Greece: People & Society#
| Population | 10,773,253 (July 2016 est.) |
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| Nationality | noun: Greek(s) adjective: Greek |
| Ethnic groups | population: Greek 93%, other (foreign citizens) 7% (2001 census) note: data 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% |
| Age structure | 0-14 years: 13.93% (male 772,973/female 727,720) 15-24 years: 9.68% (male 533,112/female 510,133) 25-54 years: 42.71% (male 2,291,355/female 2,309,664) 55-64 years: 13% (male 686,182/female 713,821) 65 years and over: 20.68% (male 975,819/female 1,252,474) (2016 est.) |
| Dependency ratios | total dependency ratio: 56.2% youth dependency ratio: 22.8% elderly dependency ratio: 33.4% potential support ratio: 3% (2015 est.) |
| Median age | total: 44.2 years male: 43.1 years female: 45.3 years (2016 est.) |
| Population growth rate | -0.03% (2016 est.) |
| Birth rate | 8.5 births/1,000 population (2016 est.) |
| Death rate | 11.2 deaths/1,000 population (2016 est.) |
| Net migration rate | 2.3 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2016 est.) |
| 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 pockets of urban agglomeration |
| Urbanization | urban population: 78% of total population (2015) rate of urbanization: 0.47% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.) |
| Major urban areas - population | ATHENS (capital) 3.052 million (2015) |
| Sex ratio | at birth: 1.06 male(s)/female 0-14 years: 1.06 male(s)/female 15-24 years: 1.05 male(s)/female 25-54 years: 0.99 male(s)/female 55-64 years: 0.96 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.78 male(s)/female total population: 0.95 male(s)/female (2016 est.) |
| Mother's mean age at first birth | 31.2 (2010 est.) |
| Maternal mortality rate | 3 deaths/100,000 live births (2015 est.) |
| Infant mortality rate | total: 4.6 deaths/1,000 live births male: 5.1 deaths/1,000 live births female: 4.2 deaths/1,000 live births (2016 est.) |
| Life expectancy at birth | total population: 80.5 years male: 77.9 years female: 83.3 years (2016 est.) |
| Total fertility rate | 1.42 children born/woman (2016 est.) |
| Health expenditures | 8.1% of GDP (2014) |
| Hospital bed density | 4.8 beds/1,000 population (2009) |
| Drinking water source | improved: urban: 100% of population rural: 100% of population total: 100% of population unimproved: urban: 0% of population rural: 0% of population total: 0% of population (2015 est.) |
| Sanitation facility access | improved: urban: 99.2% of population rural: 98.1% of population total: 99% of population unimproved: urban: 0.8% of population rural: 1.9% of population total: 1% of population (2015 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate | 0.26% (2015 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS | 16,200 (2015 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - deaths | 300 (2015 est.) |
| Obesity - adult prevalence rate | 25.1% (2014) |
| Literacy | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 97.7% male: 98.5% female: 96.9% (2015 est.) |
| School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) | total: 17 years male: 17 years female: 17 years (2013) |
| Unemployment, youth ages 15-24 | total: 52.4% male: 47.4% female: 58.1% (2014 est.) |