population decline

Economics Or Values: What’s Really Behind Greece’s Population Decline?

Nov 30, 2024

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.