Immigration in Greece
Greece recorded 132,149 immigrants in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1998. The source marks a break in the series within this span, so values before and after it may not be fully comparable.
Greece, 2024
132,149
Change from 2023
+13.3%
European Union, 2024
5,684,984 immigrantsip (Source flag ip)
Position in 2024
10th of 33
Immigration in Greece over time
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People. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Greece | European Union |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 132,149 immigrants | 5,684,984 immigrantsip (value imputed by Eurostat or other receiving agencies, provisional) |
| 2023 | 116,591 immigrants | 6,011,360 immigrantsep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2022 | 95,374 immigrants | 6,997,284 immigrantsep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2021 | 57,120 immigrants | 4,132,213 immigrantsbep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2020 | 84,221 immigrants | 3,279,673 immigrantsep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2019 | 129,459 immigrants | 4,206,293 immigrantsbep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2018 | 119,489 immigrants | 3,936,055 immigrantsep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2017 | 112,247 immigrants | 3,766,413 immigrantsep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2016 | 116,867 immigrantsb (break in time series) | 3,735,536 immigrantsbep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2015 | 64,446 immigrantsb (break in time series) | 4,097,244 immigrantsbep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2014 | 59,013 immigrants | 3,187,841 immigrantsep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2013 | 57,946 immigrants | 2,901,962 immigrantsbep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2012 | 58,200 immigrants | – |
| 2011 | 60,089 immigrantsb (break in time series) | – |
| 2010 | 60,462 immigrants | – |
| 2009 | 58,613 immigrants | – |
| 2008 | 66,529 immigrants | – |
| 2007 | 63,298 immigrants | – |
| 2006 | 63,094 immigrants | – |
| 2005 | 70,933 immigrants | – |
| 2004 | 66,871 immigrants | – |
| 2003 | 63,141 immigrants | – |
| 2002 | 67,220 immigrants | – |
| 2001 | 98,471 immigrants | – |
| 2000 | 109,251 immigrants | – |
Flags: bep break in time series, estimated, provisional; ep estimated, provisional; ip value imputed by Eurostat or other receiving agencies, provisional; b break in time series . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- That is a change of +13.3% from 116,591 immigrants in 2023.
- Since 2014, when it was 59,013 immigrants, the figure has changed by +123.9%. The source marks a break in the series during this period, so part of the change may come from a change in method.
- Among the 33 countries with data for 2024, Greece has the 10th highest value.
- The figure for the European Union in 2024 was 5,684,984 immigrants.
More for Greece
All statistics for Greece
Emigration
78,014 emigrants
2024 · Eurostat
Acquisitions of citizenship
14,275 people
2024 · Eurostat
Net migration
16,636 people
2025 · World Bank
First-time asylum applicants
55,380 applicants
2025 · Eurostat
Net migration rate
4.8ep (Source flag ep) per 1,000 people
2025 · Eurostat
Net migration estimates and projections
-15.6 per 1,000 people
2023 · UN Population Division