Greeks
The Greeks, kent as the Hellenes an aw (Greek: Ἕλληνες, ), are an ethnic group native tae Greece, Cyprus an ither regions.
Thay form a significant diaspora, wi Greek commonties establisht aroond the warld.
 1st row: Homer • King Leonidas • Pericles • Herodotus • Hippocrates 2nd row: Socrates • Plato • Aristotle • Alexander the Great • Archimedes 3rd row: Hypatia • Basil II • Alexios Komnenos • Gemistos Plethon • El Greco 4th row: Rigas Feraios • Theodoros Kolokotronis • Laskarina Bouboulina • Georgios Karaiskakis • Ioannis Kapodistrias • 5th row: Eleftherios Venizelos • Constantine Cavafy • Georgios Papanikolaou • Archbishop Makarios • Pyrros Dimas | |
| Tot population | |
|---|---|
| 14–17 million | |
| Regions wi signeeficant populations | |
 Greece | 10,219,255a (2001 census) |
 Unitit States | 1,390,439-3,000,000b (2009 est.) |
 Cyprus | 690,394a (2011 census) |
 Unitit Kinrick | 400,000 (estimate) |
 Australie | 365,120 (2006 census)-700,000b |
 Germany | 294,891 (2007 est.) |
 Canadae | 242,685c (2006 census) |
 Albanie | approx. 200,000 |
 Roushie | 97,827 (2002 census) |
 Ukraine | 91,548 (2001 census) |
 Chile | 90,000-120,000 |
 Italy | 90,000d (estimate) |
 Sooth Africae | 55,000 (2008 estimate) |
 Brazil | 50,000e |
 Fraunce | 35,000(2009 est.) |
 Argentinae | 30,000 (2008 estimate) |
 Belgium | 15,742 (2007) |
 Georgie | 15,166 |
 Serbie | 725 (2011) |
 Swaden | 12,000–15,000 |
 Kazakhstan | 13,000 (est) |
 Swisserland | 11,000 estimated |
 Uzbekistan | 9,500 estimate |
 Romanie | 6,500 2002 census |
 Austrick | 4,000 |
 Turkey | 4,000 |
 Bulgarie | 3,408 |
 Sirie | 1,500 |
 Armenie | 1,176 (2002 census) |
 Mexico | 5,000-20,000 |
 New Zealand | 35,000 |
| Leids | |
| Greek, ithers (mainly those o Greek strynd who are assimilatit) | |
| Releegion | |
| † Eastren Orthodox Christianity (Greek Orthodox Kirk) | |
a Citizens o Greece an the Republic o Cyprus. The Greek an Cypriot governments dinnae colleck information anent ethnic sel-determination at the naitional censuses. b Heicher figure includes thaim at haes ancestral descent. c Thaim whase statit ethnic oreegins includit "Greek" amang ithers. The nummer o thaim whase statit ethnic oreegin is solely "Greek" is 145,250. An additional 3,395 Cypriots of undeclared ethnicity live in Canada. dApprox. 60,000 Griko people and 30,000 post WW2 migrants. e "Including descendants". | |
Greek colonies an commonties haes been historically establisht in maist corners o the Mediterranean, but Greeks hae ayes been centred aroond the Aegean Sea, whaur the Greek leid haes been spoken syne antiquity. Till the early 20t century, Greeks wis uniformly distributit atween the Greek peninsula, the wastren coast o Asie Minor, Pontus, Egyp, Cyprus an Constantinople; mony o thir regions coincidit tae a muckle extent wi the late 11t century Byzantine Empire's mairches an the Eastren Mediterranean auries o the auncient Greek colonization.
In the Greco-Turkish War (1919–1922)'s eftercast, a muckle-scale population exchynge atween Greece an Turkey transferred an confined Christians frae Turkey, binna Constantinople (effectively ethnic Greeks) intae the mariches o the modren Greek state an Cyprus. Ither ethnic Greek populations can be foond frae soothrern Italy tae the Caucasus an in diaspora commonties in a nummer o ither kintras. Thir days, maist Greeks are offeecially registered as members o the Greek Orthodox Kirk.
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