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This post was last updated by José of onez on Tuesday, 27 May 2025.

Athens, capital city of Greece

Image of Athens, capital city of Greece

Greece is a Mediterranean EU member revitalising growth through shipping, tourism, and record wind and solar installations across its islands and mainland.
Greece in one word would be “Acropolis,” meaning ancient citadel.

Greece Flag

Flag of Greece

Greece armorial

armorial of Greece

Greece is a country located in the Southern Europe sub‑region of the Europe continent, member of European Union.

Greece administrative divisions

13 regions (perifereies) and 1 autonomous monastic state* (aftonomi monastiki politeia)

  1. Agion Oros* (Mount Athos),
  2. Anatoliki Makedonia kai Thraki (East Macedonia and Thrace),
  3. Attiki (Attica),
  4. Dytiki Ellada (West Greece),
  5. Dytiki Makedonia (West Macedonia),
  6. Ionia Nisia (Ionian Islands),
  7. Ipeiros (Epirus),
  8. Kentriki Makedonia (Central Macedonia),
  9. Kriti (Crete),
  10. Notio Aigaio (South Aegean),
  11. Peloponnisos (Peloponnese),
  12. Sterea Ellada (Central Greece),
  13. Thessalia (Thessaly),
  14. Voreio Aigaio (North Aegean)

Easy learning about Greece

The capital city of Greece is Athens.

Greece is located in Southern Europe
Europe Continent
Inhabitants of Greece are called Greeks, Hellenes
Member of European Union since 1981
Euro since 2001
Schengen since 2000
NATO since 1952
Greece has a population of 10,242,908 inhabitants
within a total area of 131,940 Km2
(81,984 sq mi)
(2023 UN data)
Greece’s Global Peace Index (GPI) 40 (world rank position)
GPI scale of 1.79
This means, the closer to 1, the more peaceful the country is...
(2024 data from GPI)
Human Development Index (HDI) Greece HDI ranks in position nº 34 worldwide
HDI of 0.908 (0.4 to 1)
(2023 data from UNDP)
Greece’s passport allows visa-free entry to 187 countries
Greece passport ranks 5th in the world
(2025 HP Index data)
Greece GDP per capita is $25,756 USD
(2025 estimated data from IMF)
Greece ’s LGBTI legal status Same-sex sexual acts are Legal
(2025 ILGA data)
Greece EPI (English Proficiency Index)is classified as Very high proficiency
has a score of 602
ranks 8th worldwide

(2024 data from EPI)
Latitude & Longitude 39° 00' N, 22° 00' E
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Neighbouring countriesAlbania, North Macedonia, Turkey, Bulgaria.
Greece Climatearctic to subarctic; cool summers, cold winters
Most predominant religionGreek Orthodox,
Second most predominant religionMuslim
Currency name & code Euro (EUR)
Internet ccTLD.gr
Greece calling code+30

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