In a report on Greece’s population decline by the Hellenic Foundation for Research and Innovation (HFRI), it was revealed that 450,000 working-age Greek citizens have left the country since the debt and economic crisis that was inflicted on Greece in 2010. This number does not include working dependents such as their children. This number leaves a population of about 10.3 million people (itself a decline from 10.7 in 2020). It is expected to decline further in the next 20 years, according to the report in the Greek daily Kathimerini.
The report, which was delivered at the French Institute in Athens earlier this week, called on the Greek government to take measures to expand the productive base of the economy and support and improve the health of Greece’s increasingly aging population. They noted that migration could reverse the situation.
