Demographic history of modern Greece
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 1828 at the end of the Greek War of Independence.
Year |
Population |
Area (km2) |
Notes
|
1821 |
938,765 |
47,516 |
Population in the Peloponnese, Central Greece, and a few islands; 1821 estimate based on the 1828 census
|
1828 [el] |
753,400 |
|
First national census of Greece
|
1834 [el] |
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 |
First census after the donation of the Ionian Islands by Great Britain (1864)
|
1879 |
1,679,470 |
|
|
1889 |
2,187,208 |
63,606 |
First census after 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 eastern Aegean Islands (apart from the Dodecanese)[2]
|
1920 |
5,531,474 |
149,150 |
Incorporation of Western Thrace and Eastern Thrace (apart from Constantinople) and Smyrna Zone
|
1928 |
6,204,684 |
129,880 |
Following loss of the Smyrna Zone and Eastern Thrace after the Treaty of Lausanne, and the population exchange between Greece and Turkey
|
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 [el] |
10,964,020 |
|
|
2011 |
10,815,197 |
|
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See also
References
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