A ministry partnership with TP Greece aims to offer job options, from remote work to new hires, to those moving to Evros with 10,000 euros in support

The benefit will cover every child born to a family registered in Perama, regardless of income, with the municipality allocating the necessary funds in its 2027 budget

On tiny Thymaina, high living costs, limited transport and the exodus of young families are leaving an island community with just two primary school pupils

Births fell from about 148,000 in 1979-80 to roughly 67,000 in 2024-25, while the average age at which women have children rose by nearly six years, according to a new demographic study.

The government is preparing measures ranging from higher child and birth benefits to tax breaks, housing support and expanded parental leave, as it seeks to encourage young couples to have children

Eurostat data in its Demography of Europe 2026 report show that Greece is ageing faster than most of its European Union peers

New demographic research shows births in Greece have fallen by 44% since 2008-09, driven by lower fertility, an aging population, delayed parenthood and a shrinking number of women of childbearing age.

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Bank of Greece Governor Yannis Stournaras says limited access to affordable housing is delaying family formation, adding pressure to the country's shrinking and aging population.

Greece’s Speaker of Parliament is sounding the alarm. “Future historians will write about a state and a society committing gradual demographic suicide,” Nikitas Kaklamanis warned, referring to the country’s population decline.

The complex issue now figures as the most pressing problem facing Greek society today, literally a “double whammy” entailed in a shrinking population intertwined with an increasingly aging one.

One in four Greeks is 65 or older - the third highest in the EU

Under the revised program, another six regions experiencing pronounced population decline, the prefectures of Kastoria, Florina, Kilkis, Pella, Drama, and the Feres region in Evros prefecture, was eligible

The bonus was enacted by the Mitsotakis government in April 2024 and billed as one of a handful of measures to deal with the demographic crisis faced by the country

Falling birth rates are reshaping societies worldwide, driven by economic uncertainty, career priorities, and social change, with major implications for economies, healthcare systems, and intergenerational support

Nevertheless, the Greek government again dismissed the prospect of another hike in retirement age

New data highlight Greece’s accelerating demographic shift, with experts stressing that most years after age 65 are lived with chronic illness and that healthy ageing must become a national priority

As births plummet and migration reshapes the population, Greece is heading toward a dramatic decline in high-school and university students

Today, one in five residents in Greece is over 65. By 2050, one in three will be over 65

With births at record lows and deaths far outpacing them, Greece faces a shrinking, aging population. Experts warn that migration could offset decline—but political hesitancy and fragmented integration strategies threaten to leave the country struggling