Population censuses in Greece take place the first year of every decade. There have been 28 censuses in the history of modern Greece, conducted in various times, starting from 1828 at the end of the Greek War of Independence.
Year Population Area (km2) Notes 1821 938,765 47,516 Population in the Peloponnese, Central Greece, and a few islands; 1821 estimate based on the 1828 census 753,400 First national census of Greece 693,592 First official census (1834–1835) 1838 752,077 1840 850,246 1841 861,019 1842 853,005 1843 915,059 1844 930,925 1845 960,236 1848 986,731 1853 1,035,527 1856 1,062,627 1861 1,096,810 1870 1,457,894 50,211 First census after the donation of the Ionian Islands by Great Britain (1864) 1879 1,679,470 1889 2,187,208 63,606 First census after Thessaly became part of Greece in 1881 1896 2,433,806 1907 2,631,952 63,211 1913 4,734,990 121,794 After the Balkan Wars, incorporation of Macedonia, Epirus, Crete, the eastern Aegean Islands (apart from the Dodecanese)Population exchange in Greek Macedonia, Elisabeth Kontogiorgi, page 50, 2006 1920 5,531,474 149,150 Incorporation of Western Thrace and Eastern Thrace (apart from Constantinople) and Smyrna Zone 1928 6,204,684 129,880 Following loss of the Smyrna Zone and Eastern Thrace after the Treaty of Lausanne, and the population exchange between Greece and Turkey 1940 7,344,860 1951 7,632,801 131,957 The Dodecanese Islands were incorporated in 1947 1961 8,388,553 1971 8,768,641 1981 9,740,417 1991 10,258,364 10,964,020 2011 10,815,197 2021 10,482,487
See also Demographic history of Greece
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