Greece 
Facts
Population: 10,706,290 (July 2007 est.).
Age structure: 0-14 years: 14.3% (male 789,637/female 742,535)
15-64 years: 66.7% (male 3,565,237/female 3,570,630)
65 years and over: 19% (male 895,384/female 1,142,867) (2007 est.).
Population growth rate: 0.163% (2007 est.).
Birth rate: 9.62 births/1,000 population (2007 est.).
Death rate: 10.33 deaths/1,000 population (2007 est.).
Net migration rate: 2.34 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2007 est.).
Sex ratio: at birth: 1.06 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.063 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 0.998 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.783 male(s)/female
total population: 0.962 male(s)/female (2007 est.).
Infant mortality rate: total: 5.34 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 5.87 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 4.78 deaths/1,000 live births (2007 est.).
Life expectancy at birth: total population: 79.38 years
male: 76.85 years
female: 82.06 years (2007 est.).
Total fertility rate: 1.35 children born/woman (2007 est.).
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: 0.2% (2001 est.).
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: 9,100 (2001 est.).
HIV/AIDS - deaths: less than 100 (2003 est.).
Nationality: noun: Greek(s)
adjective: Greek.
Ethnic groups: population: Greek 93%, other (foreign citizens) 7% (2001 census)
note: percents represent citizenship, since Greece does not collect data on ethnicity.
Religions: Greek Orthodox 98%, Muslim 1.3%, other 0.7%.
Languages: Greek 99% (official), other 1% (includes English and French).
Literacy: definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 96%
male: 97.8%
female: 94.2% (2001 census).
GDP (purchasing power parity): $256.3 billion (2006 est.).
GDP - real growth rate: 4.2% (2006 est.).
GDP - per capita (PPP): $24,000 (2006 est.).
GDP - composition by sector: agriculture: 5.1%
industry: 20.6%
services: 74.4% (2006 est.).
Labor force: 4.88 million (2006 est.).
Labor force - by occupation: agriculture: 12%
industry: 20%
services: 68% (2004 est.).
Population below poverty line: NA%.
Household income or consumption by percentage share: lowest 10%: 3%
highest 10%: 28.3% (1998 est.).
Inflation rate (consumer prices): 3.3% (2006 est.).
Unemployment rate: 9.2% (2006 est.).
Budget: revenues: $99.16 billion
expenditures: $106.7 billion; including capital expenditures of $NA (2006 est.).
Agriculture - products: wheat, corn, barley, sugar beets, olives, tomatoes, wine, tobacco, potatoes; beef, dairy products.
Industries: tourism, food and tobacco processing, textiles, chemicals, metal products; mining, petroleum.
Industrial production growth rate: 2% (2006 est.).
Electricity - production: 55.51 billion kWh (2004).
Electricity - consumption: 53.5 billion kWh (2005 est.).
Electricity - exports: 1.5 billion kWh (2004).
Electricity - imports: 3.4 billion kWh (2004).
Exports: $24.42 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.).
Exports - commodities: food and beverages, manufactured goods, petroleum products, chemicals, textiles.
Exports - partners: Germany 12.4%, Italy 10.4%, UK 6.7%, Bulgaria 5.9%, US 5.3%, Cyprus 5.2%, Turkey 5.1%, France 4.2% (2005).
Imports: $59.12 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.).
Imports - commodities: machinery, transport equipment, fuels, chemicals.
Imports - partners: Germany 12.7%, Italy 12.4%, Russia 7.8%, France 5.7%, Netherlands 5.5%, Saudi Arabia 4.1% (2005).
Debt - external: $301.9 billion (30 June 2006 est.).
Economic aid - recipient: $8 billion annually from EU (2000-06); Greece will receive about $3.8 billion per year between 2007-13 under the EU's Community Support Funds IV.
Currency (code): euro (EUR)
note: on 1 January 1999, the European Monetary Union introduced the euro as a common currency to be used by financial institutions of member countries; on 1 January 2002, the euro became the sole currency for everyday transactions within the member countries.
Exchange rates: euros per US dollar - 0.7964 (2006), 0.8041 (2005), 0.8054 (2004), 0.886 (2003), 1.0626 (2002).
Fiscal year: calendar year.
Statistics: C.I.A. World Factbook. Updated: July 20, 2007.
Press
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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
Greece in the News
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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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