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Geography
Area : 131,957 km²
Borders : 1,110 km (Albania 212 km, Bulgaria 472 km, Turkey 192 km, North Macedonia 234 km)
Coastline : 13,676 km
Capital : Athens
Official language : Greek
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Population
Population : 10,413,982 inhabitants (2023)
Crude natural change rate : -6.1‰ (2022)
Population repartition: 13.4% under 15 years old; 23% over 65 years old (2023)
Foreign residents: 2% EU nationals, 7% non-EU nationals (2021)
Crude net migration rate: 1.3 (2023 est.)
First time asylum applicants: 64,225 (2023)
Life expectancy: men 79 years, women 84.2 years (2023)
Religions: Orthodox 81-90%, none 4-15%, other 3%, Muslim 2%, unspecified 1% (2015 est.)
Source : Eurostat, The World Factbook
Economy
Currency: Euro
GDP: € 220,302.6 million (2023)
GDP per capita (PPS): € 19,150 (2023)
GDP growth : 2% (2023)
Inflation: 2.4% (June 2024)
Public debt: 161.9% of GDP (Q4 2023)
Unemployment: 10.6% (May 2024)
Stock of foreign direct investment from the entire world: 24.3% of GDP (2022)
Budget balance: -1.2% of GDP (Q4 2023)
Source : Eurostat, OCDE, Trading Economics
Political system
Republic, unicameral parliamentary democracy
Head of State: Ekaterini Sakellaropoulou was sworn in as President on 13 March 2020
Head of Government: Kyriakos Mitsotakis (New Democracy) was reinstated Prime Minister on 26 June 2023 following the early parliamentary elections of June 25th 2023. His party emerged victorious with an absolute majority in the Vouli.
The Vouli ton Ellinon (“Council of the Greeks”) numbers 300 members, elected by proportional vote for a term of four years.
Political representation
Composition of the Parliament (in June 2023):
- 158 seats New Democracy (ND)
- 36 seats the Radical Left Coalition (SYRIZA)
- 32 seats Movement for Change (PASOK-KINAL)
- 21 seats Communist Party of Greece (KKE)
- 12 seats Greek Solution (EL)
- 11 seats Spartans
- 11 seats New Left
- 10 seats Democratic Patriotic Movement - Victory (Nikh)
- 6 seats Course of Freedom
- 3 seats Independants
Women's representations
- in the government - 4/21
- in the Vouli - 63/300
Next Elections:
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