The 2011 Population and Housing Census ( el, Απογραφή Πληθυσμού-Kατοικιών 2011),
branded as ( el, Γενικές Απογραφές 2011), was a population census in
Greece
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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 ...
on behalf of the Greek state between 10 and 24 May 2011.
It was conducted as part of the
2011 European Union census 2011 EU census, or EU population and housing census 2011 was an EU-wide census in 2011 in all EU member states.
2011 EU member state censuses
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. Its purpose was to enumerate the number of people in the country as well as survey the social characteristics of the population. The census was available in 8 languages other than
Greek
Greek may refer to:
Greece
Anything of, from, or related to Greece, a country in Southern Europe:
*Greeks, an ethnic group.
*Greek language, a branch of the Indo-European language family.
**Proto-Greek language, the assumed last common ancestor ...
:
English
English usually refers to:
* English language
* English people
English may also refer to:
Peoples, culture, and language
* ''English'', an adjective for something of, from, or related to England
** English national ide ...
,
Albanian,
French,
Vietnamese
Vietnamese may refer to:
* Something of, from, or related to Vietnam, a country in Southeast Asia
** A citizen of Vietnam. See Demographics of Vietnam.
* Vietnamese people, or Kinh people, a Southeast Asian ethnic group native to Vietnam
** Overse ...
,
Russian
Russian(s) refers to anything related to Russia, including:
*Russians (, ''russkiye''), an ethnic group of the East Slavic peoples, primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries
*Rossiyane (), Russian language term for all citizens and peo ...
,
Arabic
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,
and
Dari
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.
The final results of the census were announced on 28 December 2012, with a minor correction in 2014. According to final results, the total resident population of Greece was 10,815,197 on census day.
There was a
margin of error
The margin of error is a statistic expressing the amount of random sampling error in the results of a survey. The larger the margin of error, the less confidence one should have that a poll result would reflect the result of a census of the e ...
of 2.84%.
Scope and format
The 2011 census was carried out to ascertain the number of people in Greece at the time of the census, the demographic, social, and economic conditions of residents and households, and the stock of buildings available in the country.
The census was conducted in a format compliant with
European Union
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regulations.
It was the first census in Greece carried out over a number of days, as opposed to a single day; this was so as to make it more convenient for residents to complete the census.
It was also the first census to be conducted in accordance with the
data protection
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guidelines of the
Hellenic Data Protection Authority (
el).
Results
Main demographic indicators by region
Population pyramid of Greece based in 2011 census data.
See also
*
2021 Greek census
*
Demographics of Greece
*
Demographic history of modern Greece
References
External links
Census 2011 results page(in Greek)
Census 2011 results page(in English)
Panorama Greek Census DataEurostat 2011 Census Hub
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2011 in Greece
2011 censuses