The latest officially reported population of Greece was 10,388,805 in 2024 vs 9,974,400 people in Israel in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Greece's population is 10,276,140 people compared to 10,224,104 in Israel.
Population statistics:
- Greece's population is 1.01 times bigger than Israel's.
- Greece is ranked the 95th most populous country in the world, while Israel is the 96th.
- The countries together account for 0.25% of the world: 0.12% for Greece vs 0.12% for Israel.
- For the last 10 years, Greece has had an average growth rate of -0.49% per year vs +1.96% in Israel.
- Since 2005, the population of Greece has decreased from 11M people to 10.3M (6.47% decline), while Israel has grown from 6.93M to 10.2M (47.5% growth).
- Israel is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 21M people, while Greece's population already peaked in 2010 at 11.1M people and is projected to decrease to 6.49M people by 2100.
Greece vs Israel: live population counter
Greece
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Israel
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|---|---|---|
| Current population |
10276140
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10224104
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| Population rank | 95/197 | 96/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.12% | 0.12% |
| One net population change |
31.3 minutes
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4.19 minutes
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| One birth every |
7.43 minutes
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2.87 minutes
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| One death every |
4.14 minutes
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10.3 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
4.28 minutes
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49.5 minutes
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| Annual migration change | -122,772 | +10,612 |
| Daily growth/decline | -46 | +344 |
| Annual growth/decline | -16,783 | +125,400 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | -0.16% | +1.27% |
| Population growth rate rank | 175/197 | 86/197 |
Greece and Israel: population history and growth rate by year chart
Greece
Population
Growth rate
Israel
Population
Growth rate
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Greece
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Israel
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Greece
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Israel
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| 1960 | 8,331,725 | 2,114,020 | - | - |
| 1961 | 8,398,050 | 2,185,000 | 0.8% | 3.36% |
| 1962 | 8,448,233 | 2,293,000 | 0.6% | 4.94% |
| 1963 | 8,479,625 | 2,379,000 | 0.37% | 3.75% |
| 1964 | 8,510,429 | 2,475,000 | 0.36% | 4.04% |
| 1965 | 8,550,333 | 2,563,000 | 0.47% | 3.56% |
| 1966 | 8,613,651 | 2,629,000 | 0.74% | 2.58% |
| 1967 | 8,684,088 | 2,745,000 | 0.82% | 4.41% |
| 1968 | 8,740,765 | 2,803,000 | 0.65% | 2.11% |
| 1969 | 8,772,764 | 2,877,000 | 0.37% | 2.64% |
| 1970 | 8,792,806 | 2,974,000 | 0.23% | 3.37% |
| 1971 | 8,831,036 | 3,069,000 | 0.43% | 3.19% |
| 1972 | 8,888,628 | 3,148,000 | 0.65% | 2.57% |
| 1973 | 8,929,086 | 3,278,000 | 0.46% | 4.13% |
| 1974 | 8,962,022 | 3,377,000 | 0.37% | 3.02% |
| 1975 | 9,046,541 | 3,455,000 | 0.94% | 2.31% |
| 1976 | 9,188,150 | 3,533,000 | 1.57% | 2.26% |
| 1977 | 9,308,479 | 3,613,000 | 1.31% | 2.26% |
| 1978 | 9,429,959 | 3,690,000 | 1.31% | 2.13% |
| 1979 | 9,548,258 | 3,786,000 | 1.25% | 2.6% |
| 1980 | 9,642,505 | 3,878,000 | 0.99% | 2.43% |
| 1981 | 9,729,350 | 3,956,000 | 0.9% | 2.01% |
| 1982 | 9,789,513 | 4,031,000 | 0.62% | 1.9% |
| 1983 | 9,846,627 | 4,105,000 | 0.58% | 1.84% |
| 1984 | 9,895,801 | 4,159,000 | 0.5% | 1.32% |
| 1985 | 9,934,300 | 4,233,000 | 0.39% | 1.78% |
| 1986 | 9,967,213 | 4,299,000 | 0.33% | 1.56% |
| 1987 | 10,000,595 | 4,369,000 | 0.33% | 1.63% |
| 1988 | 10,036,983 | 4,442,000 | 0.36% | 1.67% |
| 1989 | 10,089,498 | 4,518,000 | 0.52% | 1.71% |
| 1990 | 10,196,792 | 4,660,000 | 1.06% | 3.14% |
| 1991 | 10,319,927 | 4,949,000 | 1.21% | 6.2% |
| 1992 | 10,399,061 | 5,123,000 | 0.77% | 3.52% |
| 1993 | 10,460,415 | 5,261,000 | 0.59% | 2.69% |
| 1994 | 10,512,922 | 5,399,000 | 0.5% | 2.62% |
| 1995 | 10,562,153 | 5,545,000 | 0.47% | 2.7% |
| 1996 | 10,608,800 | 5,692,000 | 0.44% | 2.65% |
| 1997 | 10,661,259 | 5,836,000 | 0.49% | 2.53% |
| 1998 | 10,720,509 | 5,971,000 | 0.56% | 2.31% |
| 1999 | 10,761,698 | 6,125,000 | 0.38% | 2.58% |
| 2000 | 10,805,808 | 6,289,000 | 0.41% | 2.68% |
| 2001 | 10,862,132 | 6,439,000 | 0.52% | 2.39% |
| 2002 | 10,902,022 | 6,570,000 | 0.37% | 2.03% |
| 2003 | 10,928,070 | 6,689,700 | 0.24% | 1.82% |
| 2004 | 10,955,141 | 6,809,000 | 0.25% | 1.78% |
| 2005 | 10,987,314 | 6,930,100 | 0.29% | 1.78% |
| 2006 | 11,020,362 | 7,053,700 | 0.3% | 1.78% |
| 2007 | 11,048,473 | 7,180,100 | 0.26% | 1.79% |
| 2008 | 11,077,841 | 7,308,800 | 0.27% | 1.79% |
| 2009 | 11,107,017 | 7,485,600 | 0.26% | 2.42% |
| 2010 | 11,121,341 | 7,623,600 | 0.13% | 1.84% |
| 2011 | 11,104,899 | 7,765,800 | -0.15% | 1.87% |
| 2012 | 11,045,011 | 7,910,500 | -0.54% | 1.86% |
| 2013 | 10,965,211 | 8,059,500 | -0.72% | 1.88% |
| 2014 | 10,892,413 | 8,215,700 | -0.66% | 1.94% |
| 2015 | 10,820,883 | 8,380,100 | -0.66% | 2% |
| 2016 | 10,775,971 | 8,546,000 | -0.42% | 1.98% |
| 2017 | 10,754,679 | 8,713,300 | -0.2% | 1.96% |
| 2018 | 10,732,882 | 8,882,800 | -0.2% | 1.95% |
| 2019 | 10,721,582 | 9,054,000 | -0.11% | 1.93% |
| 2020 | 10,698,599 | 9,215,100 | -0.21% | 1.78% |
| 2021 | 10,569,207 | 9,371,400 | -1.21% | 1.7% |
| 2022 | 10,436,882 | 9,557,500 | -1.25% | 1.99% |
| 2023 | 10,405,588 | 9,849,000 | -0.3% | 3.05% |
| 2024 | 10,388,805 | 9,974,400 | -0.16% | 1.27% |
| 2025 | 10,276,140 | 10,112,712 | -1.08% | 1.39% |
| 2026 | 10,232,997 | 10,251,384 | -0.42% | 1.37% |
| 2027 | 10,188,386 | 10,390,790 | -0.44% | 1.36% |
| 2028 | 10,143,203 | 10,530,831 | -0.44% | 1.35% |
| 2029 | 10,097,603 | 10,670,808 | -0.45% | 1.33% |
| 2030 | 10,051,921 | 10,812,707 | -0.45% | 1.33% |
| 2031 | 10,006,045 | 10,958,256 | -0.46% | 1.35% |
| 2032 | 9,959,048 | 11,102,895 | -0.47% | 1.32% |
| 2033 | 9,911,765 | 11,245,826 | -0.47% | 1.29% |
| 2034 | 9,865,342 | 11,390,158 | -0.47% | 1.28% |
| 2035 | 9,818,783 | 11,537,556 | -0.47% | 1.29% |
| 2036 | 9,772,426 | 11,685,531 | -0.47% | 1.28% |
| 2037 | 9,726,502 | 11,835,669 | -0.47% | 1.28% |
| 2038 | 9,680,639 | 11,990,527 | -0.47% | 1.31% |
| 2039 | 9,635,315 | 12,147,999 | -0.47% | 1.31% |
| 2040 | 9,590,401 | 12,306,173 | -0.47% | 1.3% |
| 2041 | 9,545,637 | 12,464,653 | -0.47% | 1.29% |
| 2042 | 9,501,568 | 12,626,052 | -0.46% | 1.29% |
| 2043 | 9,457,398 | 12,788,911 | -0.46% | 1.29% |
| 2044 | 9,411,943 | 12,952,526 | -0.48% | 1.28% |
| 2045 | 9,365,737 | 13,114,360 | -0.49% | 1.25% |
| 2046 | 9,319,023 | 13,274,365 | -0.5% | 1.22% |
| 2047 | 9,269,970 | 13,433,565 | -0.53% | 1.2% |
| 2048 | 9,218,699 | 13,590,900 | -0.55% | 1.17% |
| 2049 | 9,165,668 | 13,750,245 | -0.58% | 1.17% |
| 2050 | 9,111,122 | 13,911,988 | -0.6% | 1.18% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Greece decreased by 166,431 people (a 1.51% decline), while Israel gained 1,450,000 people (a 20.9% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Greece lost -544,743 (a 5.03% decline), while Israel's population increased by 1,844,004 (a 22% growth).
Greece was ranked 74th most populous country in 2005 and is 95th in 2025. Israel was ranked 98th in 2005 and ranked 96th now.
The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 25 years (in 2050) Greece's population will shrink by 11.3% to 9,111,122 people with a rank change from 95th to 106th. The population of Israel will increase by 36.1% to 13,911,988 people and rank change from 96th to 88th.
Biggest cities by population
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Greece
|
|
|---|---|
| City | Population |
| Athens | 643K |
| Crete | 623K |
| Thessaloniki | 310K |
| Piraeus | 168K |
| Larissa | 146K |
| Peristeri | 134K |
| Glyfada | 89.6K |
| Nikaia | 88.1K |
| Nea Smyrni | 72.9K |
| Palaio Faliro | 64.9K |
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Population differences between Greece and Israel
|
Greece
|
Israel
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Life expectancy | 82.2 years | 82.8 years |
| Average age | 45.5 years | 33.6 years |
| Median age | 47.3 years | 30.2 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 48.4:51.6 | 49.8:50.2 |
| Fertility rate | 1.32 births per woman | 2.85 births per woman |
| Population density | 208.7 ppl/mi² | 1,194 ppl/mi² |
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