Greece: cities by population
Greece has a population of 10,727,668, with Athens as its capital. The 50 largest of its 1,954 recorded towns and cities, ranked.
Figures are the latest available in GeoNames (CC BY 4.0), which draws on national censuses of varying dates — treat them as recent, not same-year. Country totals are GeoNames country data. Sources & method.
| # | Place | Region | Population |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Athens | Attica | 664,046 |
| 2 | Thessaloníki | Central Macedonia | 317,778 |
| 3 | Pátra | West Greece | 168,034 |
| 4 | Piraeus | Attica | 163,688 |
| 5 | Lárisa | Thessaly | 146,926 |
| 6 | Peristéri | Attica | 139,981 |
| 7 | Irákleion | Crete | 137,154 |
| 8 | Kallithéa | Attica | 100,641 |
| 9 | Acharnés | Attica | 99,346 |
| 10 | Kalamariá | Central Macedonia | 91,518 |
| 11 | Níkaia | Attica | 89,380 |
| 12 | Glyfáda | Attica | 87,305 |
| 13 | Volos | Thessaly | 86,048 |
| 14 | Ílion | Attica | 84,793 |
| 15 | Ilioúpoli | Attica | 78,153 |
| 16 | Keratsíni | Attica | 77,077 |
| 17 | Évosmos | Central Macedonia | 74,686 |
| 18 | Khalándrion | Attica | 74,192 |
| 19 | Néa Smýrni | Attica | 73,076 |
| 20 | Maroúsi | Attica | 72,333 |
| 21 | Agios Dimitrios | Attica | 71,294 |
| 22 | Zográfos | Attica | 71,026 |
| 23 | Aigáleo | Attica | 69,946 |
| 24 | Néa Ionía | Attica | 67,134 |
| 25 | Ioánnina | Epirus | 65,574 |
| 26 | Palaió Fáliro | Attica | 64,021 |
| 27 | Korydallós | Attica | 63,445 |
| 28 | Tríkala | Thessaly | 61,653 |
| 29 | Výronas | Attica | 61,308 |
| 30 | Agía Paraskeví | Attica | 59,704 |
| 31 | Galátsi | Attica | 59,345 |
| 32 | Chalkída | Central Greece | 59,125 |
| 33 | Petroúpolis | Attica | 58,979 |
| 34 | Sérres | Central Macedonia | 58,287 |
| 35 | Ródos | South Aegean | 56,128 |
| 36 | Kalamata | Peloponnese | 54,100 |
| 37 | Kavála | East Macedonia and Thrace | 54,027 |
| 38 | Chaniá | Crete | 53,910 |
| 39 | Kateríni | Central Macedonia | 53,293 |
| 40 | Alexandroupoli | East Macedonia and Thrace | 52,979 |
| 41 | Lamía | Central Greece | 52,006 |
| 42 | Irákleio | Attica | 49,642 |
| 43 | Xánthi | East Macedonia and Thrace | 48,221 |
| 44 | Fylí | Attica | 48,157 |
| 45 | Kifisiá | Attica | 47,332 |
| 46 | Agrínio | West Greece | 46,899 |
| 47 | Stavroúpoli | Central Macedonia | 46,008 |
| 48 | Chaïdári | Attica | 45,642 |
| 49 | Komotiní | East Macedonia and Thrace | 45,631 |
| 50 | Sykiés | Central Macedonia | 44,955 |
Twenty years earlier: Greece in the 2005 World Gazetteer — population then 11,212,468.