Population in Greece compared to India: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Greece and India: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Greece	India	Greece	India
1960	8,331,725	435,990,338	-	-
1961	8,398,050	446,564,729	0.8%	2.43%
1962	8,448,233	457,283,090	0.6%	2.4%
1963	8,479,625	468,138,575	0.37%	2.37%
1964	8,510,429	479,229,598	0.36%	2.37%
1965	8,550,333	490,140,146	0.47%	2.28%
1966	8,613,651	500,740,247	0.74%	2.16%
1967	8,684,088	511,606,372	0.82%	2.17%
1968	8,740,765	522,716,889	0.65%	2.17%
1969	8,772,764	533,880,544	0.37%	2.14%
1970	8,792,806	545,864,268	0.23%	2.24%
1971	8,831,036	558,096,387	0.43%	2.24%
1972	8,888,628	570,482,142	0.65%	2.22%
1973	8,929,086	583,465,598	0.46%	2.28%
1974	8,962,022	597,041,391	0.37%	2.33%
1975	9,046,541	611,309,535	0.94%	2.39%
1976	9,188,150	625,861,883	1.57%	2.38%
1977	9,308,479	640,801,103	1.31%	2.39%
1978	9,429,959	655,728,229	1.31%	2.33%
1979	9,548,258	671,155,747	1.25%	2.35%
1980	9,642,505	687,354,025	0.99%	2.41%
1981	9,729,350	703,696,250	0.9%	2.38%
1982	9,789,513	720,313,473	0.62%	2.36%
1983	9,846,627	737,372,681	0.58%	2.37%
1984	9,895,801	754,875,449	0.5%	2.37%
1985	9,934,300	772,647,793	0.39%	2.35%
1986	9,967,213	790,689,978	0.33%	2.34%
1987	10,000,595	808,931,270	0.33%	2.31%
1988	10,036,983	827,342,990	0.36%	2.28%
1989	10,089,498	846,039,529	0.52%	2.26%
1990	10,196,792	864,972,221	1.06%	2.24%
1991	10,319,927	883,927,600	1.21%	2.19%
1992	10,399,061	902,957,070	0.77%	2.15%
1993	10,460,415	922,118,387	0.59%	2.12%
1994	10,512,922	941,163,767	0.5%	2.07%
1995	10,562,153	960,301,044	0.47%	2.03%
1996	10,608,800	979,678,458	0.44%	2.02%
1997	10,661,259	999,133,762	0.49%	1.99%
1998	10,720,509	1,018,665,080	0.56%	1.95%
1999	10,761,698	1,038,225,823	0.38%	1.92%
2000	10,805,808	1,057,922,733	0.41%	1.9%
2001	10,862,132	1,077,898,575	0.52%	1.89%
2002	10,902,022	1,097,600,380	0.37%	1.83%
2003	10,928,070	1,116,803,006	0.24%	1.75%
2004	10,955,141	1,135,991,513	0.25%	1.72%
2005	10,987,314	1,154,676,322	0.29%	1.64%
2006	11,020,362	1,172,878,890	0.3%	1.58%
2007	11,048,473	1,190,676,021	0.26%	1.52%
2008	11,077,841	1,207,930,964	0.27%	1.45%
2009	11,107,017	1,225,524,753	0.26%	1.46%
2010	11,121,341	1,243,481,564	0.13%	1.47%
2011	11,104,899	1,261,224,954	-0.15%	1.43%
2012	11,045,011	1,278,674,502	-0.54%	1.38%
2013	10,965,211	1,295,829,511	-0.72%	1.34%
2014	10,892,413	1,312,277,191	-0.66%	1.27%
2015	10,820,883	1,328,024,498	-0.66%	1.2%
2016	10,775,971	1,343,944,296	-0.42%	1.2%
2017	10,754,679	1,359,657,400	-0.2%	1.17%
2018	10,732,882	1,374,659,064	-0.2%	1.1%
2019	10,721,582	1,389,030,312	-0.11%	1.05%
2020	10,698,599	1,402,617,695	-0.21%	0.98%
2021	10,569,207	1,414,203,896	-1.21%	0.83%
2022	10,436,882	1,425,423,212	-1.25%	0.79%
2023	10,407,351	1,438,069,596	-0.28%	0.89%
2024	10,405,134	1,450,935,791	-0.02%	0.89%
2025	10,292,291	1,463,865,531	-1.08%	0.89%
2026	10,249,082	1,476,625,576	-0.42%	0.87%
2027	10,204,400	1,489,164,679	-0.44%	0.85%
2028	10,159,146	1,501,432,748	-0.44%	0.82%
2029	10,113,475	1,513,423,737	-0.45%	0.8%
2030	10,067,720	1,525,138,852	-0.45%	0.77%
2031	10,021,773	1,536,540,604	-0.46%	0.75%
2032	9,974,701	1,547,607,126	-0.47%	0.72%
2033	9,927,344	1,558,324,087	-0.47%	0.69%
2034	9,880,848	1,568,688,356	-0.47%	0.67%
2035	9,834,216	1,578,694,799	-0.47%	0.64%
2036	9,787,786	1,588,325,366	-0.47%	0.61%
2037	9,741,790	1,597,537,009	-0.47%	0.58%
2038	9,695,855	1,606,300,646	-0.47%	0.55%
2039	9,650,459	1,614,639,243	-0.47%	0.52%
2040	9,605,475	1,622,580,052	-0.47%	0.49%
2041	9,560,641	1,630,119,374	-0.47%	0.46%
2042	9,516,502	1,637,235,363	-0.46%	0.44%
2043	9,472,263	1,643,915,269	-0.46%	0.41%
2044	9,426,737	1,650,186,610	-0.48%	0.38%
2045	9,380,458	1,656,067,585	-0.49%	0.36%
2046	9,333,671	1,661,548,400	-0.5%	0.33%
2047	9,284,541	1,666,628,151	-0.53%	0.31%
2048	9,233,189	1,671,309,727	-0.55%	0.28%
2049	9,180,074	1,675,619,893	-0.58%	0.26%
2050	9,125,443	1,679,589,268	-0.6%	0.24%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Greece decreased by 244,391 people (a 2.22% decline), while India gained 171,065,406 people (a 14.6% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Greece lost -526,889 (a 4.89% decline), while India's population increased by 132,818,319 (a 9.88% growth).

Greece was ranked 74th most populous country in 2006 and is 96th in 2026. India was ranked 2nd in 2006 and ranked 1st now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) Greece's population will shrink by 11% to 9,125,443 people with a rank change from 96th to 106th. The population of India will increase by 13.7% to 1,679,589,268 people and will still be ranked 1st.