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 7,500,000.
[edit] Number of Greeks in all countries
Rank | Country | Capital | Number of ethnic Greeks |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Greece | Athens | 10,744,740 (2001 census) |
2 | United States | Washington, D.C. | 1,213,807 (2000 census) [1] – an estimated 3,000,000 claim Greek descent [2] |
3 | Cyprus | Nicosia | 689,471 (2001 census, in gov. controlled area) |
4 | Australia | Canberra | 375,703 (2001 census) [3] – 700,000 (est.) [4] |
5 | Germany | Berlin | 354,500 (est.) [5] – 370,000 (2006 est.) [6] |
6 | Canada | Ottawa | 215,105 (2001 census) [7] – 450,000 (est.)[5] |
7 | South Africa | Cape Town | 120,000 (est.) [5] – see also [3] |
8 | United Kingdom | London | 112,163 (2001 census) - excludes all British-born Greeks (est. 200,000) [8] |
9 | Russia | Moscow | 97,827 (2002 census) [9] – 150,000 (est.) [5] |
10 | Ukraine | Kiev | 91,500 (2001 census) [10] – 250,000 (est.) [5] |
11 | Albania | Tirana | 58,785 (1989 census) [11] – 400,000 (est.) [12] |
12 | France | Paris | 35,000 (est.) [13] [5] |
13 | Brazil | Brasília | 25,000 – 30,000 (est.) [14] |
14 | Belgium | Brussels | 25,000 (est.) [5] – 35,000 (est.) [15] |
15 | Argentina | Buenos Aires | 20,000 (est.) [5] – 30,000 (est.) [16] |
16 | Italy | Rome | 20,000 (est.) [5] – 30,000 (est.) [17] |
17 | Georgia | Tbilisi | 15,166 (2002 census) [18] – 120,000 (est.) [5] |
18 | Kazakhstan | Astana | 12,703 (1999 census) [19] – 120,000 (est.) [5] |
19 | Sweden | Stockholm | 12,000 – 15,000 (est.) [20] – 20,000 (est.) [5] |
20 | Uzbekistan | Tashkent | 9,500 (est.) [21] – 10,000 (est.) [5] |
21 | Switzerland | Bern | 8,340 (est.) [5] – 11,000 (est.) [22] |
22 | Romania | Bucharest | 6,513 (2002 census) [23] – 14,000 (est.) [5] |
23 | Austria | Vienna | 5,000 (est.) [24] – 6,500 (est.) [5] |
24 | Turkey | Ankara | 5,000 (2006 est.) [25] |
25 | New Zealand | Wellington | 4,500 (est.) [26] – 10,000 (est.) [5] |
26 | Netherlands | Amsterdam | 4,000 (est.) [5] – 12,500 (est.) [27] |
27 | Egypt | Cairo | 3,800 (est.) [28] – 350,000 (1989 est.) [29] |
28 | Bulgaria | Sofia | 3,408 (2001 census) [30] – 28,500 [31] |
29 | Czech Republic | Prague | 3,231 (2001 census) [32] – 7,000 (est.) [33] |
30 | Moldova | Chişinău | 3,000 (est.) [34] – 4,000 (est.) [5] |
31 | Hungary | Budapest | 2,509 (2001 census) [35] – 6,000 (est.) [36] |
32 | Lebanon | Beirut | 1,500 (est.) [5] |
33 | Oman | Muscat | 1,500 (est.) [5] |
34 | Poland | Warsaw | 1,404 (2002 census) [37] – 4,300 (est.) [5] |
35 | Saudi Arabia | Riyadh | 1,300 (est.) [5] |
36 | Luxembourg | Luxembourg | 1,200 [5] – 2,000 (est.) [38] |
37 | Cameroon | Yaoundé | 1,200 (est.) [39] |
38 | Armenia | Yerevan | 1,176 (2002 census) [40] – 15,000 (est.) [39] |
39 | Venezuela | Caracas | 1,148 (est.) [41] – 2,500 (est.) [39] |
40 | Zimbabwe | Harare | 1,100 (est.) [42] – 4,000 (est.) [39] |
41 | Uruguay | Montevideo | 1,000 (est.) [39] – 2,000 (est.) [43] |
42 | Chile | Santiago | 1,000 (est.) [39] – 1,500 (est.) [44] |
43 | Mexico | Mexico City | 1,000 (est.) [45] [39] |
44 | Syria | Damascus | 1,000 (est.) [39] |
45 | Panama | Panama City | 800 (est.) [39] – 1,000 (est.) [46] |
46 | Zambia | Lusaka | 700 (est.) [39] |
47 | Kyrgyzstan | Bishkek | 650 – 700 (est.) [47] |
48 | Denmark | Copenhagen | 500 (est.) [39] – 1,000 (est.) [48] |
49 | Ethiopia | Addis Ababa | 500 (est.) [49] – 700 (est.) [39] |
50 | FYROM | Skopje | 422 (2002 census) [50] – 250,000 (1994 est.) [51] |
51 | Jordan | Amman | 400 (est.) [39] – 600 (est.) [52] |
52 | Norway | Oslo | 350 (est.) [53] [39] |
53 | Democratic Republic of the Congo (ex. Zaire) | Kinshasa | 300 (est.) [54] – 5000 (est.) [39] |
54 | Spain | Madrid | 300 (est.) [39] – 1,500 – 2,000 (est.) [55] |
55 | Bahamas | Nassau | 300 (est.) [39] |
56 | Nigeria | Abuja | 300 (est.) [56] [39] |
57 | Tanzania | Dodoma | 300 (est.) [39] |
58 | Israel | Jerusalem | 250 – 300 (est.) [57] – 1,500 (est.) [39] |
59 | Sudan | Khartoum | 250 (est.) [58] – 700 (est.) [39] |
60 | Azerbaijan | Baku | 250 – 300 (est.) [59] |
61 | Lithuania | Vilnius | 250 (est.) [60] |
62 | Malawi | Lilongwe | 200 (est.) [61] – 800 (est.) [39] |
63 | Colombia | Bogotá, D.C. | 200 (est.) [39] |
64 | Ireland | Dublin | 200 (est.) [39] – for further information, see [4] |
65 | Kenya | Nairobi | 200 (est.) [39] |
66 | United Arab Emirates | Abu Dhabi | 200 (est.) [39] |
67 | Morocco | Rabat | 180 (est.) [62] |
68 | Peru | Lima | 150 (est.) [62] – 350 (est.) [63] |
69 | Portugal | Lisbon | 150 (est.) [62] – 240 (est.) [64] |
70 | Botswana | Gaborone | 150 (est.) [62] |
71 | Djibouti | Djibouti City | 150 (est.) [62] |
72 | Finland | Helsinki | 150 (est.) [65] [62] |
73 | Hong Kong | – | 150 (est.) [62] |
74 | Kuwait | Kuwait City | 140 (est.) [66] –150 (est.) [62] |
75 | Latvia | Riga | 100 (est.) [67] – 10,000 (est.) [62] |
76 | Japan | Tokyo | 100 (est) [62] – 300 (est.) [68] |
77 | Bolivia | La Paz | 100 (est.) [69] [62] |
78 | People's Republic of China | Beijing | 100 (est.) [70] |
79 | Costa Rica | San José | 80 (est.) [62] |
80 | Indonesia | Jakarta | 72 (est.) [71] |
81 | Papua New Guinea | Port Moresby | 70 (est.) [62] |
82 | Iran | Tehran | 60 (est.) [62] – 80 (est.) [72] |
83 | Ivory Coast | Yamoussoukro | 60 (est.) [62] |
84 | Madagascar | Antananarivo | 60 (est.) [62] |
85 | Slovenia | Ljubljana | 54 (2002 census) [73] |
86 | Croatia | Zagreb | 50 (est.) [74] |
87 | Tunisia | Tunis | 50 (est.) [62] |
88 | Senegal | Dakar | 50 (est.) [62] |
89 | Central African Republic | Bangui | 40 (est.) [62] |
90 | Qatar | Doha | 40 (est.) [62] |
91 | Singapore | – | 40 (est.) [75] |
92 | Malta | Valletta | 35 – 40 (est.) [76] |
93 | Cuba | Havana | 30 (est.) [62] |
94 | Algeria | Algiers | 30 (est.) [62] |
95 | Eritrea | Asmara | 30 (est.) [62] |
96 | Slovakia | Bratislava | apart from some 80 students currently in Slovakia, there are no more than twenty Greeks, and no form of association [77] |
97 | Paraguay | Asunción | 20 (est.) [62] – 25 (est.) [78] |
98 | Chad | N'Djamena | 20 (est.) [62] |
99 | Ecuador | Quito | 20 (est.) [62] |
100 | Guatemala | Guatemala City | 20 (est.) [62] |
101 | Mozambique | Maputo | 20 (est.) [62] |
102 | Namibia | Windhoek | 20 (est.) [62] |
103 | Togo | Lomé | 20 (est.) [62] |
104 | Republic of the Congo | Brazzaville | 10 (est.) [62] |
105 | Belarus | Minsk | unknown – for further information, see [5] |
106 | Serbia | Belgrade | unknown – for further information, see [6] |
[edit] See also
- Antiochian Orthodox Church
- Greek Americans
- Greek Australians
- Greek Canadians
- Greek Cypriot diaspora
- Greek Cypriots
- Greek Orthodox Church
- Greek-Calabrian dialect
- Greeks
- Greeks in Great Britain
- Greeks in Romania
- Greeks in Turkey
- Griko language
- Orthodox Church in America
- Orthodox Church of Alexandria
- Orthodox Church of Jerusalem
[edit] References
- ^ United States of America: 2000 census
- ^ United States Department of State: Background Note: Greece
- ^ Community Relations Commission: 2001 census
- ^ Hellenic Republic: Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Australia: The Greek Community
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x Greeks around the Globe (they are quoting the statistics of the General Secretariat for Greeks Abroad as on October 12, 2004)
- ^ Germany: Greek population in Germany, by the Federal Republic of Germany (Relations between Greece and Germany)
- ^ See List of Canadians by ethnicity
- ^ BBC Special: Born Abroad [1]. This figure includes only Greeks born in Greece (35,007) and Cyprus (77,156). The actual number of Greeks (and especially Greek Cypriots) in the UK is much higher.
- ^ Norwegian Institute of International Affairs: Centre for Russian Studies: 2002 census
- ^ State Statistics Committee of Ukraine: 2001 census
- ^ UNPO: Greek Minority in Albania
- ^ Country Studies US: Greeks and Other Minorities
- ^ Hellenic Republic: Ministry of Foreign Affairs: France: The Greek Community
- ^ Hellenic Republic: Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Brazil: The Greek Community
- ^ Hellenic Republic: Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Belgium: The Greek Community
- ^ Hellenic Republic: Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Argentina: The Greek Community
- ^ Hellenic Republic: Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Italy: The Greek Community
- ^ Eurominority: Greeks in Georgia
- ^ Japan External Trade Organization: Institute of Developing Economies: Ethnodemographic situation in Kazakhstan
- ^ Hellenic Republic: Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Sweden: The Greek Community
- ^ Central Asia – Caucasus analyst: Greeks in Uzbekistan
- ^ Hellenic Republic: Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Switzerland: The Greek Community
- ^ ClubAfaceri: 2002 (Romanian) census
- ^ Hellenic Republic: Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Austria: The Greek Community
- ^ "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.
- ^ Hellenic Republic: Ministry of Foreign Affairs: New Zealand: The Greek Community
- ^ According to the Netherlands Statistical Service, quoted by: Hellenic Republic: Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Netherlands: The Greek Community
- ^ Hellenic Republic: Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Egypt: The Greek Community
- ^ United Nations Human Rights Website – Treaty Bodies Database – Document – Summary Record – Egypt
- ^ Republic of Bulgaria: National Statistical Institute: 2001 census
- ^ Hellenic Republic: Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Bulgaria: The Greek Community
- ^ Office of the Czech Republic Government: Report on the Situation of National Minorities in the Czech Republic in 2001
- ^ 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
- ^ Hellenic Republic: Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Moldova
- ^ Hungarian Central Statistical Office: 2001 census
- ^ Eurominority: Greeks in Hungary
- ^ See Demographics of Poland
- ^ Hellenic Republic: Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Luxembourg: The Greek Community
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z Greeks around the Globe (they are quoting the statistics of the General Secretariat for Greeks Abroad as on October 12, 2004)
- ^ National Statistical Service of the Republic of Armenia: 2002 census
- ^ Hellenic Republic: Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Venezuela: The Greek Community
- ^ Hellenic Republic: Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Zimbabwe: The Greek Community
- ^ Hellenic Republic: Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Uruguay: The Greek Community
- ^ Hellenic Republic: Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Chile: The Greek Community
- ^ Comunidad Helenica de Mexico: The Greek side of Mexico
- ^ Hellenic Republic: Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Uruguay: The Greek Community
- ^ Hellenic Republic: Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Kyrgyzstan: The Greek Community
- ^ Hellenic Republic: Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Denmark: The Greek Community
- ^ Hellenic Republic: Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Ethiopia: The Greek Community
- ^ See Demographics of the Republic of Macedonia
- ^ Johns Hopkins University Press: Victor Roudometof, Nationalism and Identity Politics in the Balkans: Greece and the Macedonian Question
- ^ Hellenic Republic: Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Jordan: The Greek Community
- ^ Hellenic Republic: Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Norway: The Greek Community
- ^ Hellenic Republic: Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Democratic Republic of Congo: The Greek Community
- ^ Hellenic Republic: Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Spain: The Greek Community
- ^ Hellenic Republic: Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Nigeria: The Greek Community
- ^ Hellenic Republic: Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Azerbaijan: The Greek Community
- ^ Hellenic Republic: Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Sudan: The Greek Community
- ^ Hellenic Republic: Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Azerbaijan: The Greek Community
- ^ Hellenic Republic: Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Lithuania: The Greek Community
- ^ Hellenic Republic: Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Malawi: The Greek Community
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae Greeks around the Globe (they are quoting the statistics of the General Secretariat for Greeks Abroad as on October 12, 2004)
- ^ Hellenic Republic: Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Peru: The Greek Community
- ^ Hellenic Republic: Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Portugal: The Greek Community
- ^ Hellenic Republic: Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Finland: The Greek Community
- ^ Hellenic Republic: Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Kuwait: The Greek Community
- ^ Hellenic Republic: Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Latvia: The Greek Community
- ^ Hellenic Republic: Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Japan: The Greek Community
- ^ Hellenic Republic: Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Bolivia: The Greek Community
- ^ Hellenic Republic: Ministry of Foreign Affairs: China: The Greek Community
- ^ Hellenic Republic: Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Indonesia: The Greek Community
- ^ Hellenic Republic: Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Iran: The Greek Community
- ^ Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia: Census of population, households and housing 2002
- ^ Hellenic Republic: Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Croatia: The Greek Community
- ^ Hellenic Republic: Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Singapore: The Greek Community
- ^ Hellenic Republic: Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Malta: The Greek Community
- ^ Hellenic Republic: Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Slovakia
- ^ Hellenic Republic: Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Singapore: The Greek Community