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	10,407,351	10,578,174	-0.28%	1.38%
2024	10,405,134	10,694,681	-0.02%	1.1%
2025	10,292,291	10,680,873	-1.08%	-0.13%
2026	10,249,082	10,663,982	-0.42%	-0.16%
2027	10,204,400	10,646,150	-0.44%	-0.17%
2028	10,159,146	10,625,957	-0.44%	-0.19%
2029	10,113,475	10,604,587	-0.45%	-0.2%
2030	10,067,720	10,584,552	-0.45%	-0.19%
2031	10,021,773	10,564,548	-0.46%	-0.19%
2032	9,974,701	10,542,600	-0.47%	-0.21%
2033	9,927,344	10,519,640	-0.47%	-0.22%
2034	9,880,848	10,496,056	-0.47%	-0.22%
2035	9,834,216	10,472,033	-0.47%	-0.23%
2036	9,787,786	10,447,836	-0.47%	-0.23%
2037	9,741,790	10,423,350	-0.47%	-0.23%
2038	9,695,855	10,398,185	-0.47%	-0.24%
2039	9,650,459	10,371,223	-0.47%	-0.26%
2040	9,605,475	10,342,789	-0.47%	-0.27%
2041	9,560,641	10,314,869	-0.47%	-0.27%
2042	9,516,502	10,287,416	-0.46%	-0.27%
2043	9,472,263	10,257,925	-0.46%	-0.29%
2044	9,426,737	10,226,892	-0.48%	-0.3%
2045	9,380,458	10,195,202	-0.49%	-0.31%
2046	9,333,671	10,162,323	-0.5%	-0.32%
2047	9,284,541	10,128,572	-0.53%	-0.33%
2048	9,233,189	10,094,854	-0.55%	-0.33%
2049	9,180,074	10,059,522	-0.58%	-0.35%
2050	9,125,443	10,022,734	-0.6%	-0.37%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Greece decreased by 244,391 people (a 2.22% decline), while Portugal lost 196,836 people (a 1.87% decline).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Greece lost -526,889 (a 4.89% decline), while Portugal's population increased by 338,530 (a 3.28% growth).

Greece was ranked 74th most populous country in 2006 and is 96th in 2026. Portugal was ranked 78th in 2006 and ranked 92nd 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 Portugal will decrease by 6.01% to 10,022,734 people and rank change from 92nd to 97th.