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Nationality:
noun: Greek(s)
adjective:
Greek
Ethnic groups:
population: Greek 93%, other (foreign citizens) 7% (2001 census)
note:
percents represent citizenship, since Greece does not collect data on ethnicity
Languages:
Greek (official) 99%, other (includes English and French) 1%
Religions:
Greek Orthodox (official) 98%, Muslim 1.3%, other 0.7%
Population:
10,767,827 (July 2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 78
[see also: Population country ranks ]
Age structure:
0-14 years: 14.2% (male 785,922/female 739,868)
[see also: Age structure 0-14 years country ranks ]
15-24 years:
9.9% (male 546,329/female 524,032)
25-54 years:
43.7% (male 2,345,569/female 2,358,679)
55-64 years:
12.4% (male 654,048/female 677,007)
65 years and over:
19.8% (male 935,054/female 1,201,319) (2012 est.)
Median age:
total: 42.8 years
[see also: Median age - total country ranks ]
male:
41.7 years
female:
43.9 years (2012 est.)
Population growth rate:
0.06% (2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 184
[see also: Population growth rate country ranks ]
Birth rate:
9.08 births/1,000 population (2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 207
[see also: Birth rate country ranks ]
Death rate:
10.8 deaths/1,000 population (July 2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 42
[see also: Death rate country ranks ]
Net migration rate:
2.32 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 34
[see also: Net migration rate country ranks ]
Urbanization:
urban population: 61% of total population (2010)
[see also: Urbanization - urban population country ranks ]
rate of urbanization:
0.6% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.)
Major cities - population:
ATHENS (capital) 3.252 million; Thessaloniki 834,000 (2009)
Sex ratio:
at birth: 1.06 male(s)/female
[see also: Sex ratio - at birth country ranks ]
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:
3 deaths/100,000 live births (2010)
country comparison to the world: 181
[see also: Maternal mortality rate country ranks ]
Infant mortality rate:
total: 4.92 deaths/1,000 live births
country comparison to the world: 179
male:
5.41 deaths/1,000 live births
female:
4.41 deaths/1,000 live births (2012 est.)
Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 80.05 years
country comparison to the world: 31
male:
77.48 years
female:
82.79 years (2012 est.)
Total fertility rate:
1.39 children born/woman (2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 205
[see also: Total fertility rate country ranks ]
Health expenditures:
7.4% of GDP (2009)
country comparison to the world: 69
[see also: Health expenditures country ranks ]
Physicians density:
6.043 physicians/1,000 population (2008)
[see also: Physicians density country ranks ]
Hospital bed density:
4.77 beds/1,000 population (2008)
[see also: Hospital bed density country ranks ]
Sanitation facility access:
improved:
urban: 99% of population
rural: 97% of population
total: 98% of population
unimproved:
