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Births in Greece Decrease by 10.3%

Greece has recorded a 10.3 percent decrease in births for 2022, official figures released on Monday from the Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT) show. In 2022, the number of live births totaled 76,541 (39,558 boys and 36,983 girls), marking a 10.3...

Greek Population Has Declined by Up to Half a Million in a Decade

The census taking place in a few weeks will show that the Greek population of the country will be up to half a million fewer than at the time of the last census, conducted in 2011. These are the showings...

Diaspora Couple Offers €1,000 For Each Baby Born in Kandila, Western Greece

A surprising announcement was made public on Thursday concerning the residents of the small town of Kandila, in Greece's Aetolia-Acarnania region. The local council of the town announced that from now on, every family with a newborn baby, whose father...

Official Greek Statistics Show More Deaths Than Births for 2018

The population of Greece experienced a decrease in 2018, with the nation having 33,857 more deaths than the number of births recorded, according to official data released on Tuesday by the Greek statistical service, ELSTAT. There were a total of...

Greek C-Section Rates Dwarf International Limit

A Greek lawmaker has produced WHO figures which show an alarmingly high number of women here give birth through cesarean section -- well over the internationally recommended amount. Nikos Manios, a lawmaker for the ruling SYRIZA party, produced the figures...

Greek Statistics Show Increase in Births and Cohabitation Agreements

An increase in births and a decrease in deaths was recorded in 2016, compared to 2015, according to the Greek Statistical Office (ELSTAT). Despite this, however, the number of deaths recorded in Greece in 2016 continues to be higher than...

Greece Suffers Significant Decrease in Births Due to Crisis

A decline in birth rates and an aging population have emerged as further side effects of Greece's ongoing economic crisis. For the past six years, Greece has also suffered a significant increase in abortions. According to the daily newspaper "Efimerida ton...