Greece vs Turkey Demographics: Median age, Gender, Religion

Median age history and projection chart in
Greece vs Turkey

Table

Year	Median age
	Greece	Turkey
1960	28.5	19.4
1961	29	19.3
1962	29.3	19.1
1963	29.4	19
1964	29.4	18.9
1965	31	18.9
1966	30.9	18.8
1967	31.1	18.7
1968	31.3	18.6
1969	31.6	18.6
1970	33.2	18.6
1971	32.9	18.7
1972	33	18.8
1973	33.3	18.9
1974	33.6	19
1975	33.8	19.1
1976	33.8	19.3
1977	33.9	19.4
1978	33.9	19.5
1979	34	19.7
1980	33.8	19.8
1981	33.7	19.9
1982	33.9	20
1983	34.1	20.2
1984	34.3	20.4
1985	34.5	20.6
1986	34.8	20.9
1987	35.1	21.1
1988	35.4	21.3
1989	35.7	21.6
1990	36	21.8
1991	36.3	22.1
1992	36.5	22.4
1993	36.6	22.7
1994	36.8	23
1995	37	23.3
1996	37.2	23.6
1997	37.4	24
1998	37.6	24.3
1999	37.8	24.7
2000	38	25
2001	38.2	25.4
2002	38.5	25.8
2003	38.8	26.2
2004	39.1	26.6
2005	39.4	27
2006	39.7	27.5
2007	40.1	27.9
2008	40.5	28.3
2009	40.9	28.6
2010	41.4	29.1
2011	41.8	29.5
2012	42.2	29.8
2013	42.7	30.1
2014	43.2	30.4
2015	43.7	30.6
2016	44.1	30.9
2017	44.4	31.2
2018	44.7	31.5
2019	45	31.8
2020	45.3	32.3
2021	45.9	32.7
2022	46.4	33.1
2023	46.7	33.5
2024	47.3	34
2025	47.8	34.5
2026	48.1	34.9
2027	48.4	35.4
2028	48.8	35.9
2029	49.1	36.3
2030	49.5	36.8
2031	49.8	37.3
2032	50.1	37.7
2033	50.4	38.2
2034	50.7	38.7
2035	50.9	39.1
2036	51.1	39.6
2037	51.2	40.1
2038	51.3	40.5
2039	51.3	41
2040	51.4	41.5
2041	51.4	41.9
2042	51.4	42.4
2043	51.4	42.8
2044	51.4	43.2
2045	51.3	43.6
2046	51.2	44
2047	51.1	44.3
2048	51	44.7
2049	50.9	45
2050	50.9	45.3

In 1960, the median age in Greece was 28.5 years compared to 19.4 years in Turkey. As of 2024, the median age had increased to 47.3 years in Greece and to 34 years in Turkey.

According to United Nations projections, the median age in Greece is expected to increased to around 50.9 years by 2050 compared to 45.3 years in Turkey. The aging demographics forecast is based on previous years' birth rates and increasing life expectancy.

Demographic pyramid: age and gender distribution

Table

Age range	Share of population
	Greece		Turkey
	Male	Female	Male	Female
0-4	1.93%	1.81%	3.23%	3.09%
5-9	2.29%	2.17%	3.8%	3.66%
10-14	2.58%	2.44%	3.9%	3.77%
15-19	2.71%	2.54%	3.66%	3.52%
20-24	2.67%	2.42%	3.84%	3.67%
25-29	2.65%	2.38%	4.02%	3.85%
30-34	2.66%	2.52%	3.82%	3.68%
35-39	2.81%	2.82%	3.74%	3.65%
40-44	3.57%	3.56%	3.83%	3.77%
45-49	3.78%	3.86%	3.6%	3.6%
50-54	3.72%	3.93%	2.93%	2.92%
55-59	3.58%	3.92%	2.71%	2.73%
60-64	3.12%	3.61%	2.3%	2.42%
65-69	2.87%	3.37%	1.77%	1.94%
70-74	2.49%	2.95%	1.34%	1.6%
75-79	2.11%	2.67%	0.77%	1.04%
80+	2.9%	4.58%	0.65%	1.18%

The chart above is a variation of a population pyramid and represents a comparison of age and gender structure. Greece has low demographic potential with 33.8% of people in the 0-34 age group compared to 51.5% and low potential in Turkey.

Age dependency chart

Table

Year	Age dependency ratio
	Greece			Turkey
	Total	Young	Old	Total	Young	Old
1960	51.2%	40.3%	10.9%	85.8%	78.1%	7.73%
1961	51.3%	39.9%	11.3%	86.5%	78.7%	7.86%
1962	51.2%	39.5%	11.7%	87.4%	79.4%	7.99%
1963	50.9%	39.2%	11.7%	88.2%	80.1%	8.15%
1964	50.7%	39%	11.7%	89%	80.6%	8.31%
1965	51.4%	38.3%	13.1%	89.5%	81.1%	8.47%
1966	52.4%	38.8%	13.5%	90%	81.4%	8.58%
1967	52.5%	38.6%	13.9%	90.3%	81.6%	8.65%
1968	52.9%	38.6%	14.3%	90.4%	81.7%	8.71%
1969	53.6%	38.7%	14.9%	90.3%	81.5%	8.76%
1970	54.7%	38.3%	16.4%	89.9%	81.1%	8.8%
1971	55.7%	39%	16.7%	89.3%	80.5%	8.84%
1972	55.8%	38.6%	17.2%	88.7%	79.9%	8.87%
1973	55.9%	38.2%	17.7%	88.1%	79.2%	8.9%
1974	56.1%	37.9%	18.2%	87.3%	78.3%	8.92%
1975	56%	37.4%	18.6%	86.1%	77.2%	8.91%
1976	56.1%	37.1%	19%	84.8%	75.9%	8.83%
1977	56.3%	36.9%	19.4%	83.4%	74.7%	8.7%
1978	56.6%	36.8%	19.9%	82.2%	73.6%	8.58%
1979	56.5%	36.4%	20.1%	81%	72.5%	8.5%
1980	56.7%	36.6%	20%	80.1%	71.7%	8.41%
1981	56.9%	36.9%	19.9%	79.3%	71%	8.32%
1982	56.2%	36.3%	19.9%	78.3%	70.1%	8.24%
1983	55.2%	35.4%	19.8%	77%	68.9%	8.15%
1984	54.2%	34.5%	19.7%	75.7%	67.6%	8.07%
1985	53.2%	33.6%	19.7%	74.4%	66.4%	8.02%
1986	52.4%	32.7%	19.7%	73.1%	65.1%	7.98%
1987	51.6%	31.7%	19.8%	71.9%	63.9%	7.96%
1988	50.7%	30.8%	19.9%	70.6%	62.7%	7.95%
1989	49.9%	29.9%	20%	69.4%	61.5%	7.95%
1990	49.3%	29%	20.4%	68.2%	60.2%	7.97%
1991	49.3%	28.3%	21%	67%	59%	8.01%
1992	49.2%	27.7%	21.5%	65.8%	57.7%	8.05%
1993	49.2%	27.1%	22.1%	64.6%	56.5%	8.1%
1994	49.1%	26.5%	22.6%	63.3%	55.2%	8.14%
1995	48.9%	25.8%	23.1%	62.1%	53.9%	8.23%
1996	48.8%	25.1%	23.6%	60.8%	52.4%	8.37%
1997	48.6%	24.6%	24.1%	59.6%	51%	8.53%
1998	48.6%	24.1%	24.5%	58.4%	49.7%	8.71%
1999	48.7%	23.8%	24.9%	57.3%	48.4%	8.89%
2000	48.9%	23.6%	25.4%	56.3%	47.2%	9.09%
2001	49.3%	23.5%	25.8%	55.4%	46.1%	9.28%
2002	49.6%	23.4%	26.2%	54.6%	45.1%	9.49%
2003	49.8%	23.1%	26.7%	53.9%	44.2%	9.7%
2004	49.9%	22.8%	27.1%	53.3%	43.4%	9.91%
2005	50%	22.5%	27.5%	52.7%	42.6%	10.1%
2006	50%	22.2%	27.7%	52.2%	41.9%	10.3%
2007	49.9%	22%	27.9%	51.7%	41.2%	10.5%
2008	50%	22%	28.1%	51.1%	40.4%	10.7%
2009	50.4%	22%	28.4%	50.2%	39.5%	10.7%
2010	51%	22.1%	28.9%	49.5%	38.7%	10.8%
2011	51.9%	22.2%	29.6%	48.7%	37.9%	10.8%
2012	52.8%	22.4%	30.4%	48%	37.2%	10.9%
2013	53.7%	22.5%	31.2%	47.4%	36.4%	11%
2014	54.5%	22.5%	32%	46.6%	35.6%	11%
2015	55.2%	22.5%	32.7%	45.9%	34.8%	11.1%
2016	55.9%	22.5%	33.4%	45.6%	34.3%	11.3%
2017	56.4%	22.6%	33.9%	45.5%	33.9%	11.6%
2018	56.9%	22.5%	34.4%	45.5%	33.7%	11.9%
2019	57.3%	22.5%	34.8%	46%	33.5%	12.4%
2020	57.6%	22.3%	35.3%	46.5%	33.4%	13.1%
2021	58.4%	22.2%	36.2%	46.8%	33%	13.8%
2022	58.9%	22%	36.9%	46.9%	32.6%	14.3%
2023	58.9%	21.6%	37.3%	46.7%	32%	14.7%
2024	59.1%	21%	38.1%	46.5%	31.4%	15.1%

Age dependency is the ratio of people not in the labor force (children under 15 and adults 64+) to people aged 15 to 64.

Age dependency in Greece increased from 49.9% to 59.1% between 2004 and 2024.

In Turkey, the ratio of dependent people decreased from 53.3% to 46.5% between 2004 and 2024 with a decreased share of young people and an increased proportion of people aged 65+.

Working age demographic

Table

Year	Working age population share
	Greece	Turkey
1960	66.1%	53.8%
1961	66.1%	53.6%
1962	66.2%	53.4%
1963	66.3%	53.1%
1964	66.4%	52.9%
1965	66%	52.8%
1966	65.6%	52.6%
1967	65.6%	52.6%
1968	65.4%	52.5%
1969	65.1%	52.6%
1970	64.6%	52.7%
1971	64.2%	52.8%
1972	64.2%	53%
1973	64.1%	53.2%
1974	64.1%	53.4%
1975	64.1%	53.7%
1976	64.1%	54.1%
1977	64%	54.5%
1978	63.9%	54.9%
1979	63.9%	55.2%
1980	63.8%	55.5%
1981	63.7%	55.8%
1982	64%	56.1%
1983	64.4%	56.5%
1984	64.9%	56.9%
1985	65.3%	57.3%
1986	65.6%	57.8%
1987	66%	58.2%
1988	66.4%	58.6%
1989	66.7%	59%
1990	67%	59.4%
1991	67%	59.9%
1992	67%	60.3%
1993	67%	60.8%
1994	67.1%	61.2%
1995	67.1%	61.7%
1996	67.2%	62.2%
1997	67.3%	62.7%
1998	67.3%	63.1%
1999	67.3%	63.6%
2000	67.2%	64%
2001	67%	64.3%
2002	66.8%	64.7%
2003	66.7%	65%
2004	66.7%	65.2%
2005	66.7%	65.5%
2006	66.7%	65.7%
2007	66.7%	65.9%
2008	66.7%	66.2%
2009	66.5%	66.6%
2010	66.2%	66.9%
2011	65.8%	67.2%
2012	65.4%	67.6%
2013	65%	67.9%
2014	64.7%	68.2%
2015	64.4%	68.5%
2016	64.2%	68.7%
2017	63.9%	68.7%
2018	63.7%	68.7%
2019	63.6%	68.5%
2020	63.4%	68.3%
2021	63.1%	68.1%
2022	62.9%	68.1%
2023	62.9%	68.2%
2024	62.8%	68.3%
2025	62.7%	68.4%
2026	62.7%	68.5%
2027	62.6%	68.6%
2028	62.5%	68.6%
2029	62.4%	68.7%
2030	62.2%	68.7%
2031	62%	68.7%
2032	61.7%	68.7%
2033	61.3%	68.7%
2034	60.9%	68.7%
2035	60.4%	68.7%
2036	60%	68.5%
2037	59.5%	68.3%
2038	59%	68.1%
2039	58.4%	67.7%
2040	57.9%	67.4%
2041	57.3%	67%
2042	56.8%	66.5%
2043	56.2%	66.1%
2044	55.6%	65.6%
2045	55.1%	65.1%
2046	54.5%	64.6%
2047	54.1%	64.1%
2048	53.7%	63.7%
2049	53.4%	63.3%
2050	53.2%	62.9%

Between 2004 and 2024, the share of working-age demographics aged 15-64 changed from 66.7% to 62.8% in Greece and from 65.2% to 68.3% in Turkey.

Share of young demographic (0-14 years old)

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Greece	Turkey
1960	26.7%	42%
1961	26.4%	42.2%
1962	26.1%	42.4%
1963	26%	42.5%
1964	25.9%	42.7%
1965	25.3%	42.8%
1966	25.5%	42.8%
1967	25.3%	42.9%
1968	25.2%	42.9%
1969	25.2%	42.8%
1970	24.8%	42.7%
1971	25.1%	42.5%
1972	24.8%	42.3%
1973	24.5%	42.1%
1974	24.3%	41.8%
1975	24%	41.5%
1976	23.8%	41.1%
1977	23.6%	40.7%
1978	23.5%	40.4%
1979	23.2%	40.1%
1980	23.4%	39.8%
1981	23.6%	39.6%
1982	23.2%	39.3%
1983	22.8%	38.9%
1984	22.4%	38.5%
1985	21.9%	38.1%
1986	21.4%	37.6%
1987	20.9%	37.2%
1988	20.5%	36.7%
1989	19.9%	36.3%
1990	19.4%	35.8%
1991	18.9%	35.3%
1992	18.6%	34.8%
1993	18.2%	34.3%
1994	17.8%	33.8%
1995	17.3%	33.2%
1996	16.9%	32.6%
1997	16.5%	32%
1998	16.2%	31.4%
1999	16%	30.8%
2000	15.8%	30.2%
2001	15.7%	29.7%
2002	15.6%	29.2%
2003	15.4%	28.7%
2004	15.2%	28.3%
2005	15%	27.9%
2006	14.8%	27.5%
2007	14.7%	27.1%
2008	14.6%	26.7%
2009	14.6%	26.3%
2010	14.6%	25.9%
2011	14.6%	25.5%
2012	14.7%	25.1%
2013	14.7%	24.7%
2014	14.6%	24.3%
2015	14.5%	23.9%
2016	14.4%	23.6%
2017	14.4%	23.3%
2018	14.4%	23.1%
2019	14.3%	23%
2020	14.2%	22.8%
2021	14%	22.5%
2022	13.8%	22.2%
2023	13.6%	21.8%
2024	13.2%	21.4%
2025	12.9%	21%
2026	12.6%	20.6%
2027	12.3%	20.1%
2028	12.1%	19.6%
2029	11.9%	19.2%
2030	11.7%	18.7%
2031	11.5%	18.2%
2032	11.3%	17.8%
2033	11.2%	17.4%
2034	11.1%	17.1%
2035	11%	16.8%
2036	10.9%	16.5%
2037	10.9%	16.3%
2038	11%	16.2%
2039	11%	16.1%
2040	11.1%	16%
2041	11.2%	15.8%
2042	11.3%	15.7%
2043	11.4%	15.6%
2044	11.5%	15.5%
2045	11.7%	15.4%
2046	11.8%	15.3%
2047	11.9%	15.2%
2048	12%	15.1%
2049	12.1%	15%
2050	12.2%	14.9%

The share of young people aged below 15 is 13.2% in Greece and 21.4% in Turkey. Birth rates in Greece compared to Turkey .

Share of old population (65+)

Table

Year	Share of population 65+ years old
	Greece	Turkey
1960	7.21%	4.16%
1961	7.49%	4.21%
1962	7.73%	4.27%
1963	7.74%	4.33%
1964	7.75%	4.4%
1965	8.64%	4.47%
1966	8.88%	4.52%
1967	9.11%	4.55%
1968	9.37%	4.57%
1969	9.71%	4.6%
1970	10.6%	4.63%
1971	10.7%	4.67%
1972	11%	4.7%
1973	11.3%	4.73%
1974	11.7%	4.76%
1975	11.9%	4.79%
1976	12.2%	4.78%
1977	12.4%	4.74%
1978	12.7%	4.71%
1979	12.9%	4.69%
1980	12.8%	4.67%
1981	12.7%	4.64%
1982	12.8%	4.62%
1983	12.8%	4.6%
1984	12.8%	4.59%
1985	12.8%	4.6%
1986	13%	4.61%
1987	13.1%	4.63%
1988	13.2%	4.66%
1989	13.3%	4.69%
1990	13.6%	4.74%
1991	14.1%	4.8%
1992	14.4%	4.86%
1993	14.8%	4.92%
1994	15.2%	4.99%
1995	15.5%	5.08%
1996	15.9%	5.21%
1997	16.2%	5.35%
1998	16.5%	5.5%
1999	16.8%	5.65%
2000	17%	5.81%
2001	17.3%	5.97%
2002	17.5%	6.14%
2003	17.8%	6.3%
2004	18.1%	6.46%
2005	18.3%	6.63%
2006	18.5%	6.79%
2007	18.6%	6.95%
2008	18.7%	7.06%
2009	18.9%	7.12%
2010	19.2%	7.2%
2011	19.5%	7.27%
2012	19.9%	7.34%
2013	20.3%	7.43%
2014	20.7%	7.53%
2015	21.1%	7.62%
2016	21.4%	7.76%
2017	21.7%	7.95%
2018	21.9%	8.17%
2019	22.1%	8.52%
2020	22.4%	8.96%
2021	22.8%	9.38%
2022	23.2%	9.72%
2023	23.5%	10%
2024	23.9%	10.3%
2025	24.4%	10.6%
2026	24.7%	10.9%
2027	25.1%	11.3%
2028	25.4%	11.7%
2029	25.7%	12.2%
2030	26.1%	12.6%
2031	26.5%	13.1%
2032	27%	13.5%
2033	27.5%	13.9%
2034	28.1%	14.2%
2035	28.6%	14.6%
2036	29.1%	14.9%
2037	29.6%	15.3%
2038	30%	15.7%
2039	30.5%	16.2%
2040	31%	16.7%
2041	31.5%	17.2%
2042	31.9%	17.8%
2043	32.4%	18.3%
2044	32.8%	18.9%
2045	33.3%	19.5%
2046	33.7%	20.1%
2047	34%	20.6%
2048	34.3%	21.2%
2049	34.5%	21.7%
2050	34.6%	22.1%

The share of older people aged 65 and over is 23.9% in Greece and 10.3% in Turkey. Life expectancy in Greece compared to Turkey .