| Capital and largest city | Athens | |||||||||||
| Official language and national language | Greek | |||||||||||
| Religion | 93% Christianity | |||||||||||
| -2017 | —90% Greek Orthodoxy or 81.4% [1] [a] | |||||||||||
| —3% Other Christian | ||||||||||||
| 4% or 14.7%[1] or 22% [4]No religion | ||||||||||||
| 2% Islam | ||||||||||||
| 1% Other religions[5] | ||||||||||||
| Demonym(s) | Greek | |||||||||||
| Government | Unitary parliamentary republic | |||||||||||
| • President | Katerina Sakellaropoulou | |||||||||||
| • Prime Minister | Kyriakos Mitsotakis | |||||||||||
| • Speaker of the Parliament | Konstantinos Tasoulas | |||||||||||
| Legislature | Hellenic Parliament | |||||||||||
| Establishment history | ||||||||||||
| • Independence declared from the Ottoman Empire | 25 March 1821 (traditional starting date of the Greek War of Independence), 15 January 1822 (official declaration) | |||||||||||
| • Recognised | 3 February 1830 | |||||||||||
| • Current constitution | 27556 | |||||||||||
| Area | ||||||||||||
| • Total | 131,957 km2 (50,949 sq mi)[6] (95th) | |||||||||||
| • Water (%) | 1.51 (as of 2015)[7] | |||||||||||
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| • 2020 estimate | 10,718,565[8] (85th) | |||||||||||
| • 2011 census | 10,816,286[9] | |||||||||||
| • Density | 82[10]/km2 (212.4/sq mi) (98th) | |||||||||||
| 2020 estimate | |||||||||||
| • Total | $310.743 billion[11] (53th) | |||||||||||
| • Per capita | $29,045[11] (47th) | |||||||||||
| GDP (nominal) | 2020 estimate | |||||||||||
| $194.376 billion[11] (51th) | |||||||||||
| • Per capita | $18,168[11] (41th) | |||||||||||
| Gini (2020) | 31.1[12] | |||||||||||
| medium · 60th | ||||||||||||
| 0.888[13] | |||||||||||
| very high · 32nd | ||||||||||||
| Currency | Euro (€) (EUR) | |||||||||||
| Time zone | UTC+02:00 (Eastern European Time) | |||||||||||
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+03:00 (Eastern European Summer Time) | |||||||||||
| Date format | dd-mm-yyyy (AD) | |||||||||||
| Driving side | right | |||||||||||
| Calling code | 30 | |||||||||||
| ISO 3166 code | GR |
Greece
