| People | Greece |
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Population:
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10,760,136 (July 2011 est.) |
Population density:
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83 people per sq km land area |
Urbanization:
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urban population: 61% of total population (2010)
rate of urbanization: 0.6% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.) |
Major cities - population:
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ATHENS (capital) 3.252 million; Thessaloniki 834,000 (2009) |
Age structure:
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0-14 years: 14.2% (male 787,143/female 741,356)
15-64 years: 66.2% (male 3,555,447/female 3,567,383)
65 years and over: 19.6% (male 923,177/female 1,185,630) (2011 est.) |
Median age:
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total: 42.5 years
male: 41.4 years
female: 43.6 years (2011 est.) |
Population growth rate:
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0.083% (2011 est.) |
Birth rate:
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9.21 births/1,000 population (2011 est.) |
Death rate:
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10.7 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.) |
Net migration rate:
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2.32 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.) |
Sex ratio:
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at birth: 1.064 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.06 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.78 male(s)/female
total population: 0.96 male(s)/female (2011 est.) |
Maternal mortality rate:
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2 deaths/100,000 live births (2008) |
Infant mortality rate:
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total: 5 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 5.49 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 4.48 deaths/1,000 live births (2011 est.) |
Life expectancy at birth:
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total population: 79.92 years
male: 77.36 years
female: 82.65 years (2011 est.) |
Total fertility rate:
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1.38 children born/woman (2011 est.) |
Health expenditures:
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7.4% of GDP (2009) |
Physicians density:
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6.043 physicians/1,000 population (2008) |
Hospital bed density:
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4.77 beds/1,000 population (2008) |
Drinking water source:
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improved:
urban: 100% of population
rural: 99% of population
total: 100% of population
unimproved:
urban: 0% of population
rural: 1% of population
total: 0% of population (2008) |
Sanitation facility access:
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improved:
urban: 99% of population
rural: 97% of population
total: 98% of population
unimproved:
urban: 1% of population
rural: 3% of population
total: 2% of population (2008) |
Major infectious diseases:
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void |
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
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0.1% (2009 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
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8,800 (2009 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - deaths:
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fewer than 500 (2009 est.) |
Children under the age of 5 years underweight:
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void |
Obesity - adult prevalence rate:
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22.5% (2003) |
Nationality:
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noun: Greek(s)
adjective: Greek |
Ethnic groups:
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population: Greek 93%, other (foreign citizens) 7% (2001 census)
note: percents represent citizenship, since Greece does not collect data on ethnicity |
Religions:
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Greek Orthodox (official) 98%, Muslim 1.3%, other 0.7% |
Languages:
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Greek (official) 99%, other (includes English and French) 1% |
Literacy:
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definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 96%
male: 97.8%
female: 94.2% (2001 census) |
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education):
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total: 17 years
male: 16 years
female: 17 years (2007) |
Education expenditures - percent of GDP:
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4% of GDP (2005) |
People - note:
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void |
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