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Rural population — Greece

Rural population in Greece in 2025 — 2,163,541 people. Ranked 102 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 41.2%.

2025 2.16M people −1% vs 2024
World rank 102of 217
Period maximum 3.68M people1960
Period minimum 2.16M people2025

Trend over time

1960–2025 · people

Rural population — Greece, 1960–20252M2.5M3M3.5M4M19601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 3,678,910 people1962: 3,632,171 people1964: 3,515,198 people1966: 3,388,259 people1968: 3,266,124 people1970: 3,136,908 people1972: 3,058,013 people1974: 2,978,720 people1976: 2,956,493 people1978: 2,947,885 people1980: 2,943,358 people1982: 2,934,723 people1984: 2,921,945 people1986: 2,904,807 people1988: 2,891,554 people1990: 2,906,546 people1992: 2,935,529 people1994: 2,945,009 people1996: 2,951,457 people1998: 2,959,805 people2000: 2,953,698 people2002: 2,932,893 people2004: 2,867,315 people2006: 2,786,195 people2008: 2,701,323 people2010: 2,628,735 people2012: 2,554,934 people2014: 2,471,156 people2016: 2,401,716 people2018: 2,355,968 people2020: 2,320,881 people2022: 2,238,886 people2024: 2,185,413 people2025: 2,163,541 people
Change over the period: −1.52M (−41.19%) Average annual rate: -0.81 %

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Greece

Greece 2.16M people
World 3.46B people
Europe & Central Asia 242M people
Southern Europe computed 42.97M people
High-income countries computed 274M people
Rural population — Greece, by year Greece All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2025 2.16M −21,872 −1%
2024 2.19M −23,586 −1.07%
2023 2.21M −29,887 −1.33%
2022 2.24M −45,479 −1.99%
2021 2.28M −36,516 −1.57%
2020 2.32M −17,624 −0.75%
2019 2.34M −17,463 −0.74%
2018 2.36M −21,942 −0.92%
2017 2.38M −23,806 −0.99%
2016 2.4M −30,879 −1.27%
2015 2.43M −38,561 −1.56%
2014 2.47M −40,404 −1.61%
2013 2.51M −43,374 −1.7%
2012 2.55M −39,697 −1.53%
2011 2.59M −34,104 −1.3%
2010 2.63M −35,006 −1.31%
2009 2.66M −37,582 −1.39%
2008 2.7M −41,422 −1.51%
2007 2.74M −43,450 −1.56%
2006 2.79M −41,749 −1.48%
2005 2.83M −39,371 −1.37%
2004 2.87M −36,025 −1.24%
2003 2.9M −29,553 −1.01%
2002 2.93M −16,603 −0.56%
2001 2.95M −4,202 −0.14%
2000 2.95M −3,838 −0.13%
1999 2.96M −2,269 −0.08%
1998 2.96M +4,509 +0.15%
1997 2.96M +3,839 +0.13%
1996 2.95M +2,840 +0.1%
1995 2.95M +3,608 +0.12%
1994 2.95M +4,017 +0.14%
1993 2.94M +5,463 +0.19%
1992 2.94M +8,823 +0.3%
1991 2.93M +20,160 +0.69%
1990 2.91M +15,485 +0.54%
1989 2.89M −493 −0.02%
1988 2.89M −5,755 −0.2%
1987 2.9M −7,498 −0.26%
1986 2.9M −8,733 −0.3%
1985 2.91M −8,405 −0.29%
1984 2.92M −6,743 −0.23%
1983 2.93M −6,035 −0.21%
1982 2.93M −6,892 −0.23%
1981 2.94M −1,743 −0.06%
1980 2.94M −3,997 −0.14%
1979 2.95M −530 −0.02%
1978 2.95M −2,791 −0.09%
1977 2.95M −5,817 −0.2%
1976 2.96M −962 −0.03%
1975 2.96M −21,265 −0.71%
1974 2.98M −40,148 −1.33%
1973 3.02M −39,145 −1.28%
1972 3.06M −33,823 −1.09%
1971 3.09M −45,072 −1.44%
1970 3.14M −62,424 −1.95%
1969 3.2M −66,792 −2.04%
1968 3.27M −62,823 −1.89%
1967 3.33M −59,312 −1.75%
1966 3.39M −60,757 −1.76%
1965 3.45M −66,182 −1.88%
1964 3.52M −63,322 −1.77%
1963 3.58M −53,651 −1.48%
1962 3.63M −32,668 −0.89%
1961 3.66M −14,071 −0.38%
1960 3.68M — —

Southern Europe, 2025

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

IT Italy 17.86M ES Spain 9.62M PT Portugal 4.16M RS Serbia 2.45M GR Greece 2.16M HR Croatia 1.64M BA Bosnia and Herzegovina 1.49M AL Albania 966,348 SI Slovenia 937,832 XK Kosovo 773,835 MK North Macedonia 675,721 ME Montenegro 214,303 MT Malta 25,040 AD Andorra 9,161 SM San Marino 959 GI Gibraltar 0 MC Monaco 0
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About the indicator

The population living outside urban settlements. In the catalog this quantity was present only as a share, while the absolute number shows what the share does not: the world's rural population stopped growing only in the 2020s and still exceeds three billion people, even though the share has been falling for half a century. Each country defines a city itself, so cross-country comparisons of this series call for caution.

Important: It is computed as the difference between total and urban population, and the criterion for a city is national: in some places it is a settlement of two thousand residents, in others twenty thousand. Comparing the trend within a country is more reliable than comparing countries with each other.

Source: World Population Prospects (UN), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.

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