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Greece — Population growth
Population Growth (Annual %) for Greece, 1961–2025.
Latest value · 2025
0.08%
Population Growth (Annual %) · annual % · -89.3% since 1961
Population growth for Greece was 0.08% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 65 years, from 1961 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 1.55% in 1976. The lowest was -1.26% in 2022 (about -14.9× the latest value). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -3.43% per year.
Greece ranks 165 of 217 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 76%. The median for Europe & Central Asia is 0.30%, so Greece sits below it. It peaked in 1976 and has fallen 95% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved up 113%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
0.08%
First (1961)
0.79%
Change
-89.3%
Highest
1.55%
in 1976
Lowest
-1.26%
in 2022
Average
0.34%
Annual growth (CAGR)
-3.43%
Years of data
65
Recent years
| Year | annual % |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 0.08% |
| 2024 | -0.02% |
| 2023 | -0.29% |
| 2022 | -1.26% |
| 2021 | -1.21% |
| 2020 | -0.21% |
| 2019 | -0.11% |
| 2018 | -0.2% |
| 2017 | -0.2% |
| 2016 | -0.42% |
| 2015 | -0.66% |
| 2014 | -0.67% |
Reading this correctly. Annual population growth rate. A negative value means the population shrank, usually through emigration or low birth rates. Figures are in annual %. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
SP.POP.GROW — Population Growth (Annual %). Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.