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Noun Greek(s)
Adjective Greek Ethnic groups
Population: Greek 93%, other (foreign citizens) 7% (2001 census) Note Percents 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% Population World Ranking: 78
10,767,827 (July 2012 est.)
Age structure
0-14 years
14.2% (male 787,143/female 741,356) 15-64 years 66.2% (male 3,555,447/female 3,567,383) 65 years and over 19.6% (male 923,177/female 1,185,630) (2011 est.) Median age
Total 42.8 years
Male 41.7 years Female 43.9 years (2012 est.) Population growth rate World Ranking: 185
0.06% (2012 est.)
Birth rate World Ranking: 206
9.08 births/1,000 population (2012 est.) Death rate World Ranking: 43
10.8 deaths/1,000 population (July 2012 est.) Net migration rate World Ranking: 34
2.32 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2012 est.) Urbanization
Urban population 61% of total population (2010)
Rate of urbanization 0.6% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.) Major cities - population
ATHENS (capital) 3.252 million; Thessaloniki 834,000 (2009) Sex ratio
At birth 1.06 male(s)/female
Under 15 years 1.06 male(s)/female 15-64 years 1 male(s)/female 65 years and over 0.78 male(s)/female Total population 0.96 male(s)/female (2011 est.) Maternal mortality rate World Ranking: 181
3 deaths/100,000 live births (2010) Infant mortality rate World Ranking: 180
Total 4.92 deaths/1,000 live births
Male 5.41 deaths/1,000 live births Female 4.41 deaths/1,000 live births (2012 est.) Life expectancy at birth World Ranking: 31
Total population 80.05 years
Male 77.48 years Female 82.79 years (2012 est.) Total fertility rate World Ranking: 204
1.39 children born/woman (2012 est.) Health expenditures World Ranking: 67
7.4% of GDP (2009)
Physicians density
6.043 physicians/1,000 population (2008) Hospital bed density
4.77 beds/1,000 population (2008) Hiv/aids - adult prevalence rate World Ranking: 127
0.1% (2009 est.)
Hiv/aids - people living with hiv/aids World Ranking: 103
8,800 (2009 est.)
Hiv/aids - deaths World Ranking: 86
Fewer than 500 (2009 est.)
Obesity - adult prevalence rate World Ranking: 17
22.5% (2003)
Education expenditures World Ranking: 105
4% of GDP (2005)
Literacy
Definition
Age 15 and over can read and write Total population 96%Male 97.8% Female 94.2% (2001 census) School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)
Total 17 years
Male 16 years Female 17 years (2007) Unemployment, youth ages 15-24 World Ranking: 25
Total 25.8%
Male 19.4% Female 33.9% (2009)
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