Greece March 13, 2020 Acropole , Adriatic Sea , archipelago , Athens , Attique , Balkan peninsula , Balkans , Céphalonie , Chalcidique , Chios , Corfou , Crète , Cyclades , Dodécanèse , Eubée , Europe , European Union , Greece , history , islands , Isthmus of Corinth , Jeux Olympiques , Le Pirée , Lesbos , Mediterranean Sea , mer Égée , Mer Ionienne , migrations , migrations internationales , Monastic Republic of Mount Athos , Mont Olympe , Mount Athos , Mykonos , NATO , North Macedonia , Olympie , Ottoman Empire , Parthénon , Pélopponèse , péninsule de Chalcidique , Rhodes , Santorin , South Europe , Thessaloniki , Thrace , tourism Official name Hellenic Republic Name in local language Ελληνική Δημοκρατία (el) Continent Europe Subcontinent European Union Population (ranking: 86e ) 10,709,606 inhabitants (2020) Population growth -0.14 % / year Area 132,049 km² Density 81.10 inhabitants / km² GDP (ranking: 53e )218.032 billions $USD (2018) GDP/capita (ranking ) 20,324 $USD (2018) GDP growth 1.90 % / year (2018) Life expectancy (ranking ) 82.10 years (2018) Birth rate 8.05 ‰ (2018) Fertility rate 1.35 children / woman (2017) Death rate (ranking ) 11.20 ‰ (2018) Infant mortality rate (ranking ) 3.47 ‰ (2018) Literacy rate 99.67 % (2015) Official languages Greek (french and english often spoken) Currency Euro (€ EUR) HDI (ranking: 49e )0.872 / 1 (2018) EPI (ranking )73.60 (2018) Government Unitary parliamentary republic Head of State President Ekateríni Sakellaropoúlou National Day 25 March (Independence declared from the Ottoman Empire in 1821) ISO Codes GR, GRC Demonym Greek Tourists (ranking ) 27,194,000 people (2017)
Greece is a Southern European state, member of the European Union, located in the extreme south of the Balkans. It shares borders with Albania , North Macedonia , Bulgaria and Turkey . The Ionian Sea to the west and the Aegean Sea to the east, parts of the Mediterranean Sea, surround the country, one-fifth of which is made up of more than 9,000 islands and islets, of which about 200 are inhabited. 80% of the country’s territory consists of mountains, the highest of which is the famous Mount Olympus (2,904 meters).
Santorini, Greece. Photo: Most Beautiful Spots Acropolis, Athens, Greece Ioannina, Greece. Photo: Menelaos Sykovelis Urban areas (2019) Urban areas Population Athens (Athína - Αθήνα) 3,742,235 inhabitants Thessaloniki (Salonica - Thessaloníki) 1,104,690 inhabitants Heraklion (Iráklio) 313,766 inhabitants Patras (Pátra) 298,996 inhabitants Larissa (Lárisa) 281,033 inhabitants Vólos 203,162 inhabitants Ioannina (Yannena) 167,696 inhabitants Chaniá 159,576 inhabitants Chalcis (Chalkída) 102,223 inhabitants Corfu (Kerkyra) 101,569 inhabitants Rhodes (Ródos) 86,199 inhabitants
Administrative divisions Peripheries (Regions) Population Area Attica 3,742,235 inhabitants 3,814 km² Central Greece 555,960 inhabitants 15,561 km² Central Macedonia 1,873,777 inhabitants 19,166 km² Crete 634,930 inhabitants 8,340 km² Eastern Macedonia and Thrace 599,723 inhabitants 14,179 km² Epirus 333,696 inhabitants 9,164 km² Ionian Islands 203,869 inhabitants 2,306 km² Mount Athos (Autonomous Monastic Republic) 1,811 inhabitants 336 km² North Aegean 221,098 inhabitants 3,854 km² Peloponnese 574,447 inhabitants 15,511 km² South Aegean 344,027 inhabitants 5,305 km² Thessaly 718,640 inhabitants 14,051 km² Western Greece 655,189 inhabitants 11,327 km² Western Macedonia 267,008 inhabitants 9,471 km²
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