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.

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How many babies are born in Greece?

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

185births per day
8per hour
0per minute
6.8births per 1,000 people
1.34children per woman
9.9 millionpopulation

Plus or minus about 6%. These years have not happened yet or have not been counted yet. They are the medium variant of the UN's projection, not a record of births that took place.

Births in Greece through history

Estimated annual births in Greece, 0 CE to 2026, on a logarithmic scale. The shaded band on the left marks the years where births are modelled rather than recorded. The marker sits on 2026.

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	~1000K	40.7	Modelled estimate
1500	~42K	~1000K	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
2024	71.4K	10M	7.1	UN projection
2026	67.4K	9.9M	6.8	UN projection

What the numbers show

Annual births in Greece are at their highest in the whole run of estimates in 1934, at about ~211K.

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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Where these numbers come from

2026 figures are the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium variant. Earlier years come from the UN's estimates (1950 onward), 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.