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Two thirds of people in Greece live in urban areas, which are like big cities and towns. The two biggest and most important city areas in Greece are Athens and Thessaloniki. Athens has about four million people living in its wider area, and Thessaloniki has about one million.

The third largest city is Patras, with around 305,000 people. After that comes Heraklion, with about 211,370 people. These numbers come from official counts of the population, called censuses. The table below shows the biggest cities in Greece and how their populations have changed over the years, based on censuses from 1991, 2001, 2011, and 2021.

Greece's Biggest Cities by Population

This section lists the largest cities in Greece based on their population. Some cities are main city centers, while others are important suburbs that are part of a larger city area.

* The city of Athens is the main part of the big Athens-Piraeus city area. * The city of Thessaloniki is the main part of the Thessaloniki city area.


Rank City Census 2021 Census 2011 Census 2001 Census 1991 Region
1 Athens * 643,452 664,046 745,514 772,072 Attica
2 Thessaloniki * 309,617 315,196 363,987 383,967 Central Macedonia
3 Patras 170,755 167,446 160,400 152,570 Western Greece
4 Piraeus 168,151 163,688 175,697 182,671 Attica
5 Heraklion 149,501 140,730 130,914 115,270 Crete
6 Larissa 146,595 144,651 124,394 112,777 Thessaly
7 Peristeri 133,630 139,981 137,918 137,288 Attica
8 Acharnes 100,857 99,346 75,329 61,052 Attica
9 Kallithea 97,616 100,641 109,609 114,233 Attica
10 Kalamaria 92,248 91,279 87,255 80,698 Central Macedonia
11 Glyfada 89,597 87,305 80,409 63,306 Attica
12 Nikaia 88,077 89,380 93,086 87,597 Attica
13 Volos 85,803 86,046 82,439 77,192 Thessaly
14 Ilion 84,004 84,793 80,859 78,326 Attica
15 Evosmos 79,221 74,686 52,624 28,821 Central Macedonia
16 Chalandri 77,102 74,192 71,684 66,285 Attica
17 Ilioupoli 76,730 78,153 75,904 75,037 Attica
18 Keratsini 75,721 77,077 76,102 71,982 Attica
19 Nea Smyrni 72,853 73,076 73,986 69,749 Attica
20 Marousi 71,830 72,333 69,470 64,092 Attica
21 Agios Dimitrios 71,664 71,294 65,173 57,574 Attica
22 Zografou 69,874 71,026 76,115 80,492 Attica
23 Egaleo 65,831 69,946 74,046 78,563 Attica
24 Ioannina 64,896 65,574 61,629 56,699 Epirus
25 Palaio Faliro 64,863 64,021 64,759 61,371 Attica
26 Nea Ionia 64,611 67,134 66,017 60,635 Attica
27 Chalcis 64,490 59,125 53,584 51,646 Central Greece
28 Agia Paraskevi 62,147 59,704 56,836 47,463 Attica
29 Trikala 62,064 61,653 48,686 45,835 Thessaly
30 Korydallos 61,248 63,445 67,456 63,184 Attica
31 Petroupoli 60,146 58,979 48,327 38,278 Attica
32 Alexandroupoli 59,723 57,812 48,885 37,904 Eastern Macedonia and Thrace
33 Serres 59,260 58,287 54,266 50,017 Central Macedonia
34 Katerini 59,189 55,997 50,510 43,613 Central Macedonia
35 Vyronas 59,134 61,308 61,102 58,523 Attica
36 Kalamata 58,816 54,100 49,154 43,625 Peloponnese
37 Xanthi 58,760 56,122 45,111 37,430 Eastern Macedonia and Thrace
38 Galatsi 57,909 59,345 58,042 57,230 Attica
39 Rhodes 56,440 49,541 52,318 42,400 South Aegean
40 Chania 54,559 53,910 53,373 50,077 Crete
41 Komotini 54,165 50,990 43,326 37,036 Eastern Macedonia and Thrace
42 Kavala 54,065 54,027 58,663 56,571 Eastern Macedonia and Thrace
43 Agrinio 50,690 59,329 54,523 52,081 Western Greece
44 Irakleio 50,494 49,642 45,926 42,905 Attica
45 Kifissia 48,700 47,332 43,929 39,166 Attica
46 Lamia 47,529 52,006 46,406 44,084 Central Greece
47 Chaidari 47,051 45,642 45,227 44,831 Attica
48 Stavroupoli 45,891 46,008 41,653 37,596 Central Macedonia
49 Drama 44,257 44,823 42,501 37,604 Eastern Macedonia and Thrace
50 Kozani 43,316 41,066 35,242 31,553 Western Macedonia
51 Veria 43,212 43,158 42,794 37,858 Central Macedonia
52 Alimos 43,174 41,720 38,047 32,024 Attica
53 Karditsa 40,272 38,554 32,031 30,067 Thessaly
54 Polichni 38,887 39,332 36,146 27,894 Central Macedonia
55 Pylaia 36,843 34,625 22,744 20,785 Central Macedonia
56 Ampelokipoi 35,846 37,381 40,959 40,093 Central Macedonia
57 Rethymno 35,763 32,468 27,868 23,420 Crete
58 Sykies 35,545 37,753 41,726 34,059 Central Macedonia
59 Ano Liosia 35,047 33,565 26,423 21,397 Attica
60 Gerakas 33,856 29,939 13,921 8,512 Attica
61 Mytilene 33,523 27,871 27,247 23,971 North Aegean
62 Argyroupoli 33,312 34,097 33,158 31,530 Attica
63 Vrilissia 32,417 30,741 25,582 16,571 Attica
64 Agioi Anargyroi 32,283 34,168 32,957 30,739 Attica
65 Nea Ionia 31,684 32,661 30,804 27,904 Thessaly
66 Ptolemaida 31,575 32,127 28,679 25,125 Western Macedonia
67 Voula 31,497 28,364 25,532 17,998 Attica
68 Aspropyrgos 31,381 30,251 27,741 15,715 Attica
69 Cholargos 31,304 30,840 32,166 33,691 Attica
70 Koropi 30,817 19,164 15,860 12,790 Attica
71 Corinth 30,816 30,176 29,787 27,412 Peloponnese
72 Corfu 30,737 24,838 28,185 31,359 Ionian Islands
73 Giannitsa 30,498 29,789 26,296 22,504 Central Macedonia
74 Tripoli 30,452 30,866 25,520 22,429 Peloponnese
75 Metamorfosi 30,174 29,891 26,448 21,052 Attica
76 Kamatero 29,179 28,361 22,234 17,410 Attica
77 Megara 29,122 23,456 23,032 20,403 Attica
78 Chios 27,015 26,850 23,779 22,894 North Aegean
79 Agia Varvara 26,759 26,550 30,562 28,706 Attica
80 Kaisariani 26,269 26,370 26,323 26,701 Attica
81 Eleftherio-Kordelio 26,131 27,067 21,630 16,549 Central Macedonia
82 Pyrgos 26,052 24,359 23,274 28,465 Western Greece
83 Neapoli 25,822 27,084 29,995 30,568 Central Macedonia
84 Perama 25,628 25,389 25,720 24,119 Attica
85 Moschato 25,322 25,441 23,153 22,039 Attica
86 Nea Filadelfeia 25,198 25,734 24,112 25,261 Attica
87 Salamina 24,997 25,370 25,730 22,567 Attica
88 Eleusis 24,971 24,910 25,863 22,793 Attica
89 Kilkis 24,130 22,914 17,430 12,139 Central Macedonia
90 Arta 24,079 21,895 19,435 19,087 Epirus
91 Oraiokastro 23,626 20,852 11,896 5,458 Central Macedonia
92 Melissia 23,618 22,741 19,526 13,469 Attica
93 Pallini 23,445 16,415 12,552 8,021 Attica
94 Dafni 23,431 22,913 23,674 24,152 Attica
95 Livadeia 22,113 21,379 20,061 18,437 Central Greece
96 Artemida 21,924 21,488 17,391 9,485 Attica
97 Argos 21,891 22,209 24,239 21,901 Peloponnese
98 Thebes 21,530 22,883 21,211 19,505 Central Greece
99 Kos 21,430 19,432 17,890 14,714 South Aegean
100 Pefki 21,293 21,352 19,887 17,987 Attica
101 Preveza 21,099 19,042 16,321 13,695 Epirus
102 Aigio 20,249 20,422 21,061 22,178 Western Greece
103 Orestiada 19,666 18,426 15,246 12,691 Eastern Macedonia and Thrace
104 Thermi 19,602 16,004 11,360 5,156 Central Macedonia
105 Nea Erythraia 18,604 17,379 15,439 12,993 Attica
106 Amaliada 18,223 16,763 18,261 15,232 Western Greece
107 Nea Makri 18,114 15,554 13,986 12,120 Attica
108 Naousa 18,049 18,882 19,870 19,794 Central Macedonia
109 Edessa 17,848 18,229 18,253 17,128 Central Macedonia
110 Sparta 17,773 16,239 14,817 13,011 Peloponnese
111 Kalymnos 17,752 12,324 10,149 10,543 South Aegean
112 Ierapetra 17,710 12,355 11,678 9,541 Crete
113 Panorama 17,679 17,444 14,552 10,275 Central Macedonia
114 Florina 17,188 17,686 14,279 12,355 Western Macedonia
115 Peraia 16,995 18,326 13,306 2,949 Central Macedonia
116 Vari 16,717 15,855 10,998 8,488 Attica
117 Elliniko 16,715 17,259 16,740 13,517 Attica
118 Kastoria 16,393 13,387 14,813 14,775 Western Macedonia
119 Gazi 16,256 12,606 8,018 1,395 Crete
120 Paiania 16,159 14,595 12,855 9,710 Attica
121 Alexandreia 15,906 14,821 13,229 12,109 Central Macedonia
122 Kalyvia Thorikou 15,486 14,424 12,202 8,488 Attica
123 Efkarpia 15,416 13,905 6,598 3,480 Central Macedonia
124 Agios Ioannis Renti 15,411 16,050 15,060 14,218 Attica
125 Rafina 14,620 12,168 11,352 7,752 Attica
126 Nafplio 14,532 14,203 13,822 11,897 Peloponnese
127 Tavros 14,339 14,972 14,963 15,456 Attica
128 Menemeni 14,297 14,746 14,910 12,932 Central Macedonia
129 Missolonghi 13,965 12,785 12,225 10,916 Western Greece
130 Papagou 13,962 13,699 13,207 13,974 Attica
131 Loutraki 13,919 11,564 11,383 9,388 Peloponnese
132 Drapetsona 13,815 13,968 12,944 13,094 Attica
133 Agios Nikolaos 13,605 11,421 10,080 8,093 Crete
134 Pefka 13,435 13,052 6,434 3,561 Central Macedonia
135 Nea Alikarnassos 13,090 12,925 11,551 10,683 Crete
136 Spata 12,991 9,198 7,738 6,725 Attica
137 Nafpaktos 12,950 13,415 12,924 10,854 Western Greece
138 Ialysos 12,717 11,331 10,107 7,193 South Aegean
139 Grevena 12,515 13,137 10,177 9,345 Western Macedonia
140 Mandra 12,365 11,327 10,947 10,012 Attica
141 Glyka Nera 11,877 11,049 6,623 5,813 Attica
142 Diavata 11,876 9,890 8,423 4,463 Central Macedonia
143 Tyrnavos 11,210 11,069 11,116 12,028 Thessaly
144 Sitia 11,166 9,348 8,238 7,028 Crete
145 Ermoupoli 11,039 11,407 11,799 13,030 South Aegean
146 Argostoli 10,982 9,748 9,037 6,815 Ionian islands
147 Neo Psychiko 10,671 10,137 10,848 12,023 Attica
148 Agios Stefanos 10,597 9,892 9,271 5,243 Attica
149 Ymittos 10,455 10,715 11,139 11,671 Attica
150 Anatoli 10,379 9,798 5,815 4,451 Epirus
151 Igoumenitsa 10,315 9,145 8,722 6,807 Epirus
152 Nea Artaki 10,302 9,489 8,646 7,394 Central Greece
153 Nea Moudania 10,042 9,342 6,475 4,403 Central Macedonia

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