Greece, Europe

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

Easy learning about Greece
Greece is located in	Southern Europe Europe Continent
Member of	European Union since 1981 Euro since 2001 Schengen since 2000 NATO since 1952
Greece has a population of	10,242,908 inhabitants (2023 UN data) Inhabitants of Greece are called Greeks, Hellenes
The country’s total area is	131,940 Km² ( 81,984 sq mi)
Global Peace Index Rank	40
Global Peace Index Score	2
Human Development Index (HDI)	Greece HDI ranks in position nº 33 worldwide Very High Human Development HDI of 0.893 (0.4 to 1) (2022 data from UNDP)
Greece’s passport	allows visa-free entry to 187 countries Greece passport ranks in position nº 5 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 in English has a score of 602 ranks 8th worldwide (2024 data from EPI)
Latitude & Longitude	39° 00' N, 22° 00' E Open in Google Maps
Greece Capital city	Athens
Neighbouring countries	Albania, North Macedonia, Turkey, Bulgaria.
Greece Climate	arctic to subarctic; cool summers, cold winters
Most predominant religion	Greek Orthodox,
Second most predominant religion	Muslim
Currency name & code	Euro (EUR)
Internet ccTLD	.gr
Greece calling code	+30

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

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