_#_Note: strategic location dominating the Aegean Sea and southern approach to Turkish Straits

_*People #_Population: 10,042,956 (July 1991), growth rate 0.2% (1991)

_#_Birth rate: 11 births/1,000 population (1991)

_#_Death rate: 9 deaths/1,000 population (1991)

_#_Net migration rate: 0 migrants/1,000 population (1991)

_#_Infant mortality rate: 10 deaths/1,000 live births (1991)

_#_Life expectancy at birth: 75 years male, 80 years female (1991)

_#_Total fertility rate: 1.5 children born/woman (1991)

_#_Nationality: noun—Greek(s); adjective—Greek

_#_Ethnic divisions: Greek 98%, other 2%; note—the Greek Government states there are no ethnic divisions in Greece