Greece 
Facts
Population:
10,623,835 (July 2001 est.)
Age structure:
0-14 years:
14.98% (male 820,219; female 771,466)
15-64 years:
67.3% (male 3,580,535; female 3,569,755)
65 years and over:
17.72% (male 834,234; female 1,047,626) (2001 est.)
Population growth rate:
0.21% (2001 est.)
Birth rate:
9.83 births/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Death rate:
9.73 deaths/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Net migration rate:
1.96 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Sex ratio:
at birth:
1.07 male(s)/female
under 15 years:
1.06 male(s)/female
15-64 years:
1 male(s)/female
65 years and over:
0.8 male(s)/female
total population:
0.97 male(s)/female (2001 est.)
Infant mortality rate:
6.38 deaths/1,000 live births (2001 est.)
Life expectancy at birth:
total population:
78.59 years
male:
76.03 years
female:
81.32 years (2001 est.)
Total fertility rate:
1.33 children born/woman (2001 est.)
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
0.16% (1999 est.)
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
8,000 (1999 est.)
HIV/AIDS - deaths:
less than 100 (1999 est.)
Nationality:
noun:
Greek(s)
adjective:
Greek
Ethnic groups:
Greek 98%, other 2%
note:
the Greek Government states there are no ethnic divisions in Greece
Religions:
Greek Orthodox 98%, Muslim 1.3%, other 0.7%
Languages:
Greek 99% (official), English, French
Literacy:
definition:
age 15 and over can read and write
total population:
95%
male:
98%
female:
93% (1991 est.)
GDP:
purchasing power parity - $181.9 billion (2000 est.)
GDP - real growth rate:
3.8% (2000 est.)
GDP - per capita:
purchasing power parity - $17,200 (2000 est.)
GDP - composition by sector:
agriculture:
8.3%
industry:
27.3%
services:
64.4% (1998)
Population below poverty line:
NA%
Household income or consumption by percentage share:
lowest 10%:
3%
highest 10%:
25.3% (1993 est.)
Inflation rate (consumer prices):
3.1% (2000 est.)
Labor force:
4.32 million (1999 est.)
Labor force - by occupation:
industry 21%, agriculture 20%, services 59% (2000 est.)
Unemployment rate:
11.3% (2000 est.)
Budget:
revenues:
$45 billion
expenditures:
$47.6 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (1998 est.)
Industries:
tourism; food and tobacco processing, textiles; chemicals, metal products; mining, petroleum
Industrial production growth rate:
7% (2000 est.)
Electricity - production:
46.432 billion kWh (1999)
Electricity - production by source:
fossil fuel:
89.6%
hydro:
9.72%
nuclear:
0%
other:
0.68% (1999)
Electricity - consumption:
43.343 billion kWh (1999)
Electricity - exports:
1.65 billion kWh (1999)
Electricity - imports:
1.811 billion kWh (1999)
Agriculture - products:
wheat, corn, barley, sugar beets, olives, tomatoes, wine, tobacco, potatoes; beef, dairy products
Exports:
$15.8 billion (f.o.b., 2000)
Exports - commodities:
manufactured goods, food and beverages, petroleum products
Exports - partners:
EU 49% (Germany 15%, Italy 13%, UK 6%), US 6% (1999)
Imports:
$33.9 billion (c.i.f., 2000)
Imports - commodities:
manufactured goods, foodstuffs, fuels, chemicals
Imports - partners:
EU 66% (Italy 15%, Germany 15%, France 9%, UK 6%) (1999)
Debt - external:
$57 billion (2000 est.)
Economic aid - recipient:
$5.4 billion from EU (1997 est.)
Currency:
drachma (GRD); euro (EUR)
note:
on 1 January 1999, the EU introduced the euro as a common currency that is now being used by financial institutions in Greece (which entered the European Monetary Union on 1 January 2001) at a fixed rate of 340.750 drachmae per euro and will replace the local currency for all transactions in 2002
Currency code:
GRD; EUR
Exchange rates:
drachmae per US dollar - 380.21 (December 2000), 365.40 (2000), 305.65 (1999), 295.53 (1998), 273.06 (1997), 240.71 (1996)
Fiscal year:
calendar year
Statistics: CIA World Factbook.
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Apogevmatini
(Conservative), Athens
Eleftheros Typos
(Independent), Athens
(Liberal), Athens
http://www.enet.gr
Ena
(Independent weekly), Athens
Ethnos
(Centrist), Athens
(Conservative), Athens
http://www.eKathimerini.com/
Niki
(Pro-Socialist), Athens
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Grumblings of discontent simmering beneath the surface for years have turned nasty, in places such as Greece last year. In 2009, these feelings persist and are intensifying by the day.
Most emblematic of what might come in 2009 are the popular and violent uprisings in Greece. And the place, Athens, says much about the ailing state of our democracies.
Today, the Mediterranean is on the frontlines of a global struggle for peace and development. I would like to stress from the Greek point of view, the core challenge: ending the problem of Cyprus.
Ahead of NATO's summit in Bucharest this week, one thing seems very clear to many in the Balkans: the United States continues to play a crucial role in the region's stability.
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