The latest officially reported population of Greece was 10,388,805 in 2024 vs 23,410,331 people in Taiwan in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Greece's population is 10,276,140 people compared to 23,308,308 in Taiwan.
Population statistics:
- Taiwan's population is 2.27 times bigger than Greece's.
- Greece is ranked the 95th most populous country in the world, while Taiwan is the 60th.
- The countries together account for 0.41% of the world: 0.12% for Greece vs 0.28% for Taiwan.
- For the last 10 years, Greece has had an average growth rate of -0.49% per year vs +0.03% in Taiwan.
- Since 2005, the population of Greece has decreased from 11M people to 10.3M (6.47% decline), while Taiwan has grown from 22.7M to 23.3M (2.55% 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 39.5% in Taiwan.
Greece vs Taiwan: live population counter
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| Current population |
10276140
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23308308
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| Population rank | 95/197 | 60/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.12% | 0.28% |
| One net population change |
31.3 minutes
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7.75 minutes
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| One birth every |
7.43 minutes
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3.9 minutes
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| One death every |
4.14 minutes
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2.6 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
4.28 minutes
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11.2 minutes
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| Annual migration change | -122,772 | +47,029 |
| Daily growth/decline | -46 | +186 |
| Annual growth/decline | -16,783 | +67,790 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | -0.16% | +0.29% |
| Population growth rate rank | 175/197 | 150/197 |
Greece and Taiwan: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 8,331,725 | - | - | - |
| 1961 | 8,398,050 | 11,030,385 | 0.8% | - |
| 1962 | 8,448,233 | 11,392,513 | 0.6% | 3.28% |
| 1963 | 8,479,625 | 11,762,101 | 0.37% | 3.24% |
| 1964 | 8,510,429 | 12,137,143 | 0.36% | 3.19% |
| 1965 | 8,550,333 | 12,511,863 | 0.47% | 3.09% |
| 1966 | 8,613,651 | 12,874,153 | 0.74% | 2.9% |
| 1967 | 8,684,088 | 13,210,344 | 0.82% | 2.61% |
| 1968 | 8,740,765 | 13,548,537 | 0.65% | 2.56% |
| 1969 | 8,772,764 | 14,068,984 | 0.37% | 3.84% |
| 1970 | 8,792,806 | 14,582,944 | 0.23% | 3.65% |
| 1971 | 8,831,036 | 14,913,564 | 0.43% | 2.27% |
| 1972 | 8,888,628 | 15,220,495 | 0.65% | 2.06% |
| 1973 | 8,929,086 | 15,505,121 | 0.46% | 1.87% |
| 1974 | 8,962,022 | 15,784,817 | 0.37% | 1.8% |
| 1975 | 9,046,541 | 16,075,128 | 0.94% | 1.84% |
| 1976 | 9,188,150 | 16,401,413 | 1.57% | 2.03% |
| 1977 | 9,308,479 | 16,730,895 | 1.31% | 2.01% |
| 1978 | 9,429,959 | 17,042,272 | 1.31% | 1.86% |
| 1979 | 9,548,258 | 17,372,779 | 1.25% | 1.94% |
| 1980 | 9,642,505 | 17,704,538 | 0.99% | 1.91% |
| 1981 | 9,729,350 | 18,029,982 | 0.9% | 1.84% |
| 1982 | 9,789,513 | 18,354,855 | 0.62% | 1.8% |
| 1983 | 9,846,627 | 18,653,146 | 0.58% | 1.63% |
| 1984 | 9,895,801 | 18,929,866 | 0.5% | 1.48% |
| 1985 | 9,934,300 | 19,191,510 | 0.39% | 1.38% |
| 1986 | 9,967,213 | 19,411,454 | 0.33% | 1.15% |
| 1987 | 10,000,595 | 19,617,046 | 0.33% | 1.06% |
| 1988 | 10,036,983 | 19,839,704 | 0.36% | 1.14% |
| 1989 | 10,089,498 | 20,055,492 | 0.52% | 1.09% |
| 1990 | 10,196,792 | 20,278,946 | 1.06% | 1.11% |
| 1991 | 10,319,927 | 20,503,568 | 1.21% | 1.11% |
| 1992 | 10,399,061 | 20,704,227 | 0.77% | 0.98% |
| 1993 | 10,460,415 | 20,899,019 | 0.59% | 0.94% |
| 1994 | 10,512,922 | 21,086,645 | 0.5% | 0.9% |
| 1995 | 10,562,153 | 21,267,653 | 0.47% | 0.86% |
| 1996 | 10,608,800 | 21,441,432 | 0.44% | 0.82% |
| 1997 | 10,661,259 | 21,634,124 | 0.49% | 0.9% |
| 1998 | 10,720,509 | 21,835,703 | 0.56% | 0.93% |
| 1999 | 10,761,698 | 22,010,489 | 0.38% | 0.8% |
| 2000 | 10,805,808 | 22,184,530 | 0.41% | 0.79% |
| 2001 | 10,862,132 | 22,341,120 | 0.52% | 0.71% |
| 2002 | 10,902,022 | 22,463,172 | 0.37% | 0.55% |
| 2003 | 10,928,070 | 22,562,663 | 0.24% | 0.44% |
| 2004 | 10,955,141 | 22,646,836 | 0.25% | 0.37% |
| 2005 | 10,987,314 | 22,729,753 | 0.29% | 0.37% |
| 2006 | 11,020,362 | 22,823,455 | 0.3% | 0.41% |
| 2007 | 11,048,473 | 22,917,444 | 0.26% | 0.41% |
| 2008 | 11,077,841 | 22,997,696 | 0.27% | 0.35% |
| 2009 | 11,107,017 | 23,078,402 | 0.26% | 0.35% |
| 2010 | 11,121,341 | 23,140,948 | 0.13% | 0.27% |
| 2011 | 11,104,899 | 23,193,518 | -0.15% | 0.23% |
| 2012 | 11,045,011 | 23,270,367 | -0.54% | 0.33% |
| 2013 | 10,965,211 | 23,344,670 | -0.72% | 0.32% |
| 2014 | 10,892,413 | 23,403,635 | -0.66% | 0.25% |
| 2015 | 10,820,883 | 23,462,914 | -0.66% | 0.25% |
| 2016 | 10,775,971 | 23,515,945 | -0.42% | 0.23% |
| 2017 | 10,754,679 | 23,555,522 | -0.2% | 0.17% |
| 2018 | 10,732,882 | 23,580,080 | -0.2% | 0.1% |
| 2019 | 10,721,582 | 23,596,027 | -0.11% | 0.07% |
| 2020 | 10,698,599 | 23,582,179 | -0.21% | -0.06% |
| 2021 | 10,569,207 | 23,468,275 | -1.21% | -0.48% |
| 2022 | 10,436,882 | 23,319,977 | -1.25% | -0.63% |
| 2023 | 10,405,588 | 23,342,541 | -0.3% | 0.1% |
| 2024 | 10,388,805 | 23,410,331 | -0.16% | 0.29% |
| 2025 | 10,276,140 | 23,308,308 | -1.08% | -0.44% |
| 2026 | 10,232,997 | 23,205,944 | -0.42% | -0.44% |
| 2027 | 10,188,386 | 23,102,120 | -0.44% | -0.45% |
| 2028 | 10,143,203 | 22,996,693 | -0.44% | -0.46% |
| 2029 | 10,097,603 | 22,890,335 | -0.45% | -0.46% |
| 2030 | 10,051,921 | 22,781,040 | -0.45% | -0.48% |
| 2031 | 10,006,045 | 22,667,327 | -0.46% | -0.5% |
| 2032 | 9,959,048 | 22,549,689 | -0.47% | -0.52% |
| 2033 | 9,911,765 | 22,428,721 | -0.47% | -0.54% |
| 2034 | 9,865,342 | 22,302,402 | -0.47% | -0.56% |
| 2035 | 9,818,783 | 22,170,689 | -0.47% | -0.59% |
| 2036 | 9,772,426 | 22,034,775 | -0.47% | -0.61% |
| 2037 | 9,726,502 | 21,893,029 | -0.47% | -0.64% |
| 2038 | 9,680,639 | 21,746,001 | -0.47% | -0.67% |
| 2039 | 9,635,315 | 21,594,236 | -0.47% | -0.7% |
| 2040 | 9,590,401 | 21,436,947 | -0.47% | -0.73% |
| 2041 | 9,545,637 | 21,274,187 | -0.47% | -0.76% |
| 2042 | 9,501,568 | 21,105,682 | -0.46% | -0.79% |
| 2043 | 9,457,398 | 20,932,105 | -0.46% | -0.82% |
| 2044 | 9,411,943 | 20,754,623 | -0.48% | -0.85% |
| 2045 | 9,365,737 | 20,571,741 | -0.49% | -0.88% |
| 2046 | 9,319,023 | 20,384,903 | -0.5% | -0.91% |
| 2047 | 9,269,970 | 20,194,425 | -0.53% | -0.93% |
| 2048 | 9,218,699 | 19,999,753 | -0.55% | -0.96% |
| 2049 | 9,165,668 | 19,801,293 | -0.58% | -0.99% |
| 2050 | 9,111,122 | 19,598,997 | -0.6% | -1.02% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Greece decreased by 166,431 people (a 1.51% decline), while Taiwan gained 733,161 people (a 3.23% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Greece lost -544,743 (a 5.03% decline), while Taiwan's population decreased by -154,606 (a 0.66% decline).
Greece was ranked 74th most populous country in 2005 and is 95th in 2025. Taiwan was ranked 48th in 2005 and ranked 60th 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 Taiwan will decrease by 15.9% to 19,598,997 people and rank change from 60th to 76th.
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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Population differences between Greece and Taiwan
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| Life expectancy | 82.2 years | 80.9 years |
| Average age | 45.5 years | 44.1 years |
| Median age | 47.3 years | 45.1 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 48.4:51.6 | 49.3:50.7 |
| Fertility rate | 1.32 births per woman | 0.89 births per woman |
| Population density | 208.7 ppl/mi² | 1,675 ppl/mi² |
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