Hellenic Statistical Authority

Population and Migration Unit

Peiraios 46 & Eponiton, 18510 Peiraias

Total usual residence population for the purposes of qualified majority voting in the Council.

Not applicable.

Total usual residence population at national level.

Usually resident population means all persons having their usual residence in a Member State at the reference time (31.12.2022).

Live birth means the birth of a child who breathes or shows any other evidence of life, such as beating of the heart, pulsation of the umbilical cord or definite movement of voluntary muscles, regardless of gestational age.

Death means the permanent disappearance of all evidence of life at any time after live birth has taken place (post-natal cessation of vital functions without capability of resuscitation).

Immigrant means a person undertaking an immigration where immigration means the action by which a person establishes his or her usual residence in the territory of a Member State for a period that is, or is expected to be, of at least 12 months, having previously been usually resident in another Member State or a third country.

Emigrant means a Person undertaking an emigration where emigration means the action by which a person, having previously been usually resident in the territory of a Member State, ceases to have his or her usual residence in that Member State for a period that is, or is expected to be, of at least 12 months.

Person.

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Data are available at national level of geographical detail.

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Person.

The reference date for population data is the end of the reference period (midnight of 31 December).

The reference period for vital events data is the calendar year in which the events occurred.  
The reference period for migration flow data is the calendar year in which the migration occurred.

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The issues of statistical confidentiality by the Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT) are regulated by Articles 7, 8 and 9 of Law 3832/2010 as in force, with articles 8, 10 and 11 (2) of the Regulation of Statistical Obligations of the bodies of the Hellenic Statistical System and Articles 10 and 15 of the Regulation of Operation and Management of ELSTAT.

ELSTAT treats and disseminates the statistics in compliance with the statistical principles of the European Statistics Code of Practice and in particular with the principle of statistical confidentiality.

Data on Vital events is announced 9 months after the reference year (based on the year event) and data on population and migration is announced 12 months after end of the reference year.

Users are informed on data release dates through ELSTAT’s website. https://www.statistics.gr/en/calendar#72021

The dissemination is public, users are informed that the data are being released by the website release calendar.

All users have access to statistical data at the same time and there is no press-briefing before the release of the data.

Annual

Usually, the press release regarding Vital Statistics is announced at the end of September, each year, by means of a pdf file and updated time series on excel files.

Two digital publications contain among others population data and indices and are published  on the website of ELSTAT. Greece in Figures (https://www.statistics.gr/en/greece-in-figures)

and Living Conditions in Greece  (https://www.statistics.gr/en/living-conditions-in-greece) periodically.

The link is: http://www.statistics.gr/en/statistics/-/publication/SPO18/-

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See the information in the Annex file.

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ELSTAT coplies with the principles governing the European Statistics Code of Practice, which in combination with the Quality Assurance Framework of the European Statistical System (ESS-QUAF) consist a common quality framework in the European Statistical System.

Data requested in Art. 4.1 of Reg. 1260/2013.

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Data transmitted as requested in Art. 4.1 of Reg. 1260/2013.

Regarding vital events data are administrative and overall accurate. Regarding immigration there are no reliable administrative sources.

Immigration is estimated taking into account GDP annual change and immigration of the year before. Documantation is available. According to the definition, a part of the refugees who have stayed in the country is included.

Similar to immigration, there are not administrative sources for emmigration and therefore the total is estimated by a mathemathical formula. Since, at that point of time, data related to 2022 migration flows are not yet fully available, emmigration is considered unchanged since 2021.

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For the purposes of qualified majority voting in the Council, Member States shall provide the Commission (Eurostat) with data on the total population at national level at the reference time, in accordance with Article 2 ( c ), within eight months of the end of the reference year.

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31.12.2021 population estimation along with 2022 vital and migration data are used as input for the basic demographic equation Pt+1 = Pt + B - D + IMM - EMI where B, D IMM and EMI are births, deaths, immigration and emigration during year t.

Pt is 31.12.2021 population which is estimated on the basis of provisional 2021 census results. On the light of census final results Pt is expected to be revised and consequently Pt+1 is expected to be revised as well.

In that context, Pt is not comparable with the latest population estimations (Pt-1) which were based on the 2011 census results.

The total usual residence population  transmitted by the national statistical offices to Eurostat in the framework of the Usual Residence Population data collection may differ from those available in National Accounts, Labour Force Survey or in the survey on Income and Living Conditions. The difference is given by the population coverage (see metadata specific to each domain).

The total usual residence population  transmitted by the national statistical offices to Eurostat in the framework of the Usual Residence Population data collection may differ from those available in the rest of the Demographic domain. The difference is given by the population definition (see metadata specific to each domain).

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ELSTAT announces all prescheduled revisions:

https://www.statistics.gr/en/scheduledrevisions.

Data are expected to be revised as described in section 15.2.

Vital data are derived from the civil registries. Immigration data are derived from Census collections, and immigration totals are estimated using an estimation equation based on GDP growth. Emigration is estimated using imigration from Greece data of major migration destination countries. For both immigration and emigration flows, available administrative data on refugees and asylum or temporary protection seekers are used.

annual

Vital data are drawn from Ministry of Interior, records are codified for occupation, undergo quality controls and validated. 

Vital data are validated after exhaustive quality checks.

The compilation methodology and process is presented in the annex.

Adjustments are presented in the annex.

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