NUTS 3 areas of Greece by natural population change

Kalymnos, Karpathos, Kasos, Kos, Rodos had the highest natural population change of 52 areas in 2018, at 474. Kentrikos Tomeas Athinon had the lowest, at -4,281. The median was -585 and the figure for Greece was -33,856. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Median-58552 areas
Greece-33,856History

All areas, 2018

Kalymnos, Karpathos, Kasos, Kos, Rodos: 474 personsKalymnos, Karpathos, Kasos, Kos, …474Dytiki Attiki: 403 personsDytiki Attiki403Anatoliki Attiki: 356 personsAnatoliki Attiki356Irakleio: 272 personsIrakleio272Rethymni: 110 personsRethymni110Andros, Thira, Kea - Kythnos, Milos, Mykonos, Naxos, Paros, Syros, Tinos: 99 personsAndros, Thira, Kea - Kythnos, Mil…99Chania: 81 personsChania81Xanthi: -5 personsXanthi-5Zakynthos: -9 personsZakynthos-9Chios: -93 personsChios-93Ithaki, Kefallinia: -110 personsIthaki, Kefallinia-110Ikaria, Samos: -124 personsIkaria, Samos-124Lefkada: -131 personsLefkada-131Evrytania: -141 personsEvrytania-141Lasithi: -205 personsLasithi-205Kastoria: -235 personsKastoria-235Fokida: -252 personsFokida-252Lesvos, Limnos: -264 personsLesvos, Limnos-264Thesprotia: -271 personsThesprotia-271Florina: -302 personsFlorina-302Chalkidiki: -375 personsChalkidiki-375Voiotia: -411 personsVoiotia-411Ioannina: -540 personsIoannina-540Kerkyra: -543 personsKerkyra-543Voreios Tomeas Athinon: -547 personsVoreios Tomeas Athinon-547Rodopi: -570 personsRodopi-570Pieria: -599 personsPieria-599Imathia: -679 personsImathia-679Korinthia: -682 personsKorinthia-682Drama: -696 personsDrama-696Kilkis: -711 personsKilkis-711Achaia: -724 personsAchaia-724Larisa: -725 personsLarisa-725Dytikos Tomeas Athinon: -773 personsDytikos Tomeas Athinon-773Magnisia, Sporades: -836 personsMagnisia, Sporades-836Evros: -853 personsEvros-853Ileia: -876 personsIleia-876Thasos, Kavala: -879 personsThasos, Kavala-879Grevena, Kozani: -892 personsGrevena, Kozani-892Pella: -912 personsPella-912Arta, Preveza: -944 personsArta, Preveza-944Aitoloakarnania: -963 personsAitoloakarnania-963Argolida, Arkadia: -1,001 personsArgolida, Arkadia-1,001Fthiotida: -1,004 personsFthiotida-1,004Evvoia: -1,006 personsEvvoia-1,006Notios Tomeas Athinon: -1,308 personsNotios Tomeas Athinon-1,308Lakonia, Messinia: -1,517 personsLakonia, Messinia-1,517Karditsa, Trikala: -1,636 personsKarditsa, Trikala-1,636Serres: -1,776 personsSerres-1,776Thessaloniki: -2,069 personsThessaloniki-2,069Peiraias, Nisoi: -2,181 personsPeiraias, Nisoi-2,181Kentrikos Tomeas Athinon: -4,281 personsKentrikos Tomeas Athinon-4,281
persons. Source: Eurostat, Population change, natural change of population, by NUTS 2 and 3 region (demo_r_gind3). Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankAreas2018
persons
Change on 2017
1Kalymnos, Karpathos, Kasos, Kos, Rodos474+13.4%
2Dytiki Attiki403-4%
3Anatoliki Attiki356+287%
4Irakleio272+216.3%
5Rethymni110+150%
6Andros, Thira, Kea - Kythnos, Milos, Mykonos, Naxos, Paros, Syros, Tinos99+106.3%
7Chania81+288.4%
8Xanthi-5-400%
9Zakynthos-9+82%
10Chios-93+27.9%
11Ithaki, Kefallinia-110+40.9%
12Ikaria, Samos-124+46.8%
13Lefkada-131-8.3%
14Evrytania-141-2.2%
15Lasithi-205+10.9%
16Kastoria-235+19.2%
17Fokida-252+10.6%
18Lesvos, Limnos-264+19.8%
19Thesprotia-271-23.7%
20Florina-302-14%
21Chalkidiki-375-2.2%
22Voiotia-411+19.1%
23Ioannina-540+8.9%
24Kerkyra-543+8.9%
25Voreios Tomeas Athinon-547+28.1%
26Rodopi-570+10.1%
27Pieria-599-4.4%
28Imathia-679+17.1%
29Korinthia-682-3.2%
30Drama-696+8.2%
31Kilkis-711+4%
32Achaia-724-20.9%
33Larisa-725-14.4%
34Dytikos Tomeas Athinon-773+13.8%
35Magnisia, Sporades-836-1%
36Evros-853-3%
37Ileia-876+2.8%
38Thasos, Kavala-879-3.8%
39Grevena, Kozani-892-5.7%
40Pella-912-5.6%
41Arta, Preveza-944-1.8%
42Aitoloakarnania-963+14.7%
43Argolida, Arkadia-1,001-2.7%
44Fthiotida-1,004+3.9%
45Evvoia-1,006-10.1%
46Notios Tomeas Athinon-1,308+6.8%
47Lakonia, Messinia-1,517+13.8%
48Karditsa, Trikala-1,636+16%
49Serres-1,776-4.9%
50Thessaloniki-2,069-1.3%
51Peiraias, Nisoi-2,181-13.1%
52Kentrikos Tomeas Athinon-4,281+5.3%

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Live births minus deaths during the year. A negative value means more deaths than births (Eurostat).

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the areas are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.

How to cite

Eurostat. Population change, natural change of population, by NUTS 2 and 3 region (demo_r_gind3). https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/demo_r_gind3/default/table. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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Which area has the highest natural population change?

Kalymnos, Karpathos, Kasos, Kos, Rodos, with 474 in 2018, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

Which area has the lowest natural population change?

Kentrikos Tomeas Athinon, with -4,281 in 2018.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: Eurostat, European Commission, Population change, natural change of population, by NUTS 2 and 3 region (demo_r_gind3). Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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