Greece People - 1985


SOURCE: 1985 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES  Spanish Simplified Chinese French German Russian Hindi Arabic Portuguese

Population: 9,966 000 (July 1985), average

annual growth rate 0.6%

Nationality: noun—Greek(s); adjective— Greek

Ethnic divisions: 97.7% Greek, 1.3% Turkish; 1.0% Vlach, Slav, Albanian, Pomach

Note: The Greek Government states that there are no ethnic minorities in Greece

Religion: 98% Greek Orthodox, 1.3% Muslim, 0.7% other

Language: Greek (official); English and French widely understood

Literacy: 95%

Labor force: 3.7 million (1981 census); approximately 39% services, 31% agriculture, 30% industry; urban unemployment is esti

mated at 10%; substantial unreported unemployment exists in agriculture

Organized labor: 10-15% of total labor force, 20-25% of urban labor force

NOTE: The information regarding Greece on this page is re-published from the 1985 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Greece 1985 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Greece 1985 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.

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