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The Demographics of Greece refer to the demography of the population that inhabits the Greek peninsula. The population of Greece was estimated by the United Nations to be 10,445,365 in 2021 (including displaced refugees ).
Crete ( / kriːt / KREET; Greek: Κρήτη, Modern: Kríti [ˈkriti], Ancient: Krḗtē [krɛ̌ːtεː]) is the largest and most populous of the Greek islands, the 88th largest island in the world and the fifth largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, after Sicily, Sardinia, Cyprus, and Corsica. Crete is located about 100 km (62 mi) south of ...
Regions of the Greek islands. Greece has many islands, [Note 1] with estimates ranging from somewhere around 1,200 [1] to 6,000, [2] depending on the minimum size to take into account. The number of inhabited islands is variously cited as between 166 [3] and 227. [2] The largest Greek island by both area and population is Crete, located at the ...
Kos or Cos (/ k ɒ s, k ɔː s /; Greek: Κως) is a Greek island, which is part of the Dodecanese island chain in the southeastern Aegean Sea.Kos is the third largest island of the Dodecanese by area, after Rhodes and Karpathos; it has a population of 37,089 (2021 census), making it the second most populous of the Dodecanese, after Rhodes. [1]
Icaria is one of the middle islands of the northern Aegean, 255.303 square kilometres (98.573 sq mi) [ 3] in area with 102 miles (164 kilometres) of coastline and a population of 8,312 inhabitants. The topography is a contrast between verdant slopes and barren steep rocks. The island is mountainous for the most part.
Syros (Greek: Σύρος), also known as Siros or Syra, is a Greek island in the Cyclades, in the Aegean Sea. It is 78 nautical miles (144 km) south-east of Athens. The area of the island is 83.6 km 2 (32 sq mi) and at the 2021 census it had 21,124 inhabitants. [1] The largest towns are Ermoupoli, Ano Syros, and Vari .
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 (km 2)
Mykonos (/ ˈ m ɪ k ə n ɒ s,-n oʊ s /, [2] [3] UK also / ˈ m iː k-/; [4] Greek: Μύκονος) is a Greek island, part of the Cyclades, lying between Tinos, Syros, Paros and Naxos.The island has an area of 85.5 square kilometres (33.0 sq mi) and rises to an elevation of 341 metres (1,119 feet) at its highest point.