Population in Greece compared to the United States: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Greece and the United States: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Greece	United States	Greece	United States
1900	-	76,094,000	-	-
1901	-	77,584,000	-	1.96%
1902	-	79,163,000	-	2.04%
1903	-	80,632,000	-	1.86%
1904	-	82,166,000	-	1.9%
1905	-	83,822,000	-	2.02%
1906	-	85,450,000	-	1.94%
1907	-	87,008,000	-	1.82%
1908	-	88,710,000	-	1.96%
1909	-	90,490,000	-	2.01%
1910	-	92,407,000	-	2.12%
1911	-	93,863,000	-	1.58%
1912	-	95,335,000	-	1.57%
1913	-	97,225,000	-	1.98%
1914	-	99,111,000	-	1.94%
1915	-	100,546,000	-	1.45%
1916	-	101,961,000	-	1.41%
1917	-	103,268,000	-	1.28%
1918	-	103,208,000	-	-0.06%
1919	-	104,514,000	-	1.27%
1920	-	106,461,000	-	1.86%
1921	-	108,538,000	-	1.95%
1922	-	110,049,000	-	1.39%
1923	-	111,947,000	-	1.72%
1924	-	114,109,000	-	1.93%
1925	-	115,829,000	-	1.51%
1926	-	117,397,000	-	1.35%
1927	-	119,035,000	-	1.4%
1928	-	120,509,000	-	1.24%
1929	-	121,767,000	-	1.04%
1930	-	123,076,741	-	1.08%
1931	-	124,039,648	-	0.78%
1932	-	124,840,471	-	0.65%
1933	-	125,578,763	-	0.59%
1934	-	126,373,773	-	0.63%
1935	-	127,250,232	-	0.69%
1936	-	128,053,180	-	0.63%
1937	-	128,824,829	-	0.6%
1938	-	129,824,939	-	0.78%
1939	-	130,879,718	-	0.81%
1940	-	132,122,446	-	0.95%
1941	-	133,402,471	-	0.97%
1942	-	134,859,553	-	1.09%
1943	-	136,739,353	-	1.39%
1944	-	138,397,345	-	1.21%
1945	-	139,928,165	-	1.11%
1946	-	141,388,566	-	1.04%
1947	-	144,126,071	-	1.94%
1948	-	146,631,302	-	1.74%
1949	-	149,188,130	-	1.74%
1950	-	152,271,417	-	2.07%
1951	-	154,877,889	-	1.71%
1952	-	157,552,740	-	1.73%
1953	-	160,184,192	-	1.67%
1954	-	163,025,854	-	1.77%
1955	-	165,931,202	-	1.78%
1956	-	168,903,031	-	1.79%
1957	-	171,984,130	-	1.82%
1958	-	174,881,904	-	1.68%
1959	-	177,829,628	-	1.69%
1960	8,331,725	180,671,158	-	1.6%
1961	8,398,050	183,691,481	0.8%	1.67%
1962	8,448,233	186,537,737	0.6%	1.55%
1963	8,479,625	189,241,798	0.37%	1.45%
1964	8,510,429	191,888,791	0.36%	1.4%
1965	8,550,333	194,302,963	0.47%	1.26%
1966	8,613,651	196,560,338	0.74%	1.16%
1967	8,684,088	198,712,056	0.82%	1.09%
1968	8,740,765	200,706,052	0.65%	1%
1969	8,772,764	202,676,946	0.37%	0.98%
1970	8,792,806	205,052,174	0.23%	1.17%
1971	8,831,036	207,660,677	0.43%	1.27%
1972	8,888,628	209,896,021	0.65%	1.08%
1973	8,929,086	211,908,788	0.46%	0.96%
1974	8,962,022	213,853,928	0.37%	0.92%
1975	9,046,541	215,973,199	0.94%	0.99%
1976	9,188,150	218,035,164	1.57%	0.95%
1977	9,308,479	220,239,425	1.31%	1.01%
1978	9,429,959	222,584,545	1.31%	1.06%
1979	9,548,258	225,055,487	1.25%	1.11%
1980	9,642,505	226,542,250	0.99%	0.66%
1981	9,729,350	229,465,744	0.9%	1.29%
1982	9,789,513	231,664,432	0.62%	0.96%
1983	9,846,627	233,792,014	0.58%	0.92%
1984	9,895,801	235,824,908	0.5%	0.87%
1985	9,934,300	237,923,734	0.39%	0.89%
1986	9,967,213	240,132,831	0.33%	0.93%
1987	10,000,595	242,288,936	0.33%	0.9%
1988	10,036,983	244,499,004	0.36%	0.91%
1989	10,089,498	246,819,222	0.52%	0.95%
1990	10,196,792	250,131,894	1.06%	1.34%
1991	10,319,927	253,492,503	1.21%	1.34%
1992	10,399,061	256,894,189	0.77%	1.34%
1993	10,460,415	260,255,352	0.59%	1.31%
1994	10,512,922	263,435,673	0.5%	1.22%
1995	10,562,153	266,557,091	0.47%	1.18%
1996	10,608,800	269,667,391	0.44%	1.17%
1997	10,661,259	272,911,760	0.49%	1.2%
1998	10,720,509	276,115,288	0.56%	1.17%
1999	10,761,698	279,294,713	0.38%	1.15%
2000	10,805,808	282,162,411	0.41%	1.03%
2001	10,862,132	284,968,955	0.52%	0.99%
2002	10,902,022	287,625,193	0.37%	0.93%
2003	10,928,070	290,107,933	0.24%	0.86%
2004	10,955,141	292,805,298	0.25%	0.93%
2005	10,987,314	295,516,599	0.29%	0.93%
2006	11,020,362	298,379,912	0.3%	0.97%
2007	11,048,473	301,231,207	0.26%	0.96%
2008	11,077,841	304,093,966	0.27%	0.95%
2009	11,107,017	306,771,529	0.26%	0.88%
2010	11,121,341	309,327,143	0.13%	0.83%
2011	11,104,899	311,583,481	-0.15%	0.73%
2012	11,045,011	313,877,662	-0.54%	0.74%
2013	10,965,211	316,059,947	-0.72%	0.7%
2014	10,892,413	318,386,329	-0.66%	0.74%
2015	10,820,883	320,738,994	-0.66%	0.74%
2016	10,775,971	323,071,755	-0.42%	0.73%
2017	10,754,679	325,122,128	-0.2%	0.63%
2018	10,732,882	326,838,199	-0.2%	0.53%
2019	10,721,582	328,329,953	-0.11%	0.46%
2020	10,698,599	331,526,933	-0.21%	0.97%
2021	10,569,207	331,893,745	-1.21%	0.11%
2022	10,436,882	333,271,411	-1.25%	0.42%
2023	10,405,588	334,914,895	-0.3%	0.49%
2024	10,388,805	340,110,988	-0.16%	1.55%
2025	10,276,140	341,931,772	-1.08%	0.54%
2026	10,232,997	343,664,369	-0.42%	0.51%
2027	10,188,386	345,331,185	-0.44%	0.49%
2028	10,143,203	346,981,137	-0.44%	0.48%
2029	10,097,603	348,601,982	-0.45%	0.47%
2030	10,051,921	350,176,974	-0.45%	0.45%
2031	10,006,045	351,725,612	-0.46%	0.44%
2032	9,959,048	353,249,060	-0.47%	0.43%
2033	9,911,765	354,749,644	-0.47%	0.42%
2034	9,865,342	356,234,239	-0.47%	0.42%
2035	9,818,783	357,694,316	-0.47%	0.41%
2036	9,772,426	359,119,002	-0.47%	0.4%
2037	9,726,502	360,517,853	-0.47%	0.39%
2038	9,680,639	361,895,407	-0.47%	0.38%
2039	9,635,315	363,229,908	-0.47%	0.37%
2040	9,590,401	364,512,364	-0.47%	0.35%
2041	9,545,637	365,753,139	-0.47%	0.34%
2042	9,501,568	366,969,419	-0.46%	0.33%
2043	9,457,398	368,146,925	-0.46%	0.32%
2044	9,411,943	369,258,123	-0.48%	0.3%
2045	9,365,737	370,318,770	-0.49%	0.29%
2046	9,319,023	371,328,255	-0.5%	0.27%
2047	9,269,970	372,299,116	-0.53%	0.26%
2048	9,218,699	373,230,539	-0.55%	0.25%
2049	9,165,668	374,119,803	-0.58%	0.24%
2050	9,111,122	374,986,259	-0.6%	0.23%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Greece decreased by 166,431 people (a 1.51% decline), while the United States gained 25,222,395 people (a 8.54% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Greece lost -544,743 (a 5.03% decline), while the United States' population increased by 22,584,536 (a 7.04% growth).

Greece was ranked 74th most populous country in 2005 and is 95th in 2025. The United States was ranked 3rd in 2005 and still ranked 3rd 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 the United States will increase by 9.22% to 374,986,259 people and will still be ranked 3rd.