strategic location dominating the Aegean Sea and southern approach to Turkish Straits; a peninsular country, possessing an archipelago of about 2,000 islands
People
Greece
Population:
10,722,816 (July 2008 est.)
Age structure:
0-14 years: 14.3% (male 789,137/female 742,469) 15-64 years: 66.6% (male 3,568,101/female 3,575,572) 65 years and over: 19.1% (male 898,337/female 1,149,200) (2008 est.)
Median age:
total: 41.5 years male: 40.4 years female: 42.6 years (2008 est.)
Population growth rate:
0.146% (2008 est.)