Greece
Hellenic Republic · Southern Europe
Greece is a country in Southern Europe, with Athens as its capital, home to about 10,413,962 people. Greece shares land borders with 4 countries, listed below alongside its flag, currency, calling code and ISO codes.
| Capital | Athens |
|---|---|
| Region | Southern Europe |
| Currency | Euro (EUR €) |
| Calling code | +30 |
| ISO codes | GR / GRC / 300 ISO 3166-1 |
| Flag emoji | 🇬🇷 |
| Population | 10,413,962 (2025) World Bank |
| Area | 131,990 km² |
| Languages | Greek |
| Internet domain | .gr |
| Demonym | Greek |
Bordering countries
What does the flag of Greece mean?
Greece's flag carries five blue and four white stripes, most often explained as standing for the nine syllables of the Greek phrase Eleftheria i Thanatos, 'Freedom or Death,' the rallying cry of the Greek War of Independence: five for the syllables in Eleftheria and four for the rest. A separate, less mythologized reading ties the nine stripes to Greece's nine traditional geographical regions. The white cross in the flag's canton represents Greek Orthodox Christianity, and the blue and white together are also popularly read as the colors of the Greek sky and sea, though the flag's official design law does not fix a single meaning for any of it.
Source: Wikipedia: Flag of Greece
About Greece
Greece, officially Hellenic Republic, is a United Nations member state in Southern Europe. Its capital and seat of government is Athens. It shares land borders with 4 countries. The official currency is the Euro (€), using the code EUR.
Curious about the city itself? See what is the capital of Greece for Athens’s own facts and history.
To call Greece from abroad, dial the country code +30. In international standards it is identified by the ISO 3166-1 codes GR (alpha-2) and GRC (alpha-3), which appear in everything from web addresses to shipping labels. As of 2025, its population is around 10,413,962.
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How Greece compares
- Area: 131,990 km², ranking 95 of 194 sovereign states by land area.
- Population: 10,413,962, ranking 93 of 193 sovereign states.
- Density: about 79 people per square kilometre.
- Land borders: 4, against an average of 4.1 across the sovereign states that have any.
- Currency reach: 37 other countries and territories use the Euro (see the full list).
Flags with the same colours as Greece
10 other national flags use exactly the same set of colour families (blue, white). Similar colours are the most common reason flags get mistaken for one another, though colour alone says nothing about layout.
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Population from the World Bank (SP.POP.TOTL); flag, capital, currency, calling code and ISO data from open datasets. Rankings, density and flag colour matches are computed from that same dataset. Full sources and vintage on the data page. Last updated . Report a correction.