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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Greece	Italy	Greece	Italy
1960	8,331,725	50,199,700	-	-
1961	8,398,050	50,536,350	0.8%	0.67%
1962	8,448,233	50,879,450	0.6%	0.68%
1963	8,479,625	51,252,000	0.37%	0.73%
1964	8,510,429	51,675,350	0.36%	0.83%
1965	8,550,333	52,112,350	0.47%	0.85%
1966	8,613,651	52,519,000	0.74%	0.78%
1967	8,684,088	52,900,500	0.82%	0.73%
1968	8,740,765	53,235,750	0.65%	0.63%
1969	8,772,764	53,537,950	0.37%	0.57%
1970	8,792,806	53,821,850	0.23%	0.53%
1971	8,831,036	54,073,490	0.43%	0.47%
1972	8,888,628	54,381,345	0.65%	0.57%
1973	8,929,086	54,751,406	0.46%	0.68%
1974	8,962,022	55,110,868	0.37%	0.66%
1975	9,046,541	55,441,001	0.94%	0.6%
1976	9,188,150	55,718,260	1.57%	0.5%
1977	9,308,479	55,955,411	1.31%	0.43%
1978	9,429,959	56,155,143	1.31%	0.36%
1979	9,548,258	56,317,749	1.25%	0.29%
1980	9,642,505	56,433,883	0.99%	0.21%
1981	9,729,350	56,501,675	0.9%	0.12%
1982	9,789,513	56,543,548	0.62%	0.07%
1983	9,846,627	56,564,074	0.58%	0.04%
1984	9,895,801	56,576,718	0.5%	0.02%
1985	9,934,300	56,593,071	0.39%	0.03%
1986	9,967,213	56,596,155	0.33%	0.005%
1987	10,000,595	56,601,931	0.33%	0.01%
1988	10,036,983	56,629,288	0.36%	0.05%
1989	10,089,498	56,671,781	0.52%	0.08%
1990	10,196,792	56,719,240	1.06%	0.08%
1991	10,319,927	56,758,521	1.21%	0.07%
1992	10,399,061	56,797,087	0.77%	0.07%
1993	10,460,415	56,831,821	0.59%	0.06%
1994	10,512,922	56,843,400	0.5%	0.02%
1995	10,562,153	56,844,303	0.47%	0.002%
1996	10,608,800	56,860,281	0.44%	0.03%
1997	10,661,259	56,890,372	0.49%	0.05%
1998	10,720,509	56,906,744	0.56%	0.03%
1999	10,761,698	56,916,317	0.38%	0.02%
2000	10,805,808	56,942,108	0.41%	0.05%
2001	10,862,132	56,976,981	0.52%	0.06%
2002	10,902,022	57,089,824	0.37%	0.2%
2003	10,928,070	57,399,184	0.24%	0.54%
2004	10,955,141	57,828,179	0.25%	0.75%
2005	10,987,314	58,166,682	0.29%	0.59%
2006	11,020,362	58,399,861	0.3%	0.4%
2007	11,048,473	58,756,247	0.26%	0.61%
2008	11,077,841	59,211,181	0.27%	0.77%
2009	11,107,017	59,555,454	0.26%	0.58%
2010	11,121,341	59,819,407	0.13%	0.44%
2011	11,104,899	60,026,841	-0.15%	0.35%
2012	11,045,011	60,191,247	-0.54%	0.27%
2013	10,965,211	60,311,613	-0.72%	0.2%
2014	10,892,413	60,320,707	-0.66%	0.02%
2015	10,820,883	60,229,605	-0.66%	-0.15%
2016	10,775,971	60,115,223	-0.42%	-0.19%
2017	10,754,679	60,002,252	-0.2%	-0.19%
2018	10,732,882	60,148,658	-0.2%	0.24%
2019	10,721,582	59,729,081	-0.11%	-0.7%
2020	10,698,599	59,438,851	-0.21%	-0.49%
2021	10,569,207	59,133,173	-1.21%	-0.51%
2022	10,436,882	59,013,667	-1.25%	-0.2%
2023	10,405,588	58,993,475	-0.3%	-0.03%
2024	10,388,805	58,986,023	-0.16%	-0.01%
2025	10,276,140	58,790,597	-1.08%	-0.33%
2026	10,232,997	58,571,823	-0.42%	-0.37%
2027	10,188,386	58,335,864	-0.44%	-0.4%
2028	10,143,203	58,094,373	-0.44%	-0.41%
2029	10,097,603	57,851,042	-0.45%	-0.42%
2030	10,051,921	57,597,622	-0.45%	-0.44%
2031	10,006,045	57,333,277	-0.46%	-0.46%
2032	9,959,048	57,071,235	-0.47%	-0.46%
2033	9,911,765	56,812,747	-0.47%	-0.45%
2034	9,865,342	56,548,816	-0.47%	-0.46%
2035	9,818,783	56,279,536	-0.47%	-0.48%
2036	9,772,426	56,009,844	-0.47%	-0.48%
2037	9,726,502	55,737,477	-0.47%	-0.49%
2038	9,680,639	55,460,735	-0.47%	-0.5%
2039	9,635,315	55,177,508	-0.47%	-0.51%
2040	9,590,401	54,889,107	-0.47%	-0.52%
2041	9,545,637	54,601,628	-0.47%	-0.52%
2042	9,501,568	54,307,412	-0.46%	-0.54%
2043	9,457,398	53,997,106	-0.46%	-0.57%
2044	9,411,943	53,679,603	-0.48%	-0.59%
2045	9,365,737	53,357,669	-0.49%	-0.6%
2046	9,319,023	53,025,288	-0.5%	-0.62%
2047	9,269,970	52,680,150	-0.53%	-0.65%
2048	9,218,699	52,324,241	-0.55%	-0.68%
2049	9,165,668	51,959,050	-0.58%	-0.7%
2050	9,111,122	51,579,060	-0.6%	-0.73%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Greece decreased by 166,431 people (a 1.51% decline), while Italy gained 2,062,923 people (a 3.55% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Greece lost -544,743 (a 5.03% decline), while Italy's population decreased by -1,439,008 (a 2.39% decline).

Greece was ranked 74th most populous country in 2005 and is 95th in 2025. Italy was ranked 23rd in 2005 and ranked 25th 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 Italy will decrease by 12.3% to 51,579,060 people and rank change from 25th to 40th.