Capital of Greece:
AthensArea of Greece: 131,990 km² (50,962 mi²) (
96th)
Population of Greece: 10,047,817 (
95th)
- (2024 est.) Location: Balkans (also known as "Southeastern Europe")
Languages of Greece: Greek (official) 99%, other (includes English and French) 1%
Religions of Greece: Greek Orthodox 79.4%,
Other Christian 2.94%,
Muslim 1.96%,
Other religions 0.98%,
Unaffiliated 14.9% (2022 est.)
Ethnic groups of Greece: Greek 91.6%, Albanian 4.4%, other 4% (2011 est.)
—
note: data represent citizenship; Greece does not collect data on ethnicity.
Currency:
Euro (
€) (
EUR)
Time zone:
UTC+2 (
EET), Summer (
DSTDaylight saving time (DST), also referred to as daylight saving(s), daylight savings time, daylight time (United States and Canada), or summer time (United Kingdom, European Union, and others), is the practice of advancing clocks to make better use of the longer daylight available during summer so that darkness falls at a later clock time. The typical implementation of DST is to set clocks forward by one hour in spring or late winter, and to set clocks back by one hour to standard time in the autumn (or fall in North American English, hence the mnemonic: 'spring forward and fall back').)
UTC+3 (
EEST)
Calling code: (
+30)
Organizations: United Nations, European Union, North Atlantic Treaty Organization, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Borders countries (3):
Albania 212 km,
Bulgaria 472 km,
North Macedonia 234 km,
Turkey 192 km.
Greece's coastline measures: 13,676 km (8,498 mi).
Maritime boundaries: Aegean Sea, Ionian Sea
Administrative divisions in Greece
13 regions (perifereies, singular - perifereia)
and 1 autonomous monastic state* (aftonomi monastiki politeia):
Agion Oros* (Mount Athos), Anatoliki Makedonia kai Thraki (East Macedonia and Thrace), Attiki (Attica), Dytiki Ellada (West Greece), Dytiki Makedonia (West Macedonia), Ionia Nisia (Ionian Islands), Ipeiros (Epirus), Kentriki Makedonia (Central Macedonia), Kriti (Crete), Notio Aigaio (South Aegean), Peloponnisos (Peloponnese), Sterea Ellada (Central Greece), Thessalia (Thessaly), Voreio Aigaio (North Aegean).
Natural resources: lignite,
bauxite,
petroleum,
magnetite,
limestone,
fish, iron ore, lead, zinc, nickel,
marble, salt,
hydropower potential.