Greece Birth Rate
The Greek Diaspora Can Help Solve Greece’s Alarming Population Decline
Written By: Christophoros
You’ve seen the grim headlines announcing Greece’s burgeoning demographic crisis: one of Europe’s lowest fertility rates combined with the nation’s youth fleeing the country for greater economic prospects elsewhere spells the need for serious reform, and fast. Greece’s population dipped below 10 million for the first time since 1984 this past January. It’s not an exaggeration to say the country’s long-term future hangs in the balance if these trends continue.
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Written By: KTE Executive Board
Brain drain. Declining birth and fertility rates. Low economic mobility. The numbers are staggering: so far in 2024, Greece’s birth rate has been 6.87 births per 1,000 people. That’s less than half the birth rate in Turkey, which is 14.69 per 1,000 people this year. Greece’s population has been declining for over a decade now, with a 3.1% drop in population from 2011 to 2021.
It’s all bad news for Greece and it’s all connected. Due in large part to the economic crisis, population decline in Greece has accelerated at a rapid rate. Meanwhile, Greek-born skilled laborers are taking their education and talents elsewhere in Europe, contributing to a now-famous statistic revealing that between 2010-2022, over one million working age people left the country. That’s over 10% of Greece’s population, which currently wavers at just over 10 million people.
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