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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Greece	Portugal	Greece	Portugal
1960	8,331,725	8,857,716	-	-
1961	8,398,050	8,929,316	0.8%	0.81%
1962	8,448,233	8,993,985	0.6%	0.72%
1963	8,479,625	9,030,355	0.37%	0.4%
1964	8,510,429	9,035,365	0.36%	0.06%
1965	8,550,333	8,998,595	0.47%	-0.41%
1966	8,613,651	8,930,990	0.74%	-0.75%
1967	8,684,088	8,874,520	0.82%	-0.63%
1968	8,740,765	8,836,650	0.65%	-0.43%
1969	8,772,764	8,757,705	0.37%	-0.89%
1970	8,792,806	8,680,431	0.23%	-0.88%
1971	8,831,036	8,643,756	0.43%	-0.42%
1972	8,888,628	8,630,430	0.65%	-0.15%
1973	8,929,086	8,633,100	0.46%	0.03%
1974	8,962,022	8,754,365	0.37%	1.4%
1975	9,046,541	9,093,470	0.94%	3.87%
1976	9,188,150	9,355,810	1.57%	2.88%
1977	9,308,479	9,455,675	1.31%	1.07%
1978	9,429,959	9,558,250	1.31%	1.08%
1979	9,548,258	9,661,265	1.25%	1.08%
1980	9,642,505	9,766,312	0.99%	1.09%
1981	9,729,350	9,851,362	0.9%	0.87%
1982	9,789,513	9,911,771	0.62%	0.61%
1983	9,846,627	9,957,865	0.58%	0.47%
1984	9,895,801	9,996,232	0.5%	0.39%
1985	9,934,300	10,023,613	0.39%	0.27%
1986	9,967,213	10,032,734	0.33%	0.09%
1987	10,000,595	10,030,031	0.33%	-0.03%
1988	10,036,983	10,019,610	0.36%	-0.1%
1989	10,089,498	10,005,000	0.52%	-0.15%
1990	10,196,792	9,983,218	1.06%	-0.22%
1991	10,319,927	9,960,235	1.21%	-0.23%
1992	10,399,061	9,952,494	0.77%	-0.08%
1993	10,460,415	9,964,675	0.59%	0.12%
1994	10,512,922	9,991,525	0.5%	0.27%
1995	10,562,153	10,026,176	0.47%	0.35%
1996	10,608,800	10,063,945	0.44%	0.38%
1997	10,661,259	10,108,977	0.49%	0.45%
1998	10,720,509	10,160,196	0.56%	0.51%
1999	10,761,698	10,217,828	0.38%	0.57%
2000	10,805,808	10,289,898	0.41%	0.71%
2001	10,862,132	10,362,722	0.52%	0.71%
2002	10,902,022	10,419,631	0.37%	0.55%
2003	10,928,070	10,458,821	0.24%	0.38%
2004	10,955,141	10,483,861	0.25%	0.24%
2005	10,987,314	10,503,330	0.29%	0.19%
2006	11,020,362	10,522,288	0.3%	0.18%
2007	11,048,473	10,542,964	0.26%	0.2%
2008	11,077,841	10,558,177	0.27%	0.14%
2009	11,107,017	10,568,247	0.26%	0.1%
2010	11,121,341	10,573,100	0.13%	0.05%
2011	11,104,899	10,557,560	-0.15%	-0.15%
2012	11,045,011	10,514,844	-0.54%	-0.4%
2013	10,965,211	10,457,295	-0.72%	-0.55%
2014	10,892,413	10,401,062	-0.66%	-0.54%
2015	10,820,883	10,358,076	-0.66%	-0.41%
2016	10,775,971	10,325,452	-0.42%	-0.31%
2017	10,754,679	10,300,300	-0.2%	-0.24%
2018	10,732,882	10,283,822	-0.2%	-0.16%
2019	10,721,582	10,286,263	-0.11%	0.02%
2020	10,698,599	10,297,081	-0.21%	0.11%
2021	10,569,207	10,361,831	-1.21%	0.63%
2022	10,436,882	10,434,332	-1.25%	0.7%
2023	10,405,588	10,578,174	-0.3%	1.38%
2024	10,388,805	10,701,636	-0.16%	1.17%
2025	10,276,140	10,687,819	-1.08%	-0.13%
2026	10,232,997	10,670,917	-0.42%	-0.16%
2027	10,188,386	10,653,073	-0.44%	-0.17%
2028	10,143,203	10,632,868	-0.44%	-0.19%
2029	10,097,603	10,611,484	-0.45%	-0.2%
2030	10,051,921	10,591,436	-0.45%	-0.19%
2031	10,006,045	10,571,418	-0.46%	-0.19%
2032	9,959,048	10,549,456	-0.47%	-0.21%
2033	9,911,765	10,526,482	-0.47%	-0.22%
2034	9,865,342	10,502,882	-0.47%	-0.22%
2035	9,818,783	10,478,843	-0.47%	-0.23%
2036	9,772,426	10,454,630	-0.47%	-0.23%
2037	9,726,502	10,430,128	-0.47%	-0.23%
2038	9,680,639	10,404,947	-0.47%	-0.24%
2039	9,635,315	10,377,968	-0.47%	-0.26%
2040	9,590,401	10,349,515	-0.47%	-0.27%
2041	9,545,637	10,321,577	-0.47%	-0.27%
2042	9,501,568	10,294,106	-0.46%	-0.27%
2043	9,457,398	10,264,596	-0.46%	-0.29%
2044	9,411,943	10,233,543	-0.48%	-0.3%
2045	9,365,737	10,201,832	-0.49%	-0.31%
2046	9,319,023	10,168,932	-0.5%	-0.32%
2047	9,269,970	10,135,159	-0.53%	-0.33%
2048	9,218,699	10,101,419	-0.55%	-0.33%
2049	9,165,668	10,066,064	-0.58%	-0.35%
2050	9,111,122	10,029,252	-0.6%	-0.37%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Greece decreased by 166,431 people (a 1.51% decline), while Portugal lost 145,254 people (a 1.38% decline).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Greece lost -544,743 (a 5.03% decline), while Portugal's population increased by 329,743 (a 3.18% growth).

Greece was ranked 74th most populous country in 2005 and is 95th in 2025. Portugal was ranked 76th in 2005 and ranked 92nd 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 Portugal will decrease by 6.16% to 10,029,252 people and rank change from 92nd to 97th.