Greece: flag, capital & map
Get to know Greece, then put your memory to work.
Country facts
- Capital
- Athens
- Region
- Europe
- Subregion
- Southern Europe
- Population (2025, World Bank)
- 10,413,962
- Area
- 131,990 km²
- Languages (REST Countries)
- Greek
- Currency (CLDR, October 2026)
- Euro (EUR)
- Land neighbours
- Albania, Bulgaria, Türkiye, North Macedonia
Greece lies in south-eastern Europe. Its blue-and-white flag has nine stripes and a cross.
Dated population: World Bank; geographic facts: REST Countries; currencies: Unicode CLDR. Sources and dates →
Flag of Greece
The flag of Greece is composed of nine equal horizontal bands of blue alternating with white. A blue square bearing a white cross is superimposed in the canton.
Where it is
Greece is grouped in Southern Europe, within Roam’s Europe region. Its land-border list includes 4 countries in this atlas: Albania, Bulgaria, Türkiye, North Macedonia. The source classifies it as not landlocked.
Greece has a recorded area of 131,990 square kilometres. Among the 9 countries assigned to Southern Europe in this dataset, it ranks 3 by area, from largest to smallest. Italy is immediately above it in that ordering, at 301,336 km². Portugal is immediately below it, at 92,090 km². This comparison uses the source’s area figures and subregions, not a ranking of all territories.
The marker shows the atlas location. Small countries may be too small for an outline at this scale. Map boundaries are illustrative.
People, languages and currency
The World Bank records 10,413,962 people for Greece in 2025. This is the latest non-empty annual observation in Roam’s committed 2020–2025 download, rather than a live population counter. Dividing that population by the source area gives approximately 79 people per square kilometre. This calculated average does not describe how evenly people are distributed.
The language entries in the source are Greek. They describe the dataset’s listed languages, not every language spoken by residents. The currency listed for this date is Euro (EUR). Currency assignments are selected from Unicode CLDR’s date ranges for 23 October 2026; the three-letter codes identify currencies, not countries.
Test yourself
Cover the facts above and work through these five questions. Open each answer when you are ready to check it. You can use this section without JavaScript.
What is the capital of Greece?
Reveal answer
Athens. Greece lies in south-eastern Europe. Its blue-and-white flag has nine stripes and a cross.
Without looking at the image, how would you describe the flag of Greece?
Reveal answer
The flag of Greece is composed of nine equal horizontal bands of blue alternating with white. A blue square bearing a white cross is superimposed in the canton.
Which land neighbours of Greece are included in this atlas?
Reveal answer
Albania, Bulgaria, Türkiye, and North Macedonia. The source classifies Greece as not landlocked.
Which languages does the source list for Greece?
Reveal answer
Greek. These are the source’s language entries, not a complete inventory of every language spoken in Greece.
Which currency codes are listed for Greece?
Reveal answer
Euro (EUR). These assignments use Unicode CLDR’s legal-tender date ranges for 23 October 2026.
Try it from memory
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