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.
Year
Population
Area (km2)
Notes
1821
938,765
47,516
Population in the Peloponnese, Central Greece, and a few islands; 1821 estimate based on the 1828 census
1828 [el]
753,400
First national census of Greece
1834 [el]
693,592
First official census (1834–1835)
1838
752,077
1840
850,246
1841
861,019
1842
853,005
1843
915,059
1844
930,925
1845
960,236
1848
986,731
1853
1,035,527
1856
1,062,627
1861
1,096,810
1870
1,457,894
50,211
First census after the donation of the Ionian Islands by Great Britain (1864)
1879
1,679,470
1889
2,187,208
63,606
First census after Thessaly became part of Greece in 1881
1896
2,433,806
1907
2,631,952
63,211
1913
4,734,990
121,794
After the Balkan Wars, incorporation of Macedonia, Epirus, Crete, the eastern Aegean Islands (apart from the Dodecanese)[2]
1920
5,531,474
149,150
Incorporation of Western Thrace and Eastern Thrace (apart from Constantinople) and Smyrna Zone
1928
6,204,684
129,880
Following loss of the Smyrna Zone and Eastern Thrace after the Treaty of Lausanne, and the population exchange between Greece and Turkey
1940
7,344,860
1951
7,632,801
131,957
The Dodecanese Islands were incorporated in 1947
1961
8,388,553
1971
8,768,641
1981
9,740,417
1991
10,258,364
2001 [el]
10,964,020
2011
10,815,197
^"Greek censuses (in Greek)". Archived from the original on 2014-01-16. Retrieved 2007-07-25.
^Population exchange in Greek Macedonia, Elisabeth Kontogiorgi, page 50, 2006
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