | urban: 100% of population (2022 est.) |
| Improved: rural | rural: 100% of population (2022 est.) |
| Improved: total | total: 100% of population (2022 est.) |
| Unimproved: urban | urban: 0% of population (2022 est.) |
| Unimproved: rural | rural: 0% of population (2022 est.) |
| Unimproved: total | total: 0% of population (2022 est.) |
| Major Infectious diseases | |
| Alcohol consumption per capita | |
| Total | 6.33 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.) |
| Beer | 2.13 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.) |
| Wine | 2.66 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.) |
| Spirits | 1.45 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.) |
| Other alcohols | 0.08 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.) |
| Tobacco use | |
| Total | 27.3% (2025 est.) |
| Male | 30.3% (2025 est.) |
| Female | 24.6% (2025 est.) |
| Child marriage | |
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