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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Greece	Norway	Greece	Norway
1960	8,331,725	3,581,239	-	-
1961	8,398,050	3,609,800	0.8%	0.8%
1962	8,448,233	3,638,918	0.6%	0.81%
1963	8,479,625	3,666,537	0.37%	0.76%
1964	8,510,429	3,694,339	0.36%	0.76%
1965	8,550,333	3,723,168	0.47%	0.78%
1966	8,613,651	3,753,012	0.74%	0.8%
1967	8,684,088	3,784,539	0.82%	0.84%
1968	8,740,765	3,816,486	0.65%	0.84%
1969	8,772,764	3,847,707	0.37%	0.82%
1970	8,792,806	3,875,763	0.23%	0.73%
1971	8,831,036	3,903,039	0.43%	0.7%
1972	8,888,628	3,933,004	0.65%	0.77%
1973	8,929,086	3,960,612	0.46%	0.7%
1974	8,962,022	3,985,258	0.37%	0.62%
1975	9,046,541	4,007,313	0.94%	0.55%
1976	9,188,150	4,026,152	1.57%	0.47%
1977	9,308,479	4,043,205	1.31%	0.42%
1978	9,429,959	4,058,671	1.31%	0.38%
1979	9,548,258	4,072,517	1.25%	0.34%
1980	9,642,505	4,085,620	0.99%	0.32%
1981	9,729,350	4,099,702	0.9%	0.34%
1982	9,789,513	4,114,787	0.62%	0.37%
1983	9,846,627	4,128,432	0.58%	0.33%
1984	9,895,801	4,140,099	0.5%	0.28%
1985	9,934,300	4,152,516	0.39%	0.3%
1986	9,967,213	4,167,354	0.33%	0.36%
1987	10,000,595	4,186,905	0.33%	0.47%
1988	10,036,983	4,209,488	0.36%	0.54%
1989	10,089,498	4,226,901	0.52%	0.41%
1990	10,196,792	4,241,473	1.06%	0.34%
1991	10,319,927	4,261,732	1.21%	0.48%
1992	10,399,061	4,286,401	0.77%	0.58%
1993	10,460,415	4,311,991	0.59%	0.6%
1994	10,512,922	4,336,613	0.5%	0.57%
1995	10,562,153	4,359,184	0.47%	0.52%
1996	10,608,800	4,381,336	0.44%	0.51%
1997	10,661,259	4,405,157	0.49%	0.54%
1998	10,720,509	4,431,464	0.56%	0.6%
1999	10,761,698	4,461,913	0.38%	0.69%
2000	10,805,808	4,490,967	0.41%	0.65%
2001	10,862,132	4,513,751	0.52%	0.51%
2002	10,902,022	4,538,159	0.37%	0.54%
2003	10,928,070	4,564,855	0.24%	0.59%
2004	10,955,141	4,591,910	0.25%	0.59%
2005	10,987,314	4,623,291	0.29%	0.68%
2006	11,020,362	4,660,677	0.3%	0.81%
2007	11,048,473	4,709,153	0.26%	1.04%
2008	11,077,841	4,768,212	0.27%	1.25%
2009	11,107,017	4,828,726	0.26%	1.27%
2010	11,121,341	4,889,252	0.13%	1.25%
2011	11,104,899	4,953,088	-0.15%	1.31%
2012	11,045,011	5,018,573	-0.54%	1.32%
2013	10,965,211	5,079,623	-0.72%	1.22%
2014	10,892,413	5,137,232	-0.66%	1.13%
2015	10,820,883	5,188,607	-0.66%	1%
2016	10,775,971	5,234,519	-0.42%	0.88%
2017	10,754,679	5,276,968	-0.2%	0.81%
2018	10,732,882	5,311,916	-0.2%	0.66%
2019	10,721,582	5,347,896	-0.11%	0.68%
2020	10,698,599	5,379,475	-0.21%	0.59%
2021	10,569,207	5,408,320	-1.21%	0.54%
2022	10,436,882	5,457,127	-1.25%	0.9%
2023	10,405,588	5,519,594	-0.3%	1.14%
2024	10,388,805	5,572,272	-0.16%	0.95%
2025	10,276,140	5,618,653	-1.08%	0.83%
2026	10,232,997	5,648,542	-0.42%	0.53%
2027	10,188,386	5,669,085	-0.44%	0.36%
2028	10,143,203	5,688,775	-0.44%	0.35%
2029	10,097,603	5,707,206	-0.45%	0.32%
2030	10,051,921	5,724,586	-0.45%	0.3%
2031	10,006,045	5,741,140	-0.46%	0.29%
2032	9,959,048	5,756,663	-0.47%	0.27%
2033	9,911,765	5,771,048	-0.47%	0.25%
2034	9,865,342	5,784,408	-0.47%	0.23%
2035	9,818,783	5,796,851	-0.47%	0.22%
2036	9,772,426	5,808,721	-0.47%	0.2%
2037	9,726,502	5,819,995	-0.47%	0.19%
2038	9,680,639	5,830,604	-0.47%	0.18%
2039	9,635,315	5,840,493	-0.47%	0.17%
2040	9,590,401	5,849,273	-0.47%	0.15%
2041	9,545,637	5,857,345	-0.47%	0.14%
2042	9,501,568	5,864,766	-0.46%	0.13%
2043	9,457,398	5,870,957	-0.46%	0.11%
2044	9,411,943	5,876,291	-0.48%	0.09%
2045	9,365,737	5,881,391	-0.49%	0.09%
2046	9,319,023	5,885,772	-0.5%	0.07%
2047	9,269,970	5,889,156	-0.53%	0.06%
2048	9,218,699	5,892,131	-0.55%	0.05%
2049	9,165,668	5,894,300	-0.58%	0.04%
2050	9,111,122	5,895,192	-0.6%	0.02%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Greece decreased by 166,431 people (a 1.51% decline), while Norway gained 565,316 people (a 12.2% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Greece lost -544,743 (a 5.03% decline), while Norway's population increased by 454,055 (a 8.75% growth).

Greece was ranked 74th most populous country in 2005 and is 95th in 2025. Norway was ranked 116th in 2005 and ranked 119th 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 Norway will increase by 4.48% to 5,895,192 people and rank change from 119th to 121st.