The total population of Greece is 11,142,161 people. People in Greece speak the Greek language. The linguistic diversity of Greece is almost homogeneous according to a fractionalization scale which for Greece is 0.03. The median age is approximately 43.5 years. Life expectancy in Greece is 81. The female fertility rate in Greece is 1.3. Around 20% of the population of Greece are obese. The ethnic diversity is almost uniform according to a fractionalization scale which for Greece is 0.1576. To find out specifics of language, religion, age, gender distribution, and advancement of people in Greece see the sections below, as well as visit the section concerning the education in the country.

Population
In Greece, the population density is 84 people per square kilometer (219 per square mile). Because of this statistic, this country is considered to be sparsely populated. The total population of Greece is 11,142,161 people. Greece has approximately 1,242,514 foreign immigrants. Immigrants in Greece represent 0.4 percent of the total number of immigrants in the world. Immigrants in Greece represent 8.9 percent of the total number of immigrants in the world. The ethnic diversity of Greece is almost uniform according to a fractionalization scale based on ethnicity. Ethnic fractionalization (EF) deals with the number, sizes, socioeconomic distribution, and geographical location of distinct cultural groups, usually in a state or some otherwise delineated territory. Specific cultural features might refer to language, skin color, religion, ethnicity, customs and traditions, history, or other distinctive criteria, alone or in combination. Frequently, these features are used for social exclusion and the monopolization of power. The index of ethnic fractionalization in Greece is 0.1576. This means that the people living in Greece are coming from a narrow group of ethnicities, all of which are related to one another. EF is usually measured as 1 minus the Herfindahl concentration index of ethnolinguistic group shares, which reproduces the probability that two randomly drawn individuals from the population belong to different groups. The theoretical maximum of EF of 1 means that each person belongs to a different group. Read below for statistics of Greece on median age and gender distribution at various ages.

Age
The median age is approximately 43.5 years. The median age for men is 42.4, while the median age for women is 44.6.

Gender
The sex ratio, or the number of males for each female (estimated at birth), is 1.064. It can be further divided into the following categories: sex ratio under 15 - 1.06; sex ratio from 15 to 64 - 1; sex ratio over 64 - 0.78; total sex ratio - 0.96. Total sex ratio is different from sex ratio estimated at birth. This is due to the fact that some newborns are considered in the sex ratio estimated at birth but pass away within the first weeks of their life and are not included in the total sex ratio.

Religion
The majority religion of Greece is Christianity, the followers of which comprise 88.1% of all religious believers in the country. Christianity is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ as presented in the New Testament. Christianity is the world's largest religion, with over 2.4 billion adherents, known as Christians. Christians believe that Jesus is the Son of God and the savior of humanity whose coming as Christ or the Messiah was prophesied in the Old Testament. Besides Christianity, there are several other religions present within the country. Other religions in Greece are Buddhism, folk religions. The religious diversity of Greece is vaguely diverse according to a fractionalization scale based on the number of religions in Greece. The index of religious fractionalization in Greece is 0.153. This score means that within the country there is one major with a few other minor beliefs.

General development
Greece is considered to be a developed nation. The developmental stage of a nation is determined by a number of factors including, but not limited to, economic prosperity, life expectancy, income equality, and quality of life. As a developed nation, Greece is able to provide its citizens with social services like public education, healthcare, and law enforcement. Citizens of developed nations enjoy a high standard of living and longer life expectancies than citizens of developing nations. In Greece, 56 in every 100 people use internet. Greece has a Human Development Index (HDI) of 0.853. Greece has a very high HDI score. This indicates that nearly all citizens are able to attain a desirable life because of social and economic support; citizens with a low standard of living receive aid and support and have the opportunity to advance in society. The migration rate in Greece is 2.32%. In Greece, 36% of the population lives below the poverty line.

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