Key Facts

Area: 131,957 sq. kms. (50,949 sq. mi.)
Capital: Athens
Independence:
1. Declared from Ottoman Empire: 15th January 1822
2. Recognised: 3rd February 1830
3. Current Constitution: 11th June 1975
Government: Unitary Parliamentary Republic
Population: 10,768,477 (2017 est.)
Official Language: Greek (with a majority of the population speaking English as a second language)
Religion: Eastern Orthodoxy
Climate: Mild, wet winters & hot, dry summers (more than 300 days of sunshine per year)
Legal System: Based on Roman Law, judiciary divided into civil, criminal and administrative courts
GDP (PPP): $ 312.538 billion (2018 est.)
Per Capita (PPP): $ 29,111 (2018 est.)
Commercial Bank Prime Lending Rate: 5.25% (Dec, 2017 est.)
Currency: EURO
Life expectancy: 80.8 years (2018 est.)
Health Expenditure: 8.1% of GDP
Electrification: 100% of population
Sanitation: 99% of population
Major cities: Athens, Thessaloniki, Patras, Iraklio, Larissa, Volos
Major Ports: Piraeus, Thessaloniki, Volos, Patras, Alexandroupolis, Elefsina, Igoumenista, Iraklio, Kavala, Rhodes, Lavrio, Chalkida, Corfu.
Major airports: Athens International Airport, Thessaloniki, Iraklio, Rhodes, Corfu, Kos, Chania, Zakynthos, Samos, Mykonos, Santorini
Time Zone: GMT + 2
Calling Code: +30
Memberships: EU, NATO, IMF, Interpol, OECD, UN, UNESCO, WHO, WTO, CERN.

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