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Greece [46]
(Independent in 1827 from Ottoman Turkey)
LAND AREA: 131957 sq. km
NUMBER OF ISLANDS BY SIZE (sq. km):
| >17,000 |
>10,000 |
>1,000 |
>100 |
>10 |
>1 |
<1 |
Unknown |
TOTAL |
| 0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1400 |
1400 |
DEMOGRAPHY
POPULATION: 10475000 (1996)
DENSITY: 79 persons/sq. km GROWTH RATE: 0%/year
POP AGR/FISH/MINING: 28%
URBAN POP: 65% (1994), versus 43% (1960), Annual Growth: 1.1%
LIFE EXPECTANCY: 77.8 years, ADULT LITERACY: 96.7%
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEX: 0.923
ECONOMY
GNP: US$80.0 billion, Annual GNP Growth Rate 1980-1993: 1.3%, Annual Growth Rate GNP/Capita: 0.9%
GDP/Capita: $5055 GDP/Capita PPP: $11265
GDP/Capita: 1960 $1570, 1970 $3100, 1980 $4453, 1990 $4828
ENVIRONMENT (see also individual islands)
TOTAL FOREST AREA: 6513,000 ha, 50.5% of land area, 0.6 ha/capita
ANNUAL CHANGE IN FOREST COVER: 2.3%
ARABLE LAND: 18.3% of land area
SPECIES OF CONSERVATION INTEREST:
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
INTERNAL RENEWABLE WATER RESOURCES: 5.6,000 cu.m/cap/year
INSTITUTIONS
GOVERNMENT ENVIRONMENT/SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY:
ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION:
ENVIRONMENT/SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATIONS:
REFERENCES:
Last updated 11/02/98
Islands of Greece
Aiyina (Greece)
Amorgos (Greece)
Andros (Greece)
Evvoia (Greece)
Grenada (Grenada)
Ikaria (Greece)
Ios (Greece)
Kalimnos (Greece)
Karpathos (Greece)
Kea (Greece)
Kefallinia (Greece)
Kerkira (Greece)
Khios (Greece)
Kithira (Greece)
Kithnos (Greece)
Kos (Greece)
Kriti (Greece)
Lesvos (Greece)
Levkas (Greece)
Limnos (Greece)
Mikonos (Greece)
Milos (Greece)
Naxos (Greece)
Paros (Greece)
Rodhos (Greece)
Salamis (Greece)
Samos (Greece)
Samothraki (Greece)
Sifnos (Greece)
Siros (Greece)
Skiros (Greece)
Skopelos (Greece)
Thasos (Greece)
Tinos (Greece)
Zakinthos (Greece)
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Page last updated: 02/03/98