One in every 1,886 babies born in the world today is born in Greece. Greece has about 70,000 births a year, around 0.1% of all births worldwide.

Births per year
70,000
Share of world births
0.1%
Birth odds
1/1,886
Life expectancy
81 years
Risk of dying before age 5
0.4%
Income per person, PPP
US$38,000
Children per woman
1.3
Urban population
80%

Life expectancy in Greece is 81 years, which is 8 years longer than the world average.

Of every 1,000 babies born here, about 4 do not reach their fifth birthday. The world average is 37 per 1,000.

Income per person is about US$38,000 in purchasing power. That is 1.7 times the world average.

On average a woman has 1.3 children in her lifetime. The world average is 2.3.

About 80% of the population lives in cities. A baby born here has roughly a 20% chance of being born in the countryside.

Religious makeup

  • Christianity90%
  • No religion6%
  • Islam4%

Sample names given to people born in this country in the game

Giorgos · Nikos · Dimitris · Eleni · Maria · Katerina

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Values are rounded approximations. Sources: UN World Population Prospects 2024, World Bank WDI, Pew Research Center 2020.