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How many babies are born in Greece?

67.4 thousand babies born in Greece in 2026. That is 0.05% of all births worldwide, and the 120th largest of any country. UN projection

2024–2100 uses the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium scenario, based on assumptions about fertility, mortality and migration. These are projections, not observed births or guaranteed outcomes. Uncertainty increases further into the future; this site does not display prediction intervals.

Births in Greece: history and projections

100K 1 CE1000150018002100
Annual births, logarithmic scale. Shading marks modelled years before 1800; the dashed line marks UN projections from 2024.
Every figure refers to the area inside Greece’s present-day borders. Before 1800 the state did not exist in its current form. See how borders are handled.
Year Estimated births Population Per 1,000 Evidence
1 CE ~80K ~2M 40.0 Modelled estimate
1000 ~41K ~1,000K 40.7 Modelled estimate
1500 ~42K ~1,000K 42.2 Modelled estimate
1800 ~101K ~2.25M 45.0 Historical reconstruction
1900 ~153K ~4.99M 30.8 Historical reconstruction
1950 156K 7.65M 20.4 UN estimate
2000 107K 10.8M 9.9 UN estimate
2023 73.6K 10.2M 7.2 UN estimate
2026 67.4K 9.9M 6.8 UN projection
2050 67.1K 8.81M 7.6 UN projection
2075 55.1K 7.27M 7.6 UN projection
2100 44K 6.28M 7.0 UN projection

What the numbers show

The highest annual births in Greece among estimates through 2023 were in 1934, at about ~211K. That is roughly 2.6 times the estimated ~80K births a year in 1 CE.

At 1.34 children per woman, fertility in Greece is below the level of about 2.1 that would hold a population steady over the long run without migration.

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How many babies are born in Greece each year?

An estimated 67.4 thousand babies are born in Greece in 2026, according to the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium projection. That is about 185 a day and 0.05% of all births worldwide.

What is the birth rate in Greece?

Greece has an estimated 6.8 births per 1,000 people in 2026, and a total fertility rate of 1.34 children per woman.

Where these numbers come from

2026 figures are the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium scenario. UN estimates cover 1950–2023; projections cover 2024–2100. Earlier years come from Gapminder’s reconstructions (1800–1949) and a model applied to HYDE population estimates (before 1800). The full chain is set out in the methodology, and every source is listed on the sources page.