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Greece: cities by population

By James Burfield, SEO consultant, Bath · Page updated 18 September 2026 · UN World Population Prospects

Greece has a population of 9,897,115 (UN estimate, 2026), with Athens as its capital. The 50 largest of its 1,954 recorded towns and cities, ranked.

-8%

since 2000 (10,782,635)

-11%

projected by 2050 (8,812,069)

people per km²

UN estimates to 2026; the dashed line is the medium-variant projection to 2050, a forecast rather than a measurement. Source: World Population Prospects 2024.

Full UN series, 1950 to 2050

Year	Population
1950	7,651,079
1975	9,016,967
2000	10,782,635
2005	10,981,334
2010	11,124,670
2015	10,820,903
2020	10,699,369
2025	9,938,844
2026	9,897,115
2030 projected	9,721,984
2050 projected	8,812,069

Medium variant. Figures from 2026 onward are projections, not measurements.

Figures are the latest available in GeoNames (CC BY 4.0), which draws on national censuses of varying dates — treat them as recent, not same-year. Country totals are UN World Population Prospects 2024 (medium variant) where the UN lists the country separately; the handful it reports under a parent state keep a GeoNames figure and are marked as such. Sources & method.

Largest cities in Greece

#	Place	Region	Population
1	Athens	Attica	664,046
2	Thessaloníki	Central Macedonia	317,778
3	Pátra	West Greece	168,034
4	Piraeus	Attica	163,688
5	Lárisa	Thessaly	146,926
6	Peristéri	Attica	139,981
7	Irákleion	Crete	137,154
8	Kallithéa	Attica	100,641
9	Acharnés	Attica	99,346
10	Kalamariá	Central Macedonia	91,518
11	Níkaia	Attica	89,380
12	Glyfáda	Attica	87,305
13	Volos	Thessaly	86,048
14	Ílion	Attica	84,793
15	Ilioúpoli	Attica	78,153
16	Keratsíni	Attica	77,077
17	Évosmos	Central Macedonia	74,686
18	Khalándrion	Attica	74,192
19	Néa Smýrni	Attica	73,076
20	Maroúsi	Attica	72,333
21	Agios Dimitrios	Attica	71,294
22	Zográfos	Attica	71,026
23	Aigáleo	Attica	69,946
24	Néa Ionía	Attica	67,134
25	Ioánnina	Epirus	65,574
26	Palaió Fáliro	Attica	64,021
27	Korydallós	Attica	63,445
28	Tríkala	Thessaly	61,653
29	Výronas	Attica	61,308
30	Agía Paraskeví	Attica	59,704
31	Galátsi	Attica	59,345
32	Chalkída	Central Greece	59,125
33	Petroúpolis	Attica	58,979
34	Sérres	Central Macedonia	58,287
35	Ródos	South Aegean	56,128
36	Kalamata	Peloponnese	54,100
37	Kavála	East Macedonia and Thrace	54,027
38	Chaniá	Crete	53,910
39	Kateríni	Central Macedonia	53,293
40	Alexandroupoli	East Macedonia and Thrace	52,979
41	Lamía	Central Greece	52,006
42	Irákleio	Attica	49,642
43	Xánthi	East Macedonia and Thrace	48,221
44	Fylí	Attica	48,157
45	Kifisiá	Attica	47,332
46	Agrínio	West Greece	46,899
47	Stavroúpoli	Central Macedonia	46,008
48	Chaïdári	Attica	45,642
49	Komotiní	East Macedonia and Thrace	45,631
50	Sykiés	Central Macedonia	44,955

Twenty years earlier: Greece in the 2005 World Gazetteer — population then 11,212,468.

Common questions

What is the population of Greece?

Greece has a population of 9,897,115, the UN World Population Prospects estimate for 2026. The UN's medium-variant projection for 2050 is 8,812,069 — a forecast, not a measurement.

What is the capital of Greece?

Athens.

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Athens

The largest place we record in Greece: 664,046 people

Greece in 2005

The World Gazetteer's archive edition: 11,212,468 then

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