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Greece vs Romania statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

Greece has a population of 10.4M (ranked 94/197), compared with 19.1M in Romania (ranked 67/197). Greece's land area is 49,769 sq mi versus 88,834 sq mi for Romania (ranked 95th vs. 80th).

By GDP, Greece ranks 54/197 ($257B) and Romania ranks 43/197 ($383B). By GDP per capita, Greece ranks 49/197 ($24,752), while Romania ranks 58/197 ($20,072).

Main facts and rankings

Greece Romania
Population
10276140
18962595
Population rank 95/197 69/197
GDP
$257B
2024
$383B
2024
GDP rank 54/197 43/197
GDP per capita
$24,752
2024
$20,072
2024
GDP per capita rank 49/197 58/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$44,074
2024
$48,712
2024
Government debt
$388B
2024
$219B
2024
Debt-to-GDP ratio
142.2%
2025
61.6%
2025
Government debt per person
$37,349
2024
$11,490
2024
Government debt per person rank 16/185 49/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$13,372
2025
$13,200
2025
Land area
49,769 sq mi
2025
88,834 sq mi
2025
Population density
208.7 ppl/mi²
2024
214.7 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
1.32
2023
1.71
2023
Median age
47.3 years
2024
43.8 years
2024
Life expectancy
82.2 years
2025
76.2 years
2025

Greece and Romania: Comparison Charts

Greece and Romania economies compared

GDP
Greece

Romania
Year GDP
Greece Romania
1960 $4,274,890,307 -
1961 $4,892,397,431 -
1962 $5,140,542,929 -
1963 $5,813,285,627 -
1964 $6,576,906,345 -
1965 $7,582,209,670 -
1966 $8,472,021,467 -
1967 $9,146,592,856 -
1968 $9,950,331,206 -
1969 $11,454,106,327 -
1970 $12,957,113,636 -
1971 $14,388,806,818 -
1972 $16,650,659,091 -
1973 $22,037,019,563 -
1974 $24,998,715,909 -
1975 $28,129,128,587 -
1976 $30,719,552,239 -
1977 $35,673,080,481 -
1978 $43,654,480,519 -
1979 $53,724,121,435 -
1980 $56,039,256,595 -
1981 $51,618,456,335 -
1982 $53,858,346,939 -
1983 $48,741,397,059 -
1984 $47,352,146,312 -
1985 $47,155,741,426 -
1986 $55,595,445,472 -
1987 $64,739,630,096 $38,067,567,568
1988 $75,200,610,137 $40,424,528,302
1989 $78,067,933,277 $41,450,777,202
1990 $96,529,587,274 $38,247,882,300
1991 $103,680,863,713 $28,850,634,900
1992 $114,608,178,405 $25,121,666,667
1993 $107,295,704,518 $26,361,160,450
1994 $114,980,063,202 $30,072,805,104
1995 $134,974,613,914 $37,430,162,103
1996 $142,502,984,145 $36,937,074,278
1997 $138,766,067,640 $35,575,214,078
1998 $139,612,812,176 $41,696,091,974
1999 $137,131,371,955 $35,953,156,754
2000 $125,760,166,225 $37,253,739,511
2001 $132,050,474,720 $40,395,116,581
2002 $150,253,800,086 $46,065,502,703
2003 $196,930,509,813 $57,806,384,143
2004 $234,979,615,898 $74,973,656,852
2005 $242,315,668,619 $98,454,380,120
2006 $269,073,415,334 $122,023,735,993
2007 $314,226,996,944 $174,588,782,939
2008 $351,121,399,546 $214,315,932,061
2009 $326,829,054,686 $174,110,532,659
2010 $296,417,644,404 $170,064,350,672
2011 $283,228,079,776 $192,623,977,894
2012 $238,841,140,018 $179,117,323,107
2013 $236,556,279,641 $189,798,603,751
2014 $233,911,581,521 $199,722,319,676
2015 $194,567,373,678 $177,885,131,240
2016 $193,097,239,006 $185,290,759,249
2017 $200,381,103,984 $210,147,385,855
2018 $213,298,873,494 $243,468,683,030
2019 $207,305,649,887 $251,677,082,534
2020 $191,362,985,555 $252,033,792,712
2021 $218,303,801,895 $286,578,196,368
2022 $218,880,566,444 $296,354,358,293
2023 $243,498,333,238 $350,775,856,415
2024 $257,144,811,302 $382,767,571,329

Greece and Romania economies compared

GDP per capita
Greece

Romania
Year GDP per capita
Greece Romania
1960 $513 -
1961 $583 -
1962 $608 -
1963 $686 -
1964 $773 -
1965 $887 -
1966 $984 -
1967 $1,053 -
1968 $1,138 -
1969 $1,306 -
1970 $1,474 -
1971 $1,629 -
1972 $1,873 -
1973 $2,468 -
1974 $2,789 -
1975 $3,109 -
1976 $3,343 -
1977 $3,832 -
1978 $4,629 -
1979 $5,627 -
1980 $5,812 -
1981 $5,305 -
1982 $5,502 -
1983 $4,950 -
1984 $4,785 -
1985 $4,747 -
1986 $5,578 -
1987 $6,474 $1,659
1988 $7,492 $1,753
1989 $7,738 $1,790
1990 $9,467 $1,648
1991 $10,047 $1,254
1992 $11,021 $1,102
1993 $10,257 $1,158
1994 $10,937 $1,323
1995 $12,779 $1,650
1996 $13,433 $1,633
1997 $13,016 $1,577
1998 $13,023 $1,853
1999 $12,743 $1,600
2000 $11,638 $1,660
2001 $12,157 $1,825
2002 $13,782 $2,120
2003 $18,021 $2,679
2004 $21,449 $3,495
2005 $22,054 $4,618
2006 $24,416 $5,758
2007 $28,441 $8,360
2008 $31,696 $10,435
2009 $29,425 $8,548
2010 $26,653 $8,400
2011 $25,505 $9,561
2012 $21,624 $8,930
2013 $21,573 $9,498
2014 $21,475 $10,032
2015 $17,981 $8,977
2016 $17,919 $9,405
2017 $18,632 $10,728
2018 $19,873 $12,502
2019 $19,335 $12,992
2020 $17,887 $13,082
2021 $20,655 $14,987
2022 $20,972 $15,558
2023 $23,401 $18,404
2024 $24,752 $20,072

Greece vs. Romania life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Greece

Romania
Year Life expectancy, years
Greece Romania
1950 66.2 60.5
1951 66.7 61.2
1952 67.3 61.8
1953 67.5 62.5
1954 68 63
1955 68.6 63.3
1956 68.1 63.6
1957 68.4 64
1958 69.7 64.4
1959 69.6 64.9
1960 70.5 65.6
1961 70.4 66.4
1962 70.3 67.2
1963 70.6 67.8
1964 70.5 68.4
1965 71.5 68.4
1966 71.9 68.2
1967 71.4 68.1
1968 71.5 67.9
1969 72.1 67.2
1970 72.7 67.9
1971 72.9 68.4
1972 72.7 69
1973 73 68.7
1974 73.5 69.5
1975 73.5 69.6
1976 73.7 69.9
1977 73.8 69.5
1978 74.4 69.8
1979 74.7 69.5
1980 74.5 69.2
1981 74.9 69.5
1982 75.2 69.8
1983 75.5 69.8
1984 75.8 69.9
1985 76.1 69.4
1986 76.5 69.7
1987 76.1 69.1
1988 77 69.4
1989 77.1 69.5
1990 77.3 69.8
1991 77.4 70
1992 77.3 69.5
1993 77.7 69.5
1994 77.9 69.3
1995 77.9 69.3
1996 78 68.8
1997 78.4 69.1
1998 78.3 69.9
1999 78.4 70.6
2000 78.4 71.2
2001 78.9 71.1
2002 79 70.8
2003 79.1 70.8
2004 79.4 71.1
2005 79.7 71.6
2006 79.8 72.2
2007 79.7 72.8
2008 80.1 73.2
2009 80.4 73.5
2010 80.6 73.6
2011 80.6 74.3
2012 80.4 74.3
2013 81.1 74.9
2014 81.1 74.8
2015 80.8 74.7
2016 81.3 75
2017 81 75
2018 81.5 75.1
2019 81.3 75.3
2020 81.5 74
2021 80.5 72.7
2022 79.9 75.3
2023 81.9 75.9
2024 82 76.1
2025 82.2 76.2

Greece and Romania population clocks and comparison

Population
Greece

Romania
Year Population
Greece Romania
1960 8,331,725 18,406,905
1961 8,398,050 18,555,250
1962 8,448,233 18,676,550
1963 8,479,625 18,797,850
1964 8,510,429 18,919,126
1965 8,550,333 19,031,576
1966 8,613,651 19,215,450
1967 8,684,088 19,534,242
1968 8,740,765 19,799,831
1969 8,772,764 20,009,141
1970 8,792,806 20,250,398
1971 8,831,036 20,461,567
1972 8,888,628 20,657,957
1973 8,929,086 20,835,681
1974 8,962,022 21,029,429
1975 9,046,541 21,293,583
1976 9,188,150 21,551,634
1977 9,308,479 21,756,096
1978 9,429,959 21,951,464
1979 9,548,258 22,090,488
1980 9,642,505 22,207,282
1981 9,729,350 22,353,070
1982 9,789,513 22,475,741
1983 9,846,627 22,560,478
1984 9,895,801 22,640,547
1985 9,934,300 22,732,999
1986 9,967,213 22,836,841
1987 10,000,595 22,949,430
1988 10,036,983 23,057,662
1989 10,089,498 23,161,458
1990 10,196,792 23,201,835
1991 10,319,927 23,001,155
1992 10,399,061 22,794,284
1993 10,460,415 22,763,280
1994 10,512,922 22,730,211
1995 10,562,153 22,684,270
1996 10,608,800 22,619,004
1997 10,661,259 22,553,978
1998 10,720,509 22,507,344
1999 10,761,698 22,472,040
2000 10,805,808 22,442,971
2001 10,862,132 22,131,970
2002 10,902,022 21,730,496
2003 10,928,070 21,574,326
2004 10,955,141 21,451,748
2005 10,987,314 21,319,685
2006 11,020,362 21,193,760
2007 11,048,473 20,882,982
2008 11,077,841 20,537,875
2009 11,107,017 20,367,487
2010 11,121,341 20,246,871
2011 11,104,899 20,147,528
2012 11,045,011 20,058,035
2013 10,965,211 19,983,693
2014 10,892,413 19,908,979
2015 10,820,883 19,815,616
2016 10,775,971 19,702,267
2017 10,754,679 19,588,715
2018 10,732,882 19,473,970
2019 10,721,582 19,371,648
2020 10,698,599 19,265,250
2021 10,569,207 19,122,059
2022 10,436,882 19,048,502
2023 10,405,588 19,059,479
2024 10,388,805 19,069,340

Fertility rates in Greece and Romania

Fertility rate
Greece

Romania
Year Fertility rate
Greece Romania
1960 2.23 2.34
1961 2.13 2.17
1962 2.16 2.04
1963 2.14 2.01
1964 2.24 1.96
1965 2.25 1.91
1966 2.32 1.9
1967 2.45 3.66
1968 2.42 3.63
1969 2.36 3.19
1970 2.4 2.89
1971 2.32 2.67
1972 2.32 2.55
1973 2.27 2.44
1974 2.38 2.71
1975 2.33 2.59
1976 2.35 2.54
1977 2.27 2.57
1978 2.28 2.52
1979 2.26 2.49
1980 2.23 2.43
1981 2.09 2.36
1982 2.03 2.17
1983 1.94 2.06
1984 1.83 2.26
1985 1.67 2.31
1986 1.6 2.39
1987 1.5 2.38
1988 1.5 2.3
1989 1.4 2.22
1990 1.39 1.83
1991 1.37 1.59
1992 1.36 1.51
1993 1.32 1.43
1994 1.33 1.4
1995 1.28 1.33
1996 1.26 1.3
1997 1.27 1.32
1998 1.24 1.32
1999 1.23 1.3
2000 1.25 1.31
2001 1.25 1.27
2002 1.28 1.27
2003 1.29 1.3
2004 1.31 1.33
2005 1.34 1.4
2006 1.4 1.42
2007 1.41 1.45
2008 1.5 1.6
2009 1.5 1.66
2010 1.48 1.59
2011 1.4 1.47
2012 1.34 1.52
2013 1.29 1.46
2014 1.3 1.56
2015 1.33 1.62
2016 1.38 1.69
2017 1.35 1.78
2018 1.35 1.76
2019 1.34 1.77
2020 1.39 1.8
2021 1.43 1.81
2022 1.32 1.71
2023 1.32 1.71

Greece and Romania demographics compared

Median age
Greece

Romania
Year Median age, years
Greece Romania
1960 28.5 28.5
1961 29 28.9
1962 29.3 29.3
1963 29.4 29.7
1964 29.4 30.2
1965 31 30.6
1966 30.9 31
1967 31.1 31.3
1968 31.3 31.3
1969 31.6 31.3
1970 33.2 31.4
1971 32.9 31.4
1972 33 31.5
1973 33.3 31.5
1974 33.6 31.6
1975 33.8 31.7
1976 33.8 31.8
1977 33.9 31.8
1978 33.9 31.7
1979 34 31.7
1980 33.8 31.8
1981 33.7 31.9
1982 33.9 32
1983 34.1 32.1
1984 34.3 32.3
1985 34.5 32.5
1986 34.8 32.7
1987 35.1 32.8
1988 35.4 32.8
1989 35.7 32.9
1990 36 33
1991 36.3 33.1
1992 36.5 33.3
1993 36.6 33.6
1994 36.8 33.8
1995 37 34
1996 37.2 34.2
1997 37.4 34.4
1998 37.6 34.6
1999 37.8 34.7
2000 38 34.8
2001 38.2 34.8
2002 38.5 35.3
2003 38.8 36
2004 39.1 36.6
2005 39.4 37
2006 39.7 37.3
2007 40.1 37.7
2008 40.5 38.2
2009 40.9 38.8
2010 41.4 39.3
2011 41.8 39.8
2012 42.2 40.2
2013 42.7 40.5
2014 43.2 40.9
2015 43.7 41.3
2016 44.1 41.7
2017 44.4 42
2018 44.7 42.3
2019 45 42.6
2020 45.3 42.9
2021 45.9 43.2
2022 46.4 43.3
2023 46.7 43.5
2024 47.3 43.8

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National statistics comparison

Finance

Greece Romania
GNI, Atlas method
$239B
2024
$336B
2024
Government expenditure, % of GDP
49.9%
2025
39.2%
2025
Education expenditure, % of GDP
3.38%
2022
3.28%
2022
Military expenditure, % of GDP
3.23%
2023
1.61%
2023
Armed forces personnel
147,000
2020
128,000
2020
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
-0.48%
2025
-7.83%
2025
Unemployment rate
10%
2024
5.43%
2024
Services, % of GDP
68%
2024
62.5%
2024
Industry, % of GDP
15.4%
2024
25%
2024
Economic freedom index
60.6
2025
66.5
2025
Income share by richest 10%
26%
2023
21.8%
2023
Income share by poorest 10%
2.7%
2023
2.4%
2023
Number of billionaires
16
2025
6
2025
Percentage of billionaires
0.0002%
2025
0.00004%
2025
Listed domestic companies
143
2024
83
2024
Market capitalization of domestic companies
$83.2B
2024
$47.4B
2024
Total reserves including gold
$15.2B
2024
$73.4B
2024
Personal remittances received
$561M
2024
$9.52B
2024
International tourist arrivals
7,406,000
2020
5,023,000
2020
International tourism as share of exports
10.5%
2020
1.73%
2020
Banked people share
88.6%
2024
71.3%
2024

Energy

Greece Romania
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
1,875 kg
2023
1,601 kg
2023
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use
$22
2023
$28.6
2023
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
51.7 megatons
2023
70.8 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita
4.97 tons
2023
3.71 tons
2023
Fossil fuel energy use share
79.1%
2023
70.4%
2022
Renewable energy use share
21.5%
2021
23.6%
2021
Alternative and nuclear energy use share
12.2%
2023
17.5%
2023
Net energy imports use share
89.2%
2023
28.1%
2023
Electric power consumption per capita
4,694 kWh
2023
2,585 kWh
2023
Renewable electricity output share
40.6%
2021
44.9%
2021
Hydroelectric share
8.1%
2023
32.2%
2023
Nuclear share
0%
2021
19.3%
2023
Electricity access
100%
2023
100%
2023

Society

Greece Romania
% of world population
0.13%
2024
0.23%
2024
Annual migration change
-122,772
2024
-28,466
2024
Urban population
81%
2024
54.9%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height
5.88 ft
2025
5.83 ft
2025
Average female height
5.44 ft
2025
5.4 ft
2025
Quality of life index
72.4
2025
67.7
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
49
2024
46
2024
Higher education index
86
2025
69
2025
Homicides per 100K people
0.84
2023
1.11
2023
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
8.3
2019
10.3
2019
Visa free countries
175
2025
171
2025
Adult literacy rate
93.9%
2009
99.2%
2021
English speaking
51%
2023
31%
2023
People using the Internet
86.3%
2024
91.3%
2024

Health

Greece Romania
Government health expenditure per capita
$1,768
2022
$902
2022
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$593
2022
$193.3
2022
Life expectancy
82.2 years
2025
76.2 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
0.21%
2022
0%
2022
Physicians per 1,000 people
6.37
2021
3.47
2021
Age at first childbirth
31 years
2023
27.1 years
2023
Maternal mortality per 100K births
5
2023
12
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
3.7
2023
6.6
2023
Obesity rate
28.9%
2022
35%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
8%
2024
7.5%
2024
Air quality index
69
2025
50
2025
Tobacco use prevalence
32.8%
2022
30%
2022
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
5.81 liters
2020
16.8 liters
2020

Territory

Greece Romania
% of world land
0.09%
2025
0.15%
2025
Land area per capita
4,791 sq mi
2024
4,658 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
20,742 sq mi
2025
49,093 sq mi
2025
Forest area
15,065 sq mi
2025
26,753 sq mi
2025
Roads length
72,700 mi
2018
53,679 mi
2023

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