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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Greece	Spain	Greece	Spain
1960	8,331,725	30,455,000	-	-
1961	8,398,050	30,739,250	0.8%	0.93%
1962	8,448,233	31,023,366	0.6%	0.92%
1963	8,479,625	31,296,651	0.37%	0.88%
1964	8,510,429	31,609,195	0.36%	1%
1965	8,550,333	31,954,292	0.47%	1.09%
1966	8,613,651	32,283,194	0.74%	1.03%
1967	8,684,088	32,682,947	0.82%	1.24%
1968	8,740,765	33,113,134	0.65%	1.32%
1969	8,772,764	33,441,054	0.37%	0.99%
1970	8,792,806	33,814,531	0.23%	1.12%
1971	8,831,036	34,224,490	0.43%	1.21%
1972	8,888,628	34,604,469	0.65%	1.11%
1973	8,929,086	34,988,947	0.46%	1.11%
1974	8,962,022	35,373,335	0.37%	1.1%
1975	9,046,541	35,757,900	0.94%	1.09%
1976	9,188,150	36,137,812	1.57%	1.06%
1977	9,308,479	36,511,638	1.31%	1.03%
1978	9,429,959	36,864,898	1.31%	0.97%
1979	9,548,258	37,191,330	1.25%	0.89%
1980	9,642,505	37,491,165	0.99%	0.81%
1981	9,729,350	37,758,631	0.9%	0.71%
1982	9,789,513	37,986,012	0.62%	0.6%
1983	9,846,627	38,171,525	0.58%	0.49%
1984	9,895,801	38,330,364	0.5%	0.42%
1985	9,934,300	38,469,512	0.39%	0.36%
1986	9,967,213	38,584,624	0.33%	0.3%
1987	10,000,595	38,684,815	0.33%	0.26%
1988	10,036,983	38,766,939	0.36%	0.21%
1989	10,089,498	38,827,764	0.52%	0.16%
1990	10,196,792	38,867,322	1.06%	0.1%
1991	10,319,927	38,966,376	1.21%	0.25%
1992	10,399,061	39,157,685	0.77%	0.49%
1993	10,460,415	39,361,262	0.59%	0.52%
1994	10,512,922	39,549,108	0.5%	0.48%
1995	10,562,153	39,724,050	0.47%	0.44%
1996	10,608,800	39,889,852	0.44%	0.42%
1997	10,661,259	40,057,389	0.49%	0.42%
1998	10,720,509	40,223,509	0.56%	0.41%
1999	10,761,698	40,386,875	0.38%	0.41%
2000	10,805,808	40,567,864	0.41%	0.45%
2001	10,862,132	40,850,412	0.52%	0.7%
2002	10,902,022	41,431,558	0.37%	1.42%
2003	10,928,070	42,187,645	0.24%	1.82%
2004	10,955,141	42,921,895	0.25%	1.74%
2005	10,987,314	43,653,155	0.29%	1.7%
2006	11,020,362	44,397,319	0.3%	1.7%
2007	11,048,473	45,226,803	0.26%	1.87%
2008	11,077,841	45,954,106	0.27%	1.61%
2009	11,107,017	46,362,946	0.26%	0.89%
2010	11,121,341	46,576,897	0.13%	0.46%
2011	11,104,899	46,742,697	-0.15%	0.36%
2012	11,045,011	46,773,055	-0.54%	0.06%
2013	10,965,211	46,604,197	-0.72%	-0.36%
2014	10,892,413	46,460,733	-0.66%	-0.31%
2015	10,820,883	46,422,303	-0.66%	-0.08%
2016	10,775,971	46,458,139	-0.42%	0.08%
2017	10,754,679	46,571,232	-0.2%	0.24%
2018	10,732,882	46,782,011	-0.2%	0.45%
2019	10,721,582	47,118,501	-0.11%	0.72%
2020	10,698,599	47,359,424	-0.21%	0.51%
2021	10,569,207	47,443,821	-1.21%	0.18%
2022	10,436,882	47,786,102	-1.25%	0.72%
2023	10,405,588	48,347,910	-0.3%	1.18%
2024	10,388,805	48,807,137	-0.16%	0.95%
2025	10,276,140	48,786,181	-1.08%	-0.04%
2026	10,232,997	48,746,279	-0.42%	-0.08%
2027	10,188,386	48,696,847	-0.44%	-0.1%
2028	10,143,203	48,642,132	-0.44%	-0.11%
2029	10,097,603	48,578,166	-0.45%	-0.13%
2030	10,051,921	48,501,513	-0.45%	-0.16%
2031	10,006,045	48,412,854	-0.46%	-0.18%
2032	9,959,048	48,321,195	-0.47%	-0.19%
2033	9,911,765	48,230,054	-0.47%	-0.19%
2034	9,865,342	48,136,421	-0.47%	-0.19%
2035	9,818,783	48,036,650	-0.47%	-0.21%
2036	9,772,426	47,929,957	-0.47%	-0.22%
2037	9,726,502	47,819,257	-0.47%	-0.23%
2038	9,680,639	47,706,580	-0.47%	-0.24%
2039	9,635,315	47,588,878	-0.47%	-0.25%
2040	9,590,401	47,463,597	-0.47%	-0.26%
2041	9,545,637	47,332,618	-0.47%	-0.28%
2042	9,501,568	47,194,588	-0.46%	-0.29%
2043	9,457,398	47,052,293	-0.46%	-0.3%
2044	9,411,943	46,902,636	-0.48%	-0.32%
2045	9,365,737	46,738,565	-0.49%	-0.35%
2046	9,319,023	46,564,383	-0.5%	-0.37%
2047	9,269,970	46,381,681	-0.53%	-0.39%
2048	9,218,699	46,190,642	-0.55%	-0.41%
2049	9,165,668	45,985,428	-0.58%	-0.44%
2050	9,111,122	45,769,362	-0.6%	-0.47%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Greece decreased by 166,431 people (a 1.51% decline), while Spain gained 2,769,148 people (a 6.34% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Greece lost -544,743 (a 5.03% decline), while Spain's population increased by 2,363,878 (a 5.09% growth).

Greece was ranked 74th most populous country in 2005 and is 95th in 2025. Spain was ranked 28th in 2005 and ranked 32nd 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 Spain will decrease by 6.18% to 45,769,362 people and rank change from 32nd to 47th.