population

A prominent professor in the field of demographics warned on Tuesday that the future age mix of the Greek population will undermine the entire productive infrastructure of the country. Vyron Kotzamanis, from the Department of Urban Planning and Regional Development...

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...

A parliamentary committee released an alarming report on Tuesday which projects that the Greek population may shrink to as low as a total of 8.3 million people by the year 2050. According to the report, if current trends in births,...

Turkey’s population hit 82 million as of the end of 2018, the Turkish Statistical Institute (TUIK) said on Friday. Official figures revealed that the population residing in Turkey increased by 1,193,357 people year-on-year. The “male population was 41,139,980 people and female...

The Greek population dropped by 355,000 between 2008 and 2017, an expert said on Monday, attributing the change mostly to the declining birthrate following the economic crisis. Giorgos Rachiotis, Epidemiology professor from the University of Thessaly, pointed out that the...

The shocking impact that the financial crisis has had upon the Greek population is underlined in the latest weekly bulletin from the Hellenic Business Association (SEV), published on Thursday. According to data published by the association, births in Greece decreased by...

A new scientific study about the population of Greece and its future prospects paints a dire picture of the country's future. The study, which was recently published and presented to the members of the Hellenic Parliament, shows that whatever the scenario,...

In the 2011-2017 period Greece's population shrank by 355,000 people, with statisticians saying that by 2080 Greek natives will be reduced to 7.2 million. According to ELSTAT analysts, the phenomenon can not be contributed only to the economic crisis. The...

Τhe ageing of Greece's population is progressing faster than forecasts predicted, according to a briefing given by experts to a committee in Parliament on Wednesday. According to figures released by the United Nations, Greece ranked 6th in the world for...

The population in the occupied north of Cyprus has reached 351,000, according to Turkish Cypriot media reports. The 1983 population of the north; the year the ‘TRNC’ was declared a ‘state’, was said to be 155,521. Turkish Cypriot daily Yeni Duzen...