Greece

Official name: Hellenic Republic
Also known as: Ελληνική Δημοκρατία (Greek), Ellinikí Dimokratía

Flag of Greece
Capital of Greece: Athens
Area 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)
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
Greece Map

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.