Geography
Area : 131,957 km²
Borders : 1,110 km (Albania 212 km, Bulgaria 472 km, Turkey 192 km, North Macedonia 234 km)
Coastline : 13,676 km
Capital : Athens
Official language : Greek
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Population
Population : 10,372,335 (2025)
Crude natural change rate : -5.5‰ (2024 est.)
Population repartition: 12,8% under 15 years old; 23,7% over 65 years old (2025)
Foreign residents: 2% EU nationals, 7% non-EU nationals (2021)
Crude net migration rate: 5,2‰ (2024 est.)
First time asylum applicants: 55,380 (2025)
Life expectancy: men 79,4 years, women 84.4 years (2024)
Religions: Orthodox 81-90%, none 4-15%, other 3%, Muslim 2%, unspecified 1% (2015 est.)
Source : Eurostat
Economy
Currency: Euro
GDP: € 248,354 billion (2025)
GDP per capita (PPS): € 32,220 (2024)
GDP growth : 2,1% (2025)
Inflation: 3,9% (March 2026)
Public debt: 146,1% of GDP (2025)
Unemployment: 9% (March 2026)
Stock of foreign direct investment from the entire world: 29,3% of GDP (2024)
Budget balance: 1,7% of GDP (2025)
Source : Eurostat, Countryeconomy, Trading Economics
Political system
Republic, unicameral parliamentary democracy
Head of State: Konstantinos Tasoulas was elected President by the Vouli on February 12th 2025. He took office on March 13th 2025.
Head of Government: Kyriakos Mitsotakis (New Democracy) was reinstated Prime Minister on 26 June 2023 following the early parliamentary elections of June 25th 2023. His party emerged victorious with an absolute majority in the Vouli.
The Vouli ton Ellinon (“Council of the Greeks”) numbers 300 members, elected by proportional vote for a term of four years.
Political representation
Composition of the Parliament (in December 2024):
- 155 seats ND (New Democracy)
- 31 seats PASOK-KINAL (Movement for Change)
- 27 seats Syriza (Radical Left Coalition - Progressive Alliance)
- 23 seats Independents
- 21 seats KKE (Communist Party of Greece)
- 11 seats EL (Greek Solution)
- 11 seats Nea Aristera (New Left)
- 9 seats NIKH (Democratic Patriotic Movement - Victory)
- 6 seats PE (Course of Freedom)
- 5 seats Spartans
- 1 empty seat
Women's representations
- in the government - 5/21
- in the Vouli - 71/300
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