Demographic history of modern Greece

Population censuses in Greece take place the first year of every decade. There have been 28 censuses in the history of modern Greece,^[1] conducted in various times, starting from 1828 at the end of the Greek War of Independence.

Year	Population	Area (km²)	Notes
1821	938,765	47,516	Population in the Peloponnese, Central Greece, and a few islands; 1821 estimate based on the 1828 census
1828 [el]	753,400		First national census of Greece
1834 [el]	693,592		First official census (1834–1835)
1838	752,077
1840	850,246
1841	861,019
1842	853,005
1843	915,059
1844	930,925
1845	960,236
1848	986,731
1853	1,035,527
1856	1,062,627
1861	1,096,810
1870	1,457,894	50,211	First census after the donation of the Ionian Islands by Great Britain (1864)
1879	1,679,470
1889	2,187,208	63,606	First census after Thessaly became part of Greece in 1881
1896	2,433,806
1907	2,631,952	63,211
1913	4,734,990	121,794	After the Balkan Wars, incorporation of Macedonia, Epirus, Crete, the eastern Aegean Islands (apart from the Dodecanese)^[2]
1920	5,531,474	149,150	Incorporation of Western Thrace and Eastern Thrace (apart from Constantinople) and Smyrna Zone
1928	6,204,684	129,880	Following loss of the Smyrna Zone and Eastern Thrace after the Treaty of Lausanne, and the population exchange between Greece and Turkey
1940	7,344,860
1951	7,632,801	131,957	The Dodecanese Islands were incorporated in 1947
1961	8,388,553
1971	8,768,641
1981	9,740,417
1991	10,258,364
2001 [el]	10,964,020
2011	10,815,197
2021	10,482,487

References

^ "Greek censuses (in Greek)". Archived from the original on 2014-01-16. Retrieved 2007-07-25.
^ Population exchange in Greek Macedonia, Elisabeth Kontogiorgi, page 50, 2006

[1] "Greek censuses (in Greek)". Archived from the original on 2014-01-16. Retrieved 2007-07-25.

[2] Population exchange in Greek Macedonia, Elisabeth Kontogiorgi, page 50, 2006

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