| People | Greece |
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Population:
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10,737,428 (July 2009 est.) |
Urbanization:
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urban population: 61% of total population (2008)
rate of urbanization: 0.6% annual rate of change (2005-10 est.) |
Population density:
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83 people per sq km land area |
Age structure:
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0-14 years: 14.3% (male 788,722/female 742,270)
15-64 years: 66.6% (male 3,568,660/female 3,578,344)
65 years and over: 19.2% (male 902,617/female 1,156,815) (2009 est.) |
Median age:
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total: 41.8 years
male: 40.7 years
female: 42.9 years (2009 est.) |
Population growth rate:
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0.127% (2009 est.) |
Birth rate:
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9.45 births/1,000 population (2009 est.) |
Death rate:
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10.42 deaths/1,000 population (2008 est.) |
Net migration rate:
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2.33 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.) |
Sex ratio:
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at birth: 1.06 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 (2009 est.) |
Infant mortality rate:
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total: 5.16 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 5.68 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 4.62 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.) |
Life expectancy at birth:
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total population: 79.66 years
male: 77.11 years
female: 82.37 years (2009 est.) |
Total fertility rate:
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1.37 children born/woman (2009 est.) |
Major infectious diseases:
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void |
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
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0.2% (2007 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
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11,000 (2007 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - deaths:
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fewer than 100 (2007 est.) |
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 98%, Muslim 1.3%, other 0.7% |
Languages:
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Greek 99% (official), other 1% (includes English and French) |
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: 17 years
female: 17 years (2006) |
Education expenditures - percent of GDP:
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4.4% of GDP (2005) |
People - note:
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void |
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