Demographic history of modern Greece
- Demographic history of modern Greece
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Population censuses in Greece take place the first year of every decade. There have been 28 censuses in the history of modern Greece,[1] conducted in various times, starting from an unofficial census in the eve of the Greek War of Independence.
| Year |
Population |
Area |
Notes |
| 1821 |
938,765 |
47,516 |
Unofficial |
| 1828 |
753,400 |
|
First national census of Greece |
| 1834 |
693,592 |
|
First official census (1834-1835) |
| 1838 |
752,077 |
|
|
| 1840 |
850,246 |
|
|
| 1841 |
861,019 |
|
|
| 1842 |
853,005 |
|
|
| 1843 |
915,059 |
|
|
| 1844 |
930,925 |
|
|
| 1845 |
960,236 |
|
|
| 1848 |
986,731 |
|
|
| 1853 |
1,035,527 |
|
|
| 1856 |
1,062,627 |
|
|
| 1861 |
1,096,810 |
|
|
| 1870 |
1,457,894 |
50.211 |
Donation of the Ionian Islands by Great Britain |
| 1879 |
1,679,470 |
|
|
| 1889 |
2,187,208 |
63,606 |
Thessaly became part of Greece in 1881 |
| 1896 |
2,433,806 |
|
|
| 1907 |
2,631,952 |
63,211 |
|
| 1913 |
4,734,990 |
121,794 |
After the Balkan wars, incorporation of Macedonia, Epirus, Crete, the Aegean Islands (apart from the Dodecanese), Western Thrace[2] |
| 1920 |
5,531,474 |
149,150 |
Incorporation of Eastern Thrace (apart from Constantinople) and area of Smyrna |
| 1928 |
6,204,684 |
129,880 |
After the Treaty of Lausanne and the Population exchange |
| 1940 |
7,344,860 |
|
|
| 1951 |
7,632,801 |
131,957 |
The Dodecanese Islands were incorporated in 1947 |
| 1961 |
8,388,553 |
|
|
| 1971 |
8,768,641 |
|
|
| 1981 |
9,740,417 |
|
|
| 1991 |
10,258,364 |
|
|
| 2001 |
10,964,020 |
|
|
| 2005 |
11,244,118 |
|
Estimate[3] |
| 2007 |
11,338,624 |
|
Estimate[4] |
| 2011 |
11,425,346 |
|
Estimate[5] |
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