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,[1] conducted in various times, starting from 1828 at the end of the Greek War of Independence.

YearPopulationArea (km2)Notes
1821938,76547,516Population in the Peloponnese, Central Greece, and a few islands; 1821 estimate based on the 1828 census
1828753,400First national census of Greece
1834693,592First official census (1834–1835)
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 (1864)
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 (apart from the Dodecanese)[2]
19205,531,474149,150Incorporation of Western Thrace and Eastern Thrace (apart from Constantinople) 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
200110,964,020
201110,815,197

See also

References

  1. "Greek censuses (in Greek)". Archived from the original on 2014-01-16. Retrieved 2007-07-25.
  2. Population exchange in Greek Macedonia, Elisabeth Kontogiorgi, page 50, 2006
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