Greece Fact Sheet

Database: Date of Independence for Modern Countries

Record Name Year Country Previous Ruler Country Date
Greece Country Formation Date 1829 Greece Ottoman Empire 1829

Database: Death Rates by Country

Record Name Country Death Rate (per 1000 persons) Source
Death Rate for Greece Greece 9.9 Wikipedia

Database: Great Inventions by Year and Country

Record Name Year Country Region Source Inventor Name
Button c. 700 BC Greece, Italy Europe Encyclopedia Britannica Almanac 2003 Greeks, Etruscans
Encyclopedia c. 4th century BC or 77 AD Greece or Rome Europe Encyclopedia Britannica Almanac 2003 Speusippus (compliation of Plato's teachings) or Pliny the Elder (comprehensive work)

Database: World Wide Lanuage Speakers

Record Name Language Primary Country Source Rank Speakers
GREEK World Wide Language Speakers GREEK Greece 13th Edition of the Ethnologue 74 12,000,000

Database: Average Real Estate Rental Cost for Selected Cities

Record Name City Country Region Total Cost (US$ per sq. m) Rent (Total Cost (US$ per sq. m)) Other Expenses (US$ per sq. m) Source
Average Real Estate Rental Cost for Athens Athens Greece Europe 523 459 64 Cushman & Wakefield

Database: World Widfe life Expectancy by Country

Record Name Country Source Life Expectancy Rank
Greece Life Expectancy Greece World Fact Book 79.38 24

Database: World Oil Production by Country

Record Name Country Year Source Barrels per Day
Greece Oil Production Greece 2006 2006 CIA World Factbook 5,805

Database: 2006 World Monuments Fund Complete Watch List

Record Name Country Organization Name Source
Helike Archaeological Site (GREECE) Greece Helike Archaeological Site World Monuments Fund

Database: Number of Airports in World Countries

Record Name Country Year Airports Source
Number of Airports in Greece Greece 2007 81 CIA World Fact Book

Database: Local Names of World Countries

Record Name Country Local Name
Local Name for Greece Greece Ellas or Ellada

Database: Catholic Pope History

Record Name Birthplace Burial Origin Religion Number Pontiff Time Periord Years Birthdate Death Date
Pope 5 St. Evaristus a Greek St. Peter's Basilica Greece Catholic 5 St. Evaristus 97-105 9 - 105
Pope 8 St. Telesphorus Greece St. Peter's Basilica, Necropolis Greece Catholic 8 St. Telesphorus 125-136 11 - 136
Pope 9 St. Hyginus Athens, Greece St. Peter's Basilica, Necropolis Greece Catholic 9 St. Hyginus 136-140 4 - 140
Pope 13 St. Eleutherius Nicopolis (Epirus), Greece St. Peter's Basilica Grottoes Greece Catholic 13 St. Eleutherius 175-189 14 - 189
Pope 85 John VI Ephesus, Greece St. Peter's Basilica Grottoes Greece Catholic 85 John VI 701-705 3 - 1/11/705

Database: Unemployment rate for world countries

Record Name Country Rate (Percent) Note Source
Unemployment rate for Greece Greece 9.2 2006 est. Wikipedia

Database: Legal Driving Blood Alcohol Limits

Record Name Country Region Blood Alcohol Limit (Percent)
Driving Blood Alcohol Limit for Greece Greece Europe 0.05

Database: World List of Basilicas

Record Name Country Religion Region Number of Basilicas Note
Number of Basilicas in Greece Greece Catholic Europe 1 Basilicas are churches with historical importance or other significance.

Database: World Literacy Rates

Record Name Country Source Total Men Women Year
Greece Literacy Rate Greece UNESCO 97.7 percent 98.7 percent 96.8 percent 2005

Database: List of countries by train railway track length

Record Name Country Year Reported Transportation Type Railway Length (km) Source
Greece Railway Length Greece 2005 Train 2,576 Wikipedia

Database: Internet Country Codes

Record Name Country Internet Code
GR Greece Greece GR

Database: Prison Population by Country

Record Name Year Source
Prison population for Greece 2007 Human Development Reports (UNDP)

Database: Worlds Largest Economic Entities (2000)

Record Name Country or Corporation Year GDP / sales ($million) Source
GDP Sales for Greece (2000) Greece 2000 123,934.00 Institute for Policy Studies (Report on the Top 200 corporations)

Database: World Wide Shortwave Radio Stations

Record Name Language City Country Media kHz
Voice of Greece Athens Greece Radio 9515

Database: Sucide Rates By Country

Record Name Country Source Year Male (per 100,000) Female (per 100,000)
GREECE suicide rate Greece World Health Organization 04 5.2 1.2

Database: Global Alcohol Consumption by Country

Record Name Country 1975 (liters per year) 1979 (liters per year) 2003 (liters per year) 2004 (liters per year) Source
Average total alchohol consumption per person for Greece Greece n/a n/a 9.01 n/a World Health Organization

Database: Country Population (2002)

Record Name Country Capital City Year Land Area Population Source
Greece Greece Athens 2002 131,940 10,645,343 The World Factbook 2002, CIA

Database: Coin Mints of the World

Record Name Country City Address
Bank of Greece Greece Athens 341 Messogion Ave., 15231 Halandri, Athens, Greece

Database: List of Carbon Emissions by Country

Record Name Country Source Thousand Metric Tonnes per Capita (per thousand people)
Greece CO2 Carbon Emissions Greece World Resources Institute 92,150.3 8.63801

Database: Coastline of world countries

Record Name Country Coastline (KM)
Greece Ocean Coastline Length Greece 13,676

Database: Inflation rates by country (2003)

Record Name Country Source Rate (2003) Rate (2002) Rate (2001) Rate (2000)
GREECE Inflation Rate Greece International Monetary Fund 2.7 3.3 3.7 2.9

Database: High School Education Equivalents by Country

Record Name Country High School Equivalent Education
High School Equivalent for Greece Greece State University Examination, General Entrance Examination

Database: Capital Cities of World Countries

Record Name Country Capital City Country Long Name FIPS code
Hellenic Republic (Greece) Greece Athens Hellenic Republic GR

Database: World Currency List

Record Name Country Symbol Subdivision Name
The euro is only used inAustria, Belgium, Finland, France,Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg,Netherlands, Spain, and Portugal; it is not used in otherE.U. countries. The euro is only used inAustria, Belgium, Finland, France,Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg,Netherlands, Spain, and Portugal; it is not used in otherE.U. countries.
Greece (2001-) Greece (2001-) &euro 100 cents euro

Database: Overweight Population By Country

Record Name Country Source Rank Percent Overweight
Greece Overweight Population Greece Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development 10 35.2

Database: Country GDP (2005)

Record Name Country Year Source GDP GDP per Capita Real Growth Rate Inflation
Greece GDP Greece 2005 The World Factbook 2006 236.8 billion 22,200 3.7 3.8

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