List of the prefectures of Greece by population density

This is a list of the prefectures of Greece, in order of descending population density according to the 2001 census "real" population figures and land areas. (The census also enumerated "permanent" population figures, which are slightly different from the "real" ones.) Although Mount Athos is not a prefecture, it is included here merely to complete the table for Greece, which has an overall density of 83.09 persons/km².

Ranking	Prefecture	Population density (/km²)
1	Athens	7,366.98
2	Piraeus	582.65
3	Thessaloniki	287.24
4	East Attica	266.97
5	Corfu (Kerkyra)	174.67
6	West Attica	151.01
7	Heraklion	110.74
8	Achaea	98.67
9	Zakynthos	96.20
10	Pieria	85.61
11	Imathia	84.44
12	Magnesia	78.52
13	Elis	73.84
14	Dodecanese	70.03
15	Kavala	68.69
16	Corinthia	67.52
17	Chania	63.30
18	Lefkada	63.23
19	Messinia	59.14
20	Chios	59.06
21	Pella	58.18
22	Preveza	57.30
23	Xanthi	56.81
24	Samos	56.04
25	Rethymno	54.77
26	Larissa	51.91
27	Euboea	51.62
28	Lesbos	50.66
29	Serres	50.64
30	Karditsa	49.14
31	Argolis	49.10
32	Arta	47.01
33	Boeotia	44.41
34	Kozani	44.18
35	Cyclades	43.79
36	Kefalonia and Ithaca	43.66
37	Rhodope	43.58
38	Lasithi	41.87
39	Aetolia-Acarnania	41.10
40	Trikala	40.80
41	Phthiotis	40.26
42	Halkidiki	35.95
43	Kilkis	35.36
44	Evros	35.21
45	Ioannina	34.11
46	Kastoria	31.09
47	Thesprotia	30.43
48	Drama	29.98
49	Florina	28.46
50	Laconia	27.40
51	Arcadia	23.09
52	Phocis	22.77
53	Evrytania	17.15
54	Grevena	16.56
55	Mount Athos	6.74