Country page · Europe & Central Asia
If you were born in Greece
1 in 1,952 babies · 0.05% of births · about 68,732 a year
Right now, about 0.05% of the world's babies are born in Greece — 1 in 1,952, or roughly 68,732 a year and 188 a day. Life expectancy there is 81.8 years.
How the 1 in 1,952 is calculated
This number is not based on population. It uses births: Greece has about 68,732 births a year, and the world has about 134,147,481. Divide one by the other and you get 0.05% — 1 in 1,952. Using population instead would understate young countries and overstate ageing ones, so every draw is weighted by births.
Life in Greece, in numbers
| Indicator | Value | World rank |
|---|---|---|
| Life expectancy women 84.4 · men 79.4 | 81.8 years | 28th highest of 172 countries |
| Chance of dying before 5 3.8 / 1,000 | 0.4% | 25th lowest of 170 countries |
| Chance of dying before 1 3.2 / 1,000 | 0.3% | 25th lowest of 170 countries |
| Mothers who die giving birth per 100,000 births | 5 | 23rd lowest of 170 countries |
| Children per woman | 1.24 | 18th lowest of 172 countries |
| Expected years of schooling | 19.5 years | 5th highest of 168 countries |
| Tertiary enrollment | 165.1% | 1st highest of 168 countries |
| Income per person (PPP) GDP per capita, PPP | $45,264 | 46th highest of 170 countries |
| Income inequality closer to 0 = more equal | 33.40 | 102nd highest of 157 countries |
| People living in cities | 79.2% | 42nd highest of 172 countries |
| People working in farming | 10.7% | 67th lowest of 171 countries |
| People using the internet | 86.3% | 67th highest of 172 countries |
| Homicide per 100,000 people | 0.8 | 30th lowest of 155 countries |
| Health costs paid out of pocket share of health spending | 34.3% | 102nd lowest of 168 countries |
| Adults living with HIV | 0.30% | 82nd highest of 142 countries |
| People who smoke | 30.2% | — |
How to read these numbers
Income is shown in purchasing-power-parity dollars, so it compares what money buys locally rather than market exchange rates. The under-5 rate is the share of babies who die before their fifth birthday; the maternal mortality ratio is per 100,000 live births. A Gini index closer to 0 means a more equal income distribution, and a higher number means a more unequal one.
Each indicator uses the most recent year with a non-empty value, which can differ by country; the rank compares this country with the other 171 in the dataset, not with every country on Earth. Where a value is missing, the page shows a dash rather than an estimate.
Greece compared with Europe & Central Asia
Life expectancy in Greece is 81.8 years, against a Europe & Central Asia average of 78.6. The under-5 death rate is 0.4%, versus 0.7% across the region. Income per person is $45,264, against $53,288 regionally; expected schooling is 19.5 years against 15.9. 79.2% of people live in cities, against 67.9% in the region.
| Indicator | Greece | Europe & Central Asia | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| Life expectancy | 81.8 yrs | 78.6 yrs | 73.3 yrs |
| Under-5 deaths | 0.4% | 0.7% | 2.6% |
| Income per person (PPP) | $45,264 | $53,288 | $30,311 |
| Expected schooling | 19.5 yrs | 15.9 yrs | 13.0 yrs |
| People in cities | 79.2% | 67.9% | 61.6% |
What a life there looks like
Put those numbers together and you get a life: about 81.8 years on average, with roughly 3.8 of every 1,000 babies dying before their fifth birthday. A child can expect 19.5 years of school, and income per person is around $45,264. These are averages — every life still lands somewhere on the distribution.
If you play as someone born in Greece
The game draws Greece in about 1 of every 1,952 births. From there the life runs year by year: 81.8 years of life expectancy on average, a 0.4% chance of dying before five, and an income of about $45,264 per person. Choices move the odds; the starting statistics do not.
Nearby and similar countries
- Chance of being born in Belarus — 1 in 2,100
- Chance of being born in Austria — 1 in 1,734
- Chance of being born in Hungary — 1 in 1,719
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Source: World Bank World Development Indicators, with UN World Population Prospects 2024 and UN IGME for births and mortality. Values are the most recent non-empty year for each indicator; the year is noted where it differs. Page updated 24 Oct 2026.