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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Greece	Turkey	Greece	Turkey
1960	8,331,725	28,329,898	-	-
1961	8,398,050	29,119,238	0.8%	2.79%
1962	8,448,233	29,916,147	0.6%	2.74%
1963	8,479,625	30,726,841	0.37%	2.71%
1964	8,510,429	31,543,072	0.36%	2.66%
1965	8,550,333	32,345,220	0.47%	2.54%
1966	8,613,651	33,177,672	0.74%	2.57%
1967	8,684,088	34,050,421	0.82%	2.63%
1968	8,740,765	34,921,684	0.65%	2.56%
1969	8,772,764	35,787,774	0.37%	2.48%
1970	8,792,806	36,638,465	0.23%	2.38%
1971	8,831,036	37,518,611	0.43%	2.4%
1972	8,888,628	38,430,221	0.65%	2.43%
1973	8,929,086	39,329,533	0.46%	2.34%
1974	8,962,022	40,210,234	0.37%	2.24%
1975	9,046,541	41,053,126	0.94%	2.1%
1976	9,188,150	41,899,984	1.57%	2.06%
1977	9,308,479	42,773,298	1.31%	2.08%
1978	9,429,959	43,645,306	1.31%	2.04%
1979	9,548,258	44,510,429	1.25%	1.98%
1980	9,642,505	45,408,815	0.99%	2.02%
1981	9,729,350	46,321,190	0.9%	2.01%
1982	9,789,513	47,322,096	0.62%	2.16%
1983	9,846,627	48,447,410	0.58%	2.38%
1984	9,895,801	49,574,069	0.5%	2.33%
1985	9,934,300	50,687,115	0.39%	2.25%
1986	9,967,213	51,777,772	0.33%	2.15%
1987	10,000,595	52,843,670	0.33%	2.06%
1988	10,036,983	53,909,626	0.36%	2.02%
1989	10,089,498	54,976,723	0.52%	1.98%
1990	10,196,792	56,015,628	1.06%	1.89%
1991	10,319,927	57,009,887	1.21%	1.77%
1992	10,399,061	57,990,118	0.77%	1.72%
1993	10,460,415	58,999,167	0.59%	1.74%
1994	10,512,922	60,033,836	0.5%	1.75%
1995	10,562,153	61,024,503	0.47%	1.65%
1996	10,608,800	61,951,134	0.44%	1.52%
1997	10,661,259	62,852,966	0.49%	1.46%
1998	10,720,509	63,734,383	0.56%	1.4%
1999	10,761,698	64,591,923	0.38%	1.35%
2000	10,805,808	65,425,961	0.41%	1.29%
2001	10,862,132	66,245,128	0.52%	1.25%
2002	10,902,022	67,048,795	0.37%	1.21%
2003	10,928,070	67,831,730	0.24%	1.17%
2004	10,955,141	68,592,617	0.25%	1.12%
2005	10,987,314	69,329,557	0.29%	1.07%
2006	11,020,362	70,045,349	0.3%	1.03%
2007	11,048,473	70,158,112	0.26%	0.16%
2008	11,077,841	71,051,678	0.27%	1.27%
2009	11,107,017	72,039,206	0.26%	1.39%
2010	11,121,341	73,142,150	0.13%	1.53%
2011	11,104,899	74,223,629	-0.15%	1.48%
2012	11,045,011	75,175,827	-0.54%	1.28%
2013	10,965,211	76,147,624	-0.72%	1.29%
2014	10,892,413	77,181,884	-0.66%	1.36%
2015	10,820,883	78,218,479	-0.66%	1.34%
2016	10,775,971	79,277,962	-0.42%	1.35%
2017	10,754,679	80,312,698	-0.2%	1.31%
2018	10,732,882	81,407,204	-0.2%	1.36%
2019	10,721,582	82,579,440	-0.11%	1.44%
2020	10,698,599	83,384,680	-0.21%	0.98%
2021	10,569,207	84,147,318	-1.21%	0.91%
2022	10,436,882	84,979,913	-1.25%	0.99%
2023	10,407,351	85,325,965	-0.28%	0.41%
2024	10,405,134	85,518,661	-0.02%	0.23%
2025	10,292,291	85,725,557	-1.08%	0.24%
2026	10,249,082	85,960,835	-0.42%	0.27%
2027	10,204,400	86,227,115	-0.44%	0.31%
2028	10,159,146	86,502,744	-0.44%	0.32%
2029	10,113,475	86,771,652	-0.45%	0.31%
2030	10,067,720	87,037,680	-0.45%	0.31%
2031	10,021,773	87,297,191	-0.46%	0.3%
2032	9,974,701	87,537,075	-0.47%	0.27%
2033	9,927,344	87,762,403	-0.47%	0.26%
2034	9,880,848	87,974,138	-0.47%	0.24%
2035	9,834,216	88,172,739	-0.47%	0.23%
2036	9,787,786	88,364,318	-0.47%	0.22%
2037	9,741,790	88,545,669	-0.47%	0.21%
2038	9,695,855	88,707,268	-0.47%	0.18%
2039	9,650,459	88,849,956	-0.47%	0.16%
2040	9,605,475	88,975,510	-0.47%	0.14%
2041	9,560,641	89,083,304	-0.47%	0.12%
2042	9,516,502	89,177,769	-0.46%	0.11%
2043	9,472,263	89,254,147	-0.46%	0.09%
2044	9,426,737	89,311,458	-0.48%	0.06%
2045	9,380,458	89,349,806	-0.49%	0.04%
2046	9,333,671	89,375,429	-0.5%	0.03%
2047	9,284,541	89,383,765	-0.53%	0.009%
2048	9,233,189	89,361,174	-0.55%	-0.03%
2049	9,180,074	89,306,566	-0.58%	-0.06%
2050	9,125,443	89,218,346	-0.6%	-0.1%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Greece decreased by 244,391 people (a 2.22% decline), while Turkey gained 9,232,613 people (a 13.2% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Greece lost -526,889 (a 4.89% decline), while Turkey's population increased by 6,685,783 (a 8.43% growth).

Greece was ranked 74th most populous country in 2006 and is 96th in 2026. Turkey was ranked 18th in 2006 and still ranked 18th 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 Turkey will increase by 3.79% to 89,218,346 people and rank change from 18th to 19th.