Greek diaspora

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Greek diaspora is a term used to refer to the communities of Greeks living outside of the traditional Greek homeland, namely Greece, Cyprus, and parts of Albania, Turkey and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.

The General Secretariat for Greeks Abroad is a dependency of the Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and has compiled several studies on the Greeks of the diaspora.

The total number of Greeks living outside Greece and Cyprus is estimated from 2,500,000 to 7,538,731.

[edit] Number of Greeks in all countries

Rank	Country	Capital	Number of ethnic Greeks
1	Image:Flag of Greece.svg Greece	Athens	10,744,740 (2001 census)
2	Image:Flag of the United States.svg United States	Washington, D.C.	1,213,807 (2000 census) <ref>United States of America: 2000 census</ref> – an estimated 3,000,000 claim Greek descent <ref>United States Department of State: Background Note: Greece</ref>
3	Image:Flag of Cyprus.svg Cyprus	Nicosia	689,471 (2001 census, in gov. controlled area)
4	Image:Flag of Australia.svg Australia	Canberra	375,703 (2001 census) <ref>Community Relations Commission: 2001 census</ref> – 700,000 (est.) <ref>Hellenic Republic: Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Australia: The Greek Community</ref>
5	Image:Flag of Germany.svg Germany	Berlin	354,500 (est.) <ref name="Globe">Greeks around the Globe (they are quoting the statistics of the General Secretariat for Greeks Abroad as on October 12, 2004)</ref> – 370,000 (2006 est.) <ref>Germany: Greek population in Germany, by the Federal Republic of Germany (Relations between Greece and Germany)</ref>
6	Image:Flag of Canada.svg Canada	Ottawa	215,105 (2001 census) <ref>See List of Canadians by ethnicity</ref> – 450,000 (est.)<ref name="Globe" />
7	Image:Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa	Cape Town	120,000 (est.) <ref name="Globe" /> – see also [1]
8	Image:Flag of Russia (bordered).svg Russia	Moscow	97,827 (2002 census) <ref>Norwegian Institute of International Affairs: Centre for Russian Studies: 2002 census</ref> – 150,000 (est.) <ref name="Globe" />
9	Image:Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine	Kiev	91,500 (2001 census) <ref>State Statistics Committee of Ukraine: 2001 census</ref> – 250,000 (est.) <ref name="Globe" />
10	Image:Flag of Albania.svg Albania	Tirana	58,785 (1989 census) <ref>UNPO: Greek Minority in Albania</ref> – 400,000 (est.) <ref>Country Studies US: Greeks and Other Minorities</ref>
11	Image:Flag of France.svg France	Paris	35,000 (est.) <ref>Hellenic Republic: Ministry of Foreign Affairs: France: The Greek Community</ref> <ref name="Globe" />
12	Image:Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil	Brasília	25,000 – 30,000 (est.) <ref>Hellenic Republic: Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Brazil: The Greek Community</ref>
13	Image:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium	Brussels	25,000 (est.) <ref name="Globe" /> – 35,000 (est.) <ref>Hellenic Republic: Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Belgium: The Greek Community</ref>
14	Image:Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina	Buenos Aires	20,000 (est.) <ref name="Globe" /> – 30,000 (est.) <ref>Hellenic Republic: Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Argentina: The Greek Community</ref>
15	Image:Flag of Italy.svg Italy	Rome	20,000 (est.) <ref name="Globe" /> – 30,000 (est.) <ref>Hellenic Republic: Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Italy: The Greek Community</ref>
16	Image:Flag of Georgia (bordered).svg Georgia	Tbilisi	15,166 (2002 census) <ref>Eurominority: Greeks in Georgia</ref> – 120,000 (est.) <ref name="Globe" />
17	Image:Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Kazakhstan	Astana	12,703 (1999 census) <ref>Japan External Trade Organization: Institute of Developing Economies: Ethnodemographic situation in Kazakhstan</ref> – 120,000 (est.) <ref name="Globe" />
18	Image:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden	Stockholm	12,000 – 15,000 (est.) <ref>Hellenic Republic: Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Sweden: The Greek Community</ref> – 20,000 (est.) <ref name="Globe" />
19	Image:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom	London	10,000 – 15,000 (est., excluding Greek Cypriots) <ref>Hellenic Republic: Ministry of Foreign Affairs: United Kingdom: The Greek Community</ref> – 300,000 (est.) <ref>United Kingdom: Greek population in the UK No exact figure available, this is the figure for London alone.</ref>
20	Image:Flag of Uzbekistan.svg Uzbekistan	Tashkent	9,500 (est.) <ref>Central Asia – Caucasus analyst: Greeks in Uzbekistan</ref> – 10,000 (est.) <ref name="Globe" />
21	Image:Flag of Switzerland.svg Switzerland	Bern	8,340 (est.) <ref name="Globe" /> – 11,000 (est.) <ref>Hellenic Republic: Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Switzerland: The Greek Community</ref>
22	Romania	Bucharest	6,513 (2002 census) <ref>ClubAfaceri: 2002 (Romanian) census</ref> – 14,000 (est.) <ref name="Globe" />
23	Image:Flag of Austria.svg Austria	Vienna	5,000 (est.) <ref>Hellenic Republic: Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Austria: The Greek Community</ref> – 6,500 (est.) <ref name="Globe" />
24	Image:Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey	Ankara	5,000 (2006 est.) <ref> "Ethnic Greeks of Istanbul convene", Athens News Agency, 2 July 2006. Additionally, there are 600,000 Greek-speaking people in Turkey according to the Columbia Encyclopedia [2], although this figure will certainly include Turkish-identifying Greek Muslims.</ref>
25	Image:Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand	Wellington	4,500 (est.) <ref>Hellenic Republic: Ministry of Foreign Affairs: New Zealand: The Greek Community</ref> – 10,000 (est.) <ref name="Globe" />
26	Image:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands	Amsterdam	4,000 (est.) <ref name="Globe" /> – 12,500 (est.) <ref>According to the Netherlands Statistical Service, quoted by: Hellenic Republic: Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Netherlands: The Greek Community</ref>
27	Image:Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt	Cairo	3,800 (est.) <ref>Hellenic Republic: Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Egypt: The Greek Community</ref> – 350,000 (1989 est.) <ref>United Nations Human Rights Website – Treaty Bodies Database – Document – Summary Record – Egypt</ref>
28	Image:Flag of Bulgaria (bordered).svg Bulgaria	Sofia	3,408 (2001 census) <ref>Republic of Bulgaria: National Statistical Institute: 2001 census</ref> – 28,500 <ref>Hellenic Republic: Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Bulgaria: The Greek Community</ref>
29	Image:Flag of the Czech Republic (bordered).svg Czech Republic	Prague	3,231 (2001 census) <ref>Office of the Czech Republic Government: Report on the Situation of National Minorities in the Czech Republic in 2001</ref> – 7,000 (est.) <ref>According to the Association of Greek Communities in the Czech Republic quoted by the Office of the Czech Republic Government: Report on the Situation of National Minorities in the Czech Republic in 2001</ref>
30	Image:Flag of Moldova.svg Moldova	Chişinău	3,000 (est.) <ref>Hellenic Republic: Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Moldova</ref> – 4,000 (est.) <ref name="Globe" />
31	Image:Flag of Hungary.svg Hungary	Budapest	2,509 (2001 census) <ref>Hungarian Central Statistical Office: 2001 census</ref> – 6,000 (est.) <ref>Eurominority: Greeks in Hungary</ref>
32	Image:Flag of Lebanon.svg Lebanon	Beirut	1,500 (est.) <ref name="Globe" />
33	Image:Flag of Oman (bordered).svg Oman	Muscat	1,500 (est.) <ref name="Globe" />
34	Image:Flag of Poland (bordered).svg Poland	Warsaw	1,404 (2002 census) <ref>See Demographics of Poland</ref> – 4,300 (est.) <ref name="Globe" />
35	Image:Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Saudi Arabia	Riyadh	1,300 (est.) <ref name="Globe" />
36	Image:Flag of Luxembourg.svg Luxembourg	Luxembourg	1,200 <ref name="Globe" /> – 2,000 (est.) <ref>Hellenic Republic: Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Luxembourg: The Greek Community</ref>
37	Image:Flag of Cameroon.svg Cameroon	Yaoundé	1,200 (est.) <ref name="Globe2">Greeks around the Globe (they are quoting the statistics of the General Secretariat for Greeks Abroad as on October 12, 2004)</ref>
38	Image:Flag of Armenia.svg Armenia	Yerevan	1,176 (2002 census) <ref>National Statistical Service of the Republic of Armenia: 2002 census</ref> – 15,000 (est.) <ref name="Globe2" />
39	Image:Flag of Venezuela.svg Venezuela	Caracas	1,148 (est.) <ref>Hellenic Republic: Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Venezuela: The Greek Community</ref> – 2,500 (est.) <ref name="Globe2" />
40	Image:Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Zimbabwe	Harare	1,100 (est.) <ref>Hellenic Republic: Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Zimbabwe: The Greek Community</ref> – 4,000 (est.) <ref name="Globe2" />
41	Image:Flag of Uruguay.svg Uruguay	Montevideo	1,000 (est.) <ref name="Globe2" /> – 2,000 (est.) <ref>Hellenic Republic: Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Uruguay: The Greek Community</ref>
42	Image:Flag of Chile (bordered).svg Chile	Santiago	1,000 (est.) <ref name="Globe2" /> – 1,500 (est.) <ref>Hellenic Republic: Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Chile: The Greek Community</ref>
43	Image:Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico	Mexico City	1,000 (est.) <ref>Comunidad Helenica de Mexico: The Greek side of Mexico</ref> <ref name="Globe2" />
44	Syria	Damascus	1,000 (est.) <ref name="Globe2" />
45	Image:Flag of Panama (bordered).svg Panama	Panama City	800 (est.) <ref name="Globe2" /> – 1,000 (est.) <ref>Hellenic Republic: Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Uruguay: The Greek Community</ref>
46	Image:Flag of Zambia.svg Zambia	Lusaka	700 (est.) <ref name="Globe2" />
47	Image:Flag of Kyrgyzstan.svg Kyrgyzstan	Bishkek	650 – 700 (est.) <ref>Hellenic Republic: Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Kyrgyzstan: The Greek Community</ref>
48	Image:Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark	Copenhagen	500 (est.) <ref name="Globe2" /> – 1,000 (est.) <ref>Hellenic Republic: Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Denmark: The Greek Community</ref>
49	Image:Flag of Ethiopia.svg Ethiopia	Addis Ababa	500 (est.) <ref>Hellenic Republic: Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Ethiopia: The Greek Community</ref> – 700 (est.) <ref name="Globe2" />
50	Image:Flag of Macedonia.svg FYROM	Skopje	422 (2002 census) <ref>See Demographics of the Republic of Macedonia</ref> – 250,000 (1994 est.) <ref>Johns Hopkins University Press: Victor Roudometof, Nationalism and Identity Politics in the Balkans: Greece and the Macedonian Question</ref>
51	Image:Flag of Jordan.svg Jordan	Amman	400 (est.) <ref name="Globe2" /> – 600 (est.) <ref>Hellenic Republic: Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Jordan: The Greek Community</ref>
52	Image:Flag of Norway.svg Norway	Oslo	350 (est.) <ref>Hellenic Republic: Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Norway: The Greek Community</ref> <ref name="Globe2" />
53	Image:Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg Democratic Republic of the Congo (ex. Zaire)	Kinshasa	300 (est.) <ref>Hellenic Republic: Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Democratic Republic of Congo: The Greek Community</ref> – 5000 (est.) <ref name="Globe2" />
54	Image:Flag of Spain.svg Spain	Madrid	300 (est.) <ref name="Globe2" /> – 1,500 – 2,000 (est.) <ref>Hellenic Republic: Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Spain: The Greek Community</ref>
55	Image:Flag of the Bahamas.svg Bahamas	Nassau	300 (est.) <ref name="Globe2" />
56	Image:Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria	Abuja	300 (est.) <ref>Hellenic Republic: Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Nigeria: The Greek Community</ref> <ref name="Globe2" />
57	Image:Flag of Tanzania.svg Tanzania	Dodoma	300 (est.) <ref name="Globe2" />
58	Image:Flag of Israel (bordered).svg Israel	Jerusalem	250 – 300 (est.) <ref>Hellenic Republic: Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Azerbaijan: The Greek Community</ref> – 1,500 (est.) <ref name="Globe2" />
59	Image:Flag of Sudan.svg Sudan	Khartoum	250 (est.) <ref>Hellenic Republic: Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Sudan: The Greek Community</ref> – 700 (est.) <ref name="Globe2" />
60	Image:Flag of Azerbaijan.svg Azerbaijan	Baku	250 – 300 (est.) <ref>Hellenic Republic: Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Azerbaijan: The Greek Community</ref>
61	Image:Flag of Lithuania.svg Lithuania	Vilnius	250 (est.) <ref>Hellenic Republic: Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Lithuania: The Greek Community</ref>
62	Image:Flag of Malawi.svg Malawi	Lilongwe	200 (est.) <ref>Hellenic Republic: Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Malawi: The Greek Community</ref> – 800 (est.) <ref name="Globe2" />
63	Image:Flag of Colombia.svg Colombia	Bogotá, D.C.	200 (est.) <ref name="Globe2" />
64	Image:Flag of Ireland (bordered).svg Ireland	Dublin	200 (est.) <ref name="Globe2" /> – for further information, see [3]
65	Image:Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya	Nairobi	200 (est.) <ref name="Globe2" />
66	Image:Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg United Arab Emirates	Abu Dhabi	200 (est.) <ref name="Globe2" />
67	Image:Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco	Rabat	180 (est.) <ref name="Globe3">Greeks around the Globe (they are quoting the statistics of the General Secretariat for Greeks Abroad as on October 12, 2004)</ref>
68	Image:Flag of Peru.svg Peru	Lima	150 (est.) <ref name="Globe3" /> – 350 (est.) <ref>Hellenic Republic: Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Peru: The Greek Community</ref>
69	Image:Flag of Portugal.svg Portugal	Lisbon	150 (est.) <ref name="Globe3" /> – 240 (est.) <ref>Hellenic Republic: Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Portugal: The Greek Community</ref>
70	Image:Flag of Botswana.svg Botswana	Gaborone	150 (est.) <ref name="Globe3" />
71	Image:Flag of Djibouti.svg Djibouti	Djibouti City	150 (est.) <ref name="Globe3" />
72	Image:Flag of Finland (bordered).svg Finland	Helsinki	150 (est.) <ref>Hellenic Republic: Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Finland: The Greek Community</ref> <ref name="Globe3" />
73	Image:Flag of Hong Kong.svg Hong Kong	–	150 (est.) <ref name="Globe3" />
74	Image:Flag of Kuwait.svg Kuwait	Kuwait City	140 (est.) <ref>Hellenic Republic: Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Kuwait: The Greek Community</ref> –150 (est.) <ref name="Globe3" />
75	Image:Flag of Latvia.svg Latvia	Riga	100 (est.) <ref>Hellenic Republic: Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Latvia: The Greek Community</ref> – 10,000 (est.) <ref name="Globe3" />
76	Image:Flag of Japan (bordered).svg Japan	Tokyo	100 (est) <ref name="Globe3" /> – 300 (est.) <ref>Hellenic Republic: Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Japan: The Greek Community</ref>
77	Image:Flag of Bolivia.svg Bolivia	La Paz	100 (est.) <ref>Hellenic Republic: Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Bolivia: The Greek Community</ref> <ref name="Globe3" />
78	Image:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg People's Republic of China	Beijing	100 (est.) <ref>Hellenic Republic: Ministry of Foreign Affairs: China: The Greek Community</ref>
79	Image:Flag of Costa Rica (state).svg Costa Rica	San José	80 (est.) <ref name="Globe3" />
80	Image:Flag of Indonesia (bordered).svg Indonesia	Jakarta	72 (est.) <ref>Hellenic Republic: Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Indonesia: The Greek Community</ref>
81	Image:Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg Papua New Guinea	Port Moresby	70 (est.) <ref name="Globe3" />
82	Image:Flag of Iran.svg Iran	Tehran	60 (est.) <ref name="Globe3" /> – 80 (est.) <ref>Hellenic Republic: Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Iran: The Greek Community</ref>
83	Image:Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg Ivory Coast	Yamoussoukro	60 (est.) <ref name="Globe3" />
84	Image:Flag of Madagascar (bordered).svg Madagascar	Antananarivo	60 (est.) <ref name="Globe3" />
85	Image:Flag of Slovenia.svg Slovenia	Ljubljana	54 (2002 census) <ref>Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia: Census of population, households and housing 2002</ref>
86	Image:Flag of Croatia.svg Croatia	Zagreb	50 (est.) <ref>Hellenic Republic: Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Croatia: The Greek Community</ref>
87	Image:Flag of Tunisia.svg Tunisia	Tunis	50 (est.) <ref name="Globe3" />
88	Image:Flag of Senegal.svg Senegal	Dakar	50 (est.) <ref name="Globe3" />
89	Image:Flag of the Central African Republic.svg Central African Republic	Bangui	40 (est.) <ref name="Globe3" />
90	Image:Flag of Qatar (bordered).svg Qatar	Doha	40 (est.) <ref name="Globe3" />
91	Image:Flag of Singapore (bordered).svg Singapore	–	40 (est.) <ref>Hellenic Republic: Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Singapore: The Greek Community</ref>
92	Image:Flag of Malta (bordered).svg Malta	Valletta	35 – 40 (est.) <ref>Hellenic Republic: Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Malta: The Greek Community</ref>
93	Image:Flag of Cuba.svg Cuba	Havana	30 (est.) <ref name="Globe3" />
94	Image:Flag of Algeria.svg Algeria	Algiers	30 (est.) <ref name="Globe3" />
95	Image:Flag of Eritrea.svg Eritrea	Asmara	30 (est.) <ref name="Globe3" />
96	Image:Flag of Slovakia.svg Slovakia	Bratislava	apart from some 80 students currently in Slovakia, there are no more than twenty Greeks, and no form of association <ref>Hellenic Republic: Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Slovakia</ref>
97	Image:Flag of Paraguay.svg Paraguay	Asunción	20 (est.) <ref name="Globe3" /> – 25 (est.) <ref>Hellenic Republic: Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Singapore: The Greek Community</ref>
98	Image:Flag of Chad.svg Chad	N'Djamena	20 (est.) <ref name="Globe3" />
99	Image:Flag of Ecuador.svg Ecuador	Quito	20 (est.) <ref name="Globe3" />
100	Image:Flag of Guatemala.svg Guatemala	Guatemala City	20 (est.) <ref name="Globe3" />
101	Image:Flag of Mozambique.svg Mozambique	Maputo	20 (est.) <ref name="Globe3" />
102	Image:Flag of Namibia.svg Namibia	Windhoek	20 (est.) <ref name="Globe3" />
103	Image:Flag of Togo.svg Togo	Lomé	20 (est.) <ref name="Globe3" />
104	Image:Flag of the Republic of the Congo.svg Republic of the Congo	Brazzaville	10 (est.) <ref name="Globe3" />
105	Image:Flag of Belarus.svg Belarus	Minsk	unknown – for further information, see [4]
106	Image:Flag of Serbia (state) (bordered).svg Serbia	Belgrade	unknown – for further information, see [5]