The 2021 Population and Housing Census ( el, Απογραφή ΠληθυσμούKατοικιών 2021) is a planned

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to be conducted by the

Hellenic Statistical Authority The Hellenic Statistical Authority ( el, Ελληνική Στατιστική Αρχή ), known by its acronym ELSTAT ( el, ΕΛ.ΣΤΑΤ), is the national statistical service of Greece. The purpose of ELSTAT is to produce, on a regular basis, o ...

as part of the wider 2021 European Union census. As with the 2011 census, it will enumerate the number of people in the country, survey the demographic, economic, and social characteristics of the population, as well as ascertain the types of building stock available in the country. The census will comply with both

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and

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census guidelines. The full set of results will be available by 31 March 2024.

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and

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technologies will be utilised in order to carry out the census. A design competition was launched in September 2018, asking university students to design the census logo, and the winner was announced in 2019.

Background

The

2011 Greek census The 2011 Population and Housing Census ( el, Απογραφή Πληθυσμού-Kατοικιών 2011), branded as ( el, Γενικές Απογραφές 2011), was a population census in Greece conducted by the Hellenic Statistical Authority o ...

showed that the percentage of people of Greece had declined by 0.88%, compared to the

2001 Greek census 1 (one, unit, unity) is a number representing a single or the only entity. 1 is also a numerical digit and represents a single unit of counting or measurement. For example, a line segment of ''unit length'' is a line segment of length 1 ...

, to 10,815,197 people. This demographic trend is expected to continue if fertility rates remain low, with the

estimating the decline of the total population of Greece to 9.7 million by 2050 in that scenario. Similarly,

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estimates that, without migration, the Greek population will decline to 9.3 million by 2050, and to 8.9 million with lower fertility; the main Eurostat scenario projects the country's population as 9.1 million in 2050.

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