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, conducted in various times, starting from 1828 at the end of the Greek War of Independence.
YearPopulationArea Notes
1821938,76547,516Population in the Peloponnese, Central Greece, and a few islands; 1828 estimate based on the 1828 census
753,400First national census of Greece
693,592First official census
1838752,077
1840850,246
1841861,019
1842853,005
1843915,059
1844930,925
1845960,236
1848986,731
18531,035,527
18561,062,627
18611,096,810
18701,457,89450,211First census after the donation of the Ionian Islands by Great Britain
18791,679,470
18892,187,20863,606First census after Thessaly became part of Greece in 1881
18962,433,806
19072,631,95263,211
19134,734,990121,794After the Balkan Wars, incorporation of Macedonia, Epirus, Crete, the eastern Aegean Islands
19205,531,474149,150Incorporation of Western Thrace and Eastern Thrace and Smyrna Zone
19286,204,684129,880Following loss of the Smyrna Zone and Eastern Thrace after the Treaty of Lausanne, and the population exchange between Greece and Turkey
19407,344,860
19517,632,801131,957The Dodecanese Islands were incorporated in 1947
19618,388,553
19718,768,641
19819,740,417
199110,258,364
10,964,020
201110,815,197