The latest officially reported population of Greece was 10,388,805 in 2024 vs 2,126,324 people in Slovenia in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Greece's population is 10,276,140 people compared to 2,124,696 in Slovenia.
Population statistics:
- Greece's population is 4.84 times bigger than Slovenia's.
- Greece is ranked the 95th most populous country in the world, while Slovenia is the 147th.
- The countries together account for 0.15% of the world: 0.12% for Greece vs 0.03% for Slovenia.
- For the last 10 years, Greece has had an average growth rate of -0.49% per year vs +0.29% in Slovenia.
- Since 2005, the population of Greece has decreased from 11M people to 10.3M (6.47% decline), while Slovenia has grown from 2M to 2.12M (6.21% growth).
- Both countries are in a period of decline and in 50 years are projected to lose 26.8% of the population in Greece and 17% in Slovenia.
Greece vs Slovenia: live population counter
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| Current population |
10276140
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2124696
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| Population rank | 95/197 | 147/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.12% | 0.03% |
| One net population change |
31.3 minutes
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1.49 hours
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| One birth every |
7.43 minutes
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31 minutes
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| One death every |
4.14 minutes
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24.3 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
4.28 minutes
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2.64 hours
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| Annual migration change | -122,772 | +3,319 |
| Daily growth/decline | -46 | +16 |
| Annual growth/decline | -16,783 | +5,863 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | -0.16% | +0.28% |
| Population growth rate rank | 175/197 | 151/197 |
Greece and Slovenia: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 8,331,725 | 1,584,720 | - | - |
| 1961 | 8,398,050 | 1,594,131 | 0.8% | 0.59% |
| 1962 | 8,448,233 | 1,603,649 | 0.6% | 0.6% |
| 1963 | 8,479,625 | 1,616,971 | 0.37% | 0.83% |
| 1964 | 8,510,429 | 1,632,114 | 0.36% | 0.94% |
| 1965 | 8,550,333 | 1,649,160 | 0.47% | 1.04% |
| 1966 | 8,613,651 | 1,669,905 | 0.74% | 1.26% |
| 1967 | 8,684,088 | 1,689,528 | 0.82% | 1.18% |
| 1968 | 8,740,765 | 1,704,546 | 0.65% | 0.89% |
| 1969 | 8,772,764 | 1,713,874 | 0.37% | 0.55% |
| 1970 | 8,792,806 | 1,724,891 | 0.23% | 0.64% |
| 1971 | 8,831,036 | 1,738,335 | 0.43% | 0.78% |
| 1972 | 8,888,628 | 1,752,233 | 0.65% | 0.8% |
| 1973 | 8,929,086 | 1,766,697 | 0.46% | 0.83% |
| 1974 | 8,962,022 | 1,776,132 | 0.37% | 0.53% |
| 1975 | 9,046,541 | 1,793,581 | 0.94% | 0.98% |
| 1976 | 9,188,150 | 1,820,249 | 1.57% | 1.49% |
| 1977 | 9,308,479 | 1,842,377 | 1.31% | 1.22% |
| 1978 | 9,429,959 | 1,862,548 | 1.31% | 1.09% |
| 1979 | 9,548,258 | 1,882,599 | 1.25% | 1.08% |
| 1980 | 9,642,505 | 1,901,315 | 0.99% | 0.99% |
| 1981 | 9,729,350 | 1,906,531 | 0.9% | 0.27% |
| 1982 | 9,789,513 | 1,910,334 | 0.62% | 0.2% |
| 1983 | 9,846,627 | 1,922,321 | 0.58% | 0.63% |
| 1984 | 9,895,801 | 1,932,154 | 0.5% | 0.51% |
| 1985 | 9,934,300 | 1,941,641 | 0.39% | 0.49% |
| 1986 | 9,967,213 | 1,965,964 | 0.33% | 1.25% |
| 1987 | 10,000,595 | 1,989,776 | 0.33% | 1.21% |
| 1988 | 10,036,983 | 1,995,196 | 0.36% | 0.27% |
| 1989 | 10,089,498 | 1,996,351 | 0.52% | 0.06% |
| 1990 | 10,196,792 | 1,998,161 | 1.06% | 0.09% |
| 1991 | 10,319,927 | 1,999,429 | 1.21% | 0.06% |
| 1992 | 10,399,061 | 1,996,498 | 0.77% | -0.15% |
| 1993 | 10,460,415 | 1,991,746 | 0.59% | -0.24% |
| 1994 | 10,512,922 | 1,989,443 | 0.5% | -0.12% |
| 1995 | 10,562,153 | 1,989,872 | 0.47% | 0.02% |
| 1996 | 10,608,800 | 1,988,628 | 0.44% | -0.06% |
| 1997 | 10,661,259 | 1,985,956 | 0.49% | -0.13% |
| 1998 | 10,720,509 | 1,981,629 | 0.56% | -0.22% |
| 1999 | 10,761,698 | 1,983,045 | 0.38% | 0.07% |
| 2000 | 10,805,808 | 1,988,925 | 0.41% | 0.3% |
| 2001 | 10,862,132 | 1,992,060 | 0.52% | 0.16% |
| 2002 | 10,902,022 | 1,994,530 | 0.37% | 0.12% |
| 2003 | 10,928,070 | 1,995,733 | 0.24% | 0.06% |
| 2004 | 10,955,141 | 1,997,012 | 0.25% | 0.06% |
| 2005 | 10,987,314 | 2,000,474 | 0.29% | 0.17% |
| 2006 | 11,020,362 | 2,006,868 | 0.3% | 0.32% |
| 2007 | 11,048,473 | 2,018,122 | 0.26% | 0.56% |
| 2008 | 11,077,841 | 2,021,316 | 0.27% | 0.16% |
| 2009 | 11,107,017 | 2,039,669 | 0.26% | 0.91% |
| 2010 | 11,121,341 | 2,048,583 | 0.13% | 0.44% |
| 2011 | 11,104,899 | 2,052,843 | -0.15% | 0.21% |
| 2012 | 11,045,011 | 2,057,159 | -0.54% | 0.21% |
| 2013 | 10,965,211 | 2,059,953 | -0.72% | 0.14% |
| 2014 | 10,892,413 | 2,061,980 | -0.66% | 0.1% |
| 2015 | 10,820,883 | 2,063,531 | -0.66% | 0.08% |
| 2016 | 10,775,971 | 2,065,042 | -0.42% | 0.07% |
| 2017 | 10,754,679 | 2,066,388 | -0.2% | 0.07% |
| 2018 | 10,732,882 | 2,073,894 | -0.2% | 0.36% |
| 2019 | 10,721,582 | 2,088,385 | -0.11% | 0.7% |
| 2020 | 10,698,599 | 2,102,419 | -0.21% | 0.67% |
| 2021 | 10,569,207 | 2,108,079 | -1.21% | 0.27% |
| 2022 | 10,436,882 | 2,112,076 | -1.25% | 0.19% |
| 2023 | 10,405,588 | 2,120,461 | -0.3% | 0.4% |
| 2024 | 10,388,805 | 2,126,324 | -0.16% | 0.28% |
| 2025 | 10,276,140 | 2,124,696 | -1.08% | -0.08% |
| 2026 | 10,232,997 | 2,122,189 | -0.42% | -0.12% |
| 2027 | 10,188,386 | 2,119,145 | -0.44% | -0.14% |
| 2028 | 10,143,203 | 2,115,423 | -0.44% | -0.18% |
| 2029 | 10,097,603 | 2,111,105 | -0.45% | -0.2% |
| 2030 | 10,051,921 | 2,106,524 | -0.45% | -0.22% |
| 2031 | 10,006,045 | 2,101,619 | -0.46% | -0.23% |
| 2032 | 9,959,048 | 2,096,578 | -0.47% | -0.24% |
| 2033 | 9,911,765 | 2,091,480 | -0.47% | -0.24% |
| 2034 | 9,865,342 | 2,086,418 | -0.47% | -0.24% |
| 2035 | 9,818,783 | 2,081,306 | -0.47% | -0.25% |
| 2036 | 9,772,426 | 2,075,930 | -0.47% | -0.26% |
| 2037 | 9,726,502 | 2,070,284 | -0.47% | -0.27% |
| 2038 | 9,680,639 | 2,064,791 | -0.47% | -0.27% |
| 2039 | 9,635,315 | 2,059,470 | -0.47% | -0.26% |
| 2040 | 9,590,401 | 2,054,131 | -0.47% | -0.26% |
| 2041 | 9,545,637 | 2,048,670 | -0.47% | -0.27% |
| 2042 | 9,501,568 | 2,042,743 | -0.46% | -0.29% |
| 2043 | 9,457,398 | 2,036,503 | -0.46% | -0.31% |
| 2044 | 9,411,943 | 2,030,103 | -0.48% | -0.31% |
| 2045 | 9,365,737 | 2,023,552 | -0.49% | -0.32% |
| 2046 | 9,319,023 | 2,016,934 | -0.5% | -0.33% |
| 2047 | 9,269,970 | 2,010,203 | -0.53% | -0.33% |
| 2048 | 9,218,699 | 2,003,376 | -0.55% | -0.34% |
| 2049 | 9,165,668 | 1,996,286 | -0.58% | -0.35% |
| 2050 | 9,111,122 | 1,988,691 | -0.6% | -0.38% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Greece decreased by 166,431 people (a 1.51% decline), while Slovenia gained 63,057 people (a 3.15% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Greece lost -544,743 (a 5.03% decline), while Slovenia's population increased by 61,165 (a 2.96% growth).
Greece was ranked 74th most populous country in 2005 and is 95th in 2025. Slovenia was ranked 142nd in 2005 and ranked 147th 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 Slovenia will decrease by 6.4% to 1,988,691 people and rank change from 147th to 148th.
Biggest cities by population
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| City | Population |
| Athens | 643K |
| Crete | 623K |
| Thessaloniki | 310K |
| Piraeus | 168K |
| Larissa | 146K |
| Peristeri | 134K |
| Glyfada | 89.6K |
| Nikaia | 88.1K |
| Nea Smyrni | 72.9K |
| Palaio Faliro | 64.9K |
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| City | Population |
| Ljubljana | 284K |
| Maribor | 96.2K |
| Kranj | 37.9K |
| Celje | 37.9K |
| Velenje | 25.6K |
| Novo Mesto | 24.2K |
| Nova Gorica | 13K |
| Izola | 11.7K |
| Murska Sobota | 11.2K |
| Piran | 3.79K |
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Population differences between Greece and Slovenia
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| Life expectancy | 82.2 years | 81.9 years |
| Average age | 45.5 years | 44 years |
| Median age | 47.3 years | 45.3 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 48.4:51.6 | 50.2:49.8 |
| Fertility rate | 1.32 births per woman | 1.51 births per woman |
| Population density | 208.7 ppl/mi² | 273.5 ppl/mi² |
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