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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Greece	Poland	Greece	Poland
1960	8,331,725	29,637,450	-	-
1961	8,398,050	29,964,000	0.8%	1.1%
1962	8,448,233	30,308,500	0.6%	1.15%
1963	8,479,625	30,712,000	0.37%	1.33%
1964	8,510,429	31,139,450	0.36%	1.39%
1965	8,550,333	31,444,950	0.47%	0.98%
1966	8,613,651	31,681,000	0.74%	0.75%
1967	8,684,088	31,987,155	0.82%	0.97%
1968	8,740,765	32,294,655	0.65%	0.96%
1969	8,772,764	32,548,300	0.37%	0.79%
1970	8,792,806	32,664,300	0.23%	0.36%
1971	8,831,036	32,783,500	0.43%	0.36%
1972	8,888,628	33,055,650	0.65%	0.83%
1973	8,929,086	33,357,200	0.46%	0.91%
1974	8,962,022	33,678,899	0.37%	0.96%
1975	9,046,541	34,015,199	0.94%	1%
1976	9,188,150	34,356,300	1.57%	1%
1977	9,308,479	34,689,050	1.31%	0.97%
1978	9,429,959	34,965,600	1.31%	0.8%
1979	9,548,258	35,247,217	1.25%	0.81%
1980	9,642,505	35,574,150	0.99%	0.93%
1981	9,729,350	35,898,587	0.9%	0.91%
1982	9,789,513	36,230,481	0.62%	0.92%
1983	9,846,627	36,571,808	0.58%	0.94%
1984	9,895,801	36,904,134	0.5%	0.91%
1985	9,934,300	37,201,885	0.39%	0.81%
1986	9,967,213	37,456,119	0.33%	0.68%
1987	10,000,595	37,668,045	0.33%	0.57%
1988	10,036,983	37,824,487	0.36%	0.42%
1989	10,089,498	37,961,529	0.52%	0.36%
1990	10,196,792	38,110,782	1.06%	0.39%
1991	10,319,927	38,246,193	1.21%	0.36%
1992	10,399,061	38,363,667	0.77%	0.31%
1993	10,460,415	38,461,408	0.59%	0.25%
1994	10,512,922	38,542,652	0.5%	0.21%
1995	10,562,153	38,594,998	0.47%	0.14%
1996	10,608,800	38,624,370	0.44%	0.08%
1997	10,661,259	38,649,660	0.49%	0.07%
1998	10,720,509	38,663,481	0.56%	0.04%
1999	10,761,698	38,660,271	0.38%	-0.008%
2000	10,805,808	38,258,629	0.41%	-1.04%
2001	10,862,132	38,248,076	0.52%	-0.03%
2002	10,902,022	38,230,364	0.37%	-0.05%
2003	10,928,070	38,204,570	0.24%	-0.07%
2004	10,955,141	38,182,222	0.25%	-0.06%
2005	10,987,314	38,165,445	0.29%	-0.04%
2006	11,020,362	38,141,267	0.3%	-0.06%
2007	11,048,473	38,120,560	0.26%	-0.05%
2008	11,077,841	38,125,759	0.27%	0.01%
2009	11,107,017	38,151,603	0.26%	0.07%
2010	11,121,341	38,042,794	0.13%	-0.29%
2011	11,104,899	38,063,255	-0.15%	0.05%
2012	11,045,011	38,063,164	-0.54%	-0%
2013	10,965,211	38,040,196	-0.72%	-0.06%
2014	10,892,413	38,011,735	-0.66%	-0.07%
2015	10,820,883	37,986,412	-0.66%	-0.07%
2016	10,775,971	37,970,087	-0.42%	-0.04%
2017	10,754,679	37,974,826	-0.2%	0.01%
2018	10,732,882	37,974,750	-0.2%	-0%
2019	10,721,582	37,965,475	-0.11%	-0.02%
2020	10,698,599	37,515,748	-0.21%	-1.18%
2021	10,569,207	36,981,559	-1.21%	-1.42%
2022	10,436,882	36,821,749	-1.25%	-0.43%
2023	10,405,588	36,687,353	-0.3%	-0.36%
2024	10,388,805	36,554,707	-0.16%	-0.36%
2025	10,276,140	36,176,920	-1.08%	-1.03%
2026	10,232,997	35,894,534	-0.42%	-0.78%
2027	10,188,386	35,753,988	-0.44%	-0.39%
2028	10,143,203	35,605,295	-0.44%	-0.42%
2029	10,097,603	35,447,860	-0.45%	-0.44%
2030	10,051,921	35,283,068	-0.45%	-0.46%
2031	10,006,045	35,111,838	-0.46%	-0.49%
2032	9,959,048	34,934,626	-0.47%	-0.5%
2033	9,911,765	34,753,118	-0.47%	-0.52%
2034	9,865,342	34,567,292	-0.47%	-0.53%
2035	9,818,783	34,377,478	-0.47%	-0.55%
2036	9,772,426	34,183,187	-0.47%	-0.57%
2037	9,726,502	33,984,777	-0.47%	-0.58%
2038	9,680,639	33,782,992	-0.47%	-0.59%
2039	9,635,315	33,577,269	-0.47%	-0.61%
2040	9,590,401	33,368,049	-0.47%	-0.62%
2041	9,545,637	33,156,329	-0.47%	-0.63%
2042	9,501,568	32,941,367	-0.46%	-0.65%
2043	9,457,398	32,722,775	-0.46%	-0.66%
2044	9,411,943	32,501,991	-0.48%	-0.67%
2045	9,365,737	32,278,695	-0.49%	-0.69%
2046	9,319,023	32,052,771	-0.5%	-0.7%
2047	9,269,970	31,824,481	-0.53%	-0.71%
2048	9,218,699	31,593,911	-0.55%	-0.72%
2049	9,165,668	31,360,713	-0.58%	-0.74%
2050	9,111,122	31,124,396	-0.6%	-0.75%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Greece decreased by 166,431 people (a 1.51% decline), while Poland lost 179,033 people (a 0.47% decline).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Greece lost -544,743 (a 5.03% decline), while Poland's population decreased by -1,809,492 (a 4.76% decline).

Greece was ranked 74th most populous country in 2005 and is 95th in 2025. Poland was ranked 32nd in 2005 and ranked 46th 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 Poland will decrease by 14% to 31,124,396 people and rank change from 46th to 61st.