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

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of Greece was 10,405,134 in 2024 vs 130,861,007 people in Mexico in 2024. In 2026, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Greece's population is 10,249,082 people compared to 133,008,812 in Mexico.

Population statistics:

  • Mexico's population is 13 times bigger than Greece's.
  • Greece is ranked the 96th most populous country in the world, while Mexico is the 11th.
  • The countries together account for 1.73% of the world: 0.12% for Greece vs 1.61% for Mexico.
  • For the last 10 years, Greece has had an average growth rate of -0.47% per year vs +0.92% in Mexico.
  • Since 2006, the population of Greece has decreased from 11M people to 10.2M (7% decline), while Mexico has grown from 107M to 133M (24% growth).
  • Mexico is projected to reach its peak in 2058 at 150M people, while Greece's population already peaked in 2010 at 11.1M people and is projected to decrease to 6.5M people by 2100.

Greece vs Mexico: live population counter

Greece Mexico
Current population
10249082
133008812
Population rank 96/197 11/197
Percent of world population 0.12% 1.61%
One net population change
3.95 hours
28.1 seconds
One birth every
7.43 minutes
15.5 seconds
One death every
4.14 minutes
39.5 seconds
One migration net change every
4.28 minutes
5.03 minutes
Annual migration change -122,772 -104,581
Daily growth/decline -6 +3,072
Annual growth/decline -2,217 +1,121,248
Annual growth/decline rate -0.02% +0.86%
Population growth rate rank 166/197 111/197

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

Greece
Population

Growth rate
Mexico
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Greece Mexico Greece Mexico
1960 8,331,725 36,724,615 - -
1961 8,398,050 37,890,118 0.8% 3.17%
1962 8,448,233 39,129,200 0.6% 3.27%
1963 8,479,625 40,424,065 0.37% 3.31%
1964 8,510,429 41,772,049 0.36% 3.33%
1965 8,550,333 43,174,477 0.47% 3.36%
1966 8,613,651 44,629,106 0.74% 3.37%
1967 8,684,088 46,129,608 0.82% 3.36%
1968 8,740,765 47,668,303 0.65% 3.34%
1969 8,772,764 49,233,194 0.37% 3.28%
1970 8,792,806 50,814,953 0.23% 3.21%
1971 8,831,036 52,412,558 0.43% 3.14%
1972 8,888,628 54,030,168 0.65% 3.09%
1973 8,929,086 55,667,284 0.46% 3.03%
1974 8,962,022 57,320,149 0.37% 2.97%
1975 9,046,541 58,982,400 0.94% 2.9%
1976 9,188,150 60,645,512 1.57% 2.82%
1977 9,308,479 62,308,493 1.31% 2.74%
1978 9,429,959 63,979,046 1.31% 2.68%
1979 9,548,258 65,648,865 1.25% 2.61%
1980 9,642,505 67,300,334 0.99% 2.52%
1981 9,729,350 68,892,108 0.9% 2.37%
1982 9,789,513 70,433,260 0.62% 2.24%
1983 9,846,627 71,971,240 0.58% 2.18%
1984 9,895,801 73,506,846 0.5% 2.13%
1985 9,934,300 75,043,414 0.39% 2.09%
1986 9,967,213 76,585,637 0.33% 2.06%
1987 10,000,595 78,136,651 0.33% 2.03%
1988 10,036,983 79,695,531 0.36% 2%
1989 10,089,498 81,247,182 0.52% 1.95%
1990 10,196,792 82,820,170 1.06% 1.94%
1991 10,319,927 84,430,572 1.21% 1.94%
1992 10,399,061 86,044,809 0.77% 1.91%
1993 10,460,415 87,653,807 0.59% 1.87%
1994 10,512,922 89,259,205 0.5% 1.83%
1995 10,562,153 90,862,455 0.47% 1.8%
1996 10,608,800 92,452,702 0.44% 1.75%
1997 10,661,259 94,021,207 0.49% 1.7%
1998 10,720,509 95,575,245 0.56% 1.65%
1999 10,761,698 97,115,707 0.38% 1.61%
2000 10,805,808 98,625,552 0.41% 1.55%
2001 10,862,132 100,099,099 0.52% 1.49%
2002 10,902,022 101,548,624 0.37% 1.45%
2003 10,928,070 102,978,515 0.24% 1.41%
2004 10,955,141 104,394,131 0.25% 1.37%
2005 10,987,314 105,811,504 0.29% 1.36%
2006 11,020,362 107,253,666 0.3% 1.36%
2007 11,048,473 108,774,360 0.26% 1.42%
2008 11,077,841 110,374,288 0.27% 1.47%
2009 11,107,017 111,999,721 0.26% 1.47%
2010 11,121,341 113,623,895 0.13% 1.45%
2011 11,104,899 115,243,504 -0.15% 1.43%
2012 11,045,011 116,818,208 -0.54% 1.37%
2013 10,965,211 118,343,573 -0.72% 1.31%
2014 10,892,413 119,784,261 -0.66% 1.22%
2015 10,820,883 121,072,306 -0.66% 1.08%
2016 10,775,971 122,251,351 -0.42% 0.97%
2017 10,754,679 123,400,057 -0.2% 0.94%
2018 10,732,882 124,573,711 -0.2% 0.95%
2019 10,721,582 125,762,982 -0.11% 0.95%
2020 10,698,599 126,799,054 -0.21% 0.82%
2021 10,569,207 127,648,148 -1.21% 0.67%
2022 10,436,882 128,613,117 -1.25% 0.76%
2023 10,407,351 129,739,759 -0.28% 0.88%
2024 10,405,134 130,861,007 -0.02% 0.86%
2025 10,292,291 131,946,905 -1.08% 0.83%
2026 10,249,082 132,997,664 -0.42% 0.8%
2027 10,204,400 134,017,711 -0.44% 0.77%
2028 10,159,146 135,008,697 -0.44% 0.74%
2029 10,113,475 135,970,893 -0.45% 0.71%
2030 10,067,720 136,904,747 -0.45% 0.69%
2031 10,021,773 137,811,068 -0.46% 0.66%
2032 9,974,701 138,690,189 -0.47% 0.64%
2033 9,927,344 139,542,087 -0.47% 0.61%
2034 9,880,848 140,362,026 -0.47% 0.59%
2035 9,834,216 141,150,818 -0.47% 0.56%
2036 9,787,786 141,909,168 -0.47% 0.54%
2037 9,741,790 142,637,546 -0.47% 0.51%
2038 9,695,855 143,336,222 -0.47% 0.49%
2039 9,650,459 143,998,296 -0.47% 0.46%
2040 9,605,475 144,624,328 -0.47% 0.43%
2041 9,560,641 145,217,780 -0.47% 0.41%
2042 9,516,502 145,777,459 -0.46% 0.39%
2043 9,472,263 146,300,011 -0.46% 0.36%
2044 9,426,737 146,787,722 -0.48% 0.33%
2045 9,380,458 147,240,096 -0.49% 0.31%
2046 9,333,671 147,654,160 -0.5% 0.28%
2047 9,284,541 148,030,153 -0.53% 0.25%
2048 9,233,189 148,372,233 -0.55% 0.23%
2049 9,180,074 148,677,894 -0.58% 0.21%
2050 9,125,443 148,946,272 -0.6% 0.18%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Greece decreased by 244,391 people (a 2.22% decline), while Mexico gained 14,997,685 people (a 14% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Greece lost -526,889 (a 4.89% decline), while Mexico's population increased by 10,757,461 (a 8.8% growth).

Greece was ranked 74th most populous country in 2006 and is 96th in 2026. Mexico was ranked 11th in 2006 and still ranked 11th 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 Mexico will increase by 12% to 148,946,272 people and rank change from 11th to 12th.

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