The latest officially reported population of Greece was 10,388,805 in 2024 vs 1,862,441 people in Latvia in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Greece's population is 10,276,140 people compared to 1,844,219 in Latvia.
Population statistics:
- Greece's population is 5.57 times bigger than Latvia's.
- Greece is ranked the 95th most populous country in the world, while Latvia is the 149th.
- The countries together account for 0.15% of the world: 0.12% for Greece vs 0.02% for Latvia.
- For the last 10 years, Greece has had an average growth rate of -0.49% per year vs -0.7% in Latvia.
- Since 2005, the population of Greece has decreased from 11M people to 10.3M (6.47% decline), while Latvia has declined from 2.24M to 1.84M (17.6% decline).
- Both countries are in a period of decline and in 50 years are projected to lose 26.8% of the population in Greece and 36.3% in Latvia.
Greece vs Latvia: live population counter
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| Current population |
10276140
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1844219
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| Population rank | 95/197 | 149/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.12% | 0.02% |
| One net population change |
31.3 minutes
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35 minutes
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| One birth every |
7.43 minutes
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36.4 minutes
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| One death every |
4.14 minutes
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18.8 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
4.28 minutes
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3.94 hours
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| Annual migration change | -122,772 | -2,225 |
| Daily growth/decline | -46 | -41 |
| Annual growth/decline | -16,783 | -15,004 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | -0.16% | -0.8% |
| Population growth rate rank | 175/197 | 190/197 |
Greece and Latvia: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 8,331,725 | 2,120,979 | - | - |
| 1961 | 8,398,050 | 2,152,681 | 0.8% | 1.49% |
| 1962 | 8,448,233 | 2,181,586 | 0.6% | 1.34% |
| 1963 | 8,479,625 | 2,210,919 | 0.37% | 1.34% |
| 1964 | 8,510,429 | 2,240,623 | 0.36% | 1.34% |
| 1965 | 8,550,333 | 2,265,919 | 0.47% | 1.13% |
| 1966 | 8,613,651 | 2,283,217 | 0.74% | 0.76% |
| 1967 | 8,684,088 | 2,301,220 | 0.82% | 0.79% |
| 1968 | 8,740,765 | 2,323,619 | 0.65% | 0.97% |
| 1969 | 8,772,764 | 2,343,173 | 0.37% | 0.84% |
| 1970 | 8,792,806 | 2,359,164 | 0.23% | 0.68% |
| 1971 | 8,831,036 | 2,376,389 | 0.43% | 0.73% |
| 1972 | 8,888,628 | 2,395,674 | 0.65% | 0.81% |
| 1973 | 8,929,086 | 2,415,819 | 0.46% | 0.84% |
| 1974 | 8,962,022 | 2,437,186 | 0.37% | 0.88% |
| 1975 | 9,046,541 | 2,456,130 | 0.94% | 0.78% |
| 1976 | 9,188,150 | 2,470,989 | 1.57% | 0.6% |
| 1977 | 9,308,479 | 2,485,073 | 1.31% | 0.57% |
| 1978 | 9,429,959 | 2,497,921 | 1.31% | 0.52% |
| 1979 | 9,548,258 | 2,505,953 | 1.25% | 0.32% |
| 1980 | 9,642,505 | 2,511,701 | 0.99% | 0.23% |
| 1981 | 9,729,350 | 2,519,421 | 0.9% | 0.31% |
| 1982 | 9,789,513 | 2,531,080 | 0.62% | 0.46% |
| 1983 | 9,846,627 | 2,546,011 | 0.58% | 0.59% |
| 1984 | 9,895,801 | 2,562,047 | 0.5% | 0.63% |
| 1985 | 9,934,300 | 2,578,873 | 0.39% | 0.66% |
| 1986 | 9,967,213 | 2,599,892 | 0.33% | 0.82% |
| 1987 | 10,000,595 | 2,626,583 | 0.33% | 1.03% |
| 1988 | 10,036,983 | 2,653,434 | 0.36% | 1.02% |
| 1989 | 10,089,498 | 2,666,955 | 0.52% | 0.51% |
| 1990 | 10,196,792 | 2,663,151 | 1.06% | -0.14% |
| 1991 | 10,319,927 | 2,650,581 | 1.21% | -0.47% |
| 1992 | 10,399,061 | 2,614,338 | 0.77% | -1.37% |
| 1993 | 10,460,415 | 2,563,290 | 0.59% | -1.95% |
| 1994 | 10,512,922 | 2,520,742 | 0.5% | -1.66% |
| 1995 | 10,562,153 | 2,485,056 | 0.47% | -1.42% |
| 1996 | 10,608,800 | 2,457,222 | 0.44% | -1.12% |
| 1997 | 10,661,259 | 2,432,851 | 0.49% | -0.99% |
| 1998 | 10,720,509 | 2,410,019 | 0.56% | -0.94% |
| 1999 | 10,761,698 | 2,390,482 | 0.38% | -0.81% |
| 2000 | 10,805,808 | 2,367,550 | 0.41% | -0.96% |
| 2001 | 10,862,132 | 2,337,170 | 0.52% | -1.28% |
| 2002 | 10,902,022 | 2,310,173 | 0.37% | -1.16% |
| 2003 | 10,928,070 | 2,287,955 | 0.24% | -0.96% |
| 2004 | 10,955,141 | 2,263,122 | 0.25% | -1.09% |
| 2005 | 10,987,314 | 2,238,799 | 0.29% | -1.07% |
| 2006 | 11,020,362 | 2,218,357 | 0.3% | -0.91% |
| 2007 | 11,048,473 | 2,200,325 | 0.26% | -0.81% |
| 2008 | 11,077,841 | 2,177,322 | 0.27% | -1.05% |
| 2009 | 11,107,017 | 2,141,669 | 0.26% | -1.64% |
| 2010 | 11,121,341 | 2,097,555 | 0.13% | -2.06% |
| 2011 | 11,104,899 | 2,059,709 | -0.15% | -1.8% |
| 2012 | 11,045,011 | 2,034,319 | -0.54% | -1.23% |
| 2013 | 10,965,211 | 2,012,647 | -0.72% | -1.07% |
| 2014 | 10,892,413 | 1,993,782 | -0.66% | -0.94% |
| 2015 | 10,820,883 | 1,977,527 | -0.66% | -0.82% |
| 2016 | 10,775,971 | 1,959,537 | -0.42% | -0.91% |
| 2017 | 10,754,679 | 1,942,248 | -0.2% | -0.88% |
| 2018 | 10,732,882 | 1,927,174 | -0.2% | -0.78% |
| 2019 | 10,721,582 | 1,913,822 | -0.11% | -0.69% |
| 2020 | 10,698,599 | 1,900,449 | -0.21% | -0.7% |
| 2021 | 10,569,207 | 1,884,490 | -1.21% | -0.84% |
| 2022 | 10,436,882 | 1,879,383 | -1.25% | -0.27% |
| 2023 | 10,405,588 | 1,877,445 | -0.3% | -0.1% |
| 2024 | 10,388,805 | 1,862,441 | -0.16% | -0.8% |
| 2025 | 10,276,140 | 1,844,219 | -1.08% | -0.98% |
| 2026 | 10,232,997 | 1,826,681 | -0.42% | -0.95% |
| 2027 | 10,188,386 | 1,812,384 | -0.44% | -0.78% |
| 2028 | 10,143,203 | 1,797,965 | -0.44% | -0.8% |
| 2029 | 10,097,603 | 1,783,455 | -0.45% | -0.81% |
| 2030 | 10,051,921 | 1,768,667 | -0.45% | -0.83% |
| 2031 | 10,006,045 | 1,753,985 | -0.46% | -0.83% |
| 2032 | 9,959,048 | 1,739,582 | -0.47% | -0.82% |
| 2033 | 9,911,765 | 1,725,261 | -0.47% | -0.82% |
| 2034 | 9,865,342 | 1,711,332 | -0.47% | -0.81% |
| 2035 | 9,818,783 | 1,697,827 | -0.47% | -0.79% |
| 2036 | 9,772,426 | 1,684,492 | -0.47% | -0.79% |
| 2037 | 9,726,502 | 1,671,323 | -0.47% | -0.78% |
| 2038 | 9,680,639 | 1,658,336 | -0.47% | -0.78% |
| 2039 | 9,635,315 | 1,645,282 | -0.47% | -0.79% |
| 2040 | 9,590,401 | 1,632,376 | -0.47% | -0.78% |
| 2041 | 9,545,637 | 1,619,616 | -0.47% | -0.78% |
| 2042 | 9,501,568 | 1,607,019 | -0.46% | -0.78% |
| 2043 | 9,457,398 | 1,594,558 | -0.46% | -0.78% |
| 2044 | 9,411,943 | 1,582,077 | -0.48% | -0.78% |
| 2045 | 9,365,737 | 1,569,454 | -0.49% | -0.8% |
| 2046 | 9,319,023 | 1,556,840 | -0.5% | -0.8% |
| 2047 | 9,269,970 | 1,544,315 | -0.53% | -0.8% |
| 2048 | 9,218,699 | 1,531,684 | -0.55% | -0.82% |
| 2049 | 9,165,668 | 1,518,941 | -0.58% | -0.83% |
| 2050 | 9,111,122 | 1,506,179 | -0.6% | -0.84% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Greece decreased by 166,431 people (a 1.51% decline), while Latvia lost 261,272 people (a 11.7% decline).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Greece lost -544,743 (a 5.03% decline), while Latvia's population decreased by -133,308 (a 6.74% decline).
Greece was ranked 74th most populous country in 2005 and is 95th in 2025. Latvia was ranked 139th in 2005 and ranked 149th 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 Latvia will decrease by 18.3% to 1,506,179 people and rank change from 149th to 153rd.
Biggest cities by population
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| 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 Latvia
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| Life expectancy | 82.2 years | 76.5 years |
| Average age | 45.5 years | 43.6 years |
| Median age | 47.3 years | 44.3 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 48.4:51.6 | 46.4:53.6 |
| Fertility rate | 1.32 births per woman | 1.36 births per woman |
| Population density | 208.7 ppl/mi² | 77.5 ppl/mi² |
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