Demographic history of modern Greece

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 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]

References

  1. ^ Greek censuses (in Greek)
  2. ^ Population exchange in Greek Macedonia, Elisabeth Kontogiorgi, page 50, 2006
  3. ^ Statistics of Greece
  4. ^ World Gazetteer, Greece
  5. ^ [1]

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