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  • Population......................................................................10,767,827 (July 2012 est.)
  • Population growth rate .............................................................0.9% (2012 est.)
  • Birth rate.....................................................9.08 births/1,000 population (2012 est.)
  • Death rate................................................10.08 deaths/1,000 population (2012 est.)
  • Net migration rate...............................2.32 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2012 est.)
  • Ethnic groups........................................................................population: Greek 93%, other (foreign citizens) 7% (2001 census)

    Note: percents represent citizenship, since Greece does not collect data on ethnicity

Member of what is now the European Union since 1981.
Country Profile
Greece: Illegal Immigration in the Midst of Crisis
Once known for large-scale emigration, Greece has become the main point of entry for unauthorized migrants heading toward Europe. The country must now — amid economic turmoil — grapple with issues related to its highly porous borders, mounting asylum applications, and inadequate immigrant-detention system.

Migrants in the Rural Economies of Greece and Southern Europe

The Changing Mosaic of Mediterranean Migrations

Greece page on the World Migration Map

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Data
Check out Greek International Migration Data
in the Global Data Center
Neighboring Countries

Albania
Turkey
 Macedonia
Bulgaria

Other Resources

Greece National Statistical Service
http://www.statistics.gr

President of Greece
http://www.presidency.gr

Prime Minister of Greece
http://www.primeminister.gov.gr

Greek Hellenic Parliament
http://www.hellenicparliament.gr

Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs
http://www.mfa.gr

Frontex
http://www.frontex.europa.eu

US Census Bureau International Data Base
http://www.census.gov/ipc/www/idb/
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