Greeks
The Greeks, kent as the Hellenes an aw (Greek: Ἕλληνες, [ˈelines]), are an ethnic group native tae Greece, Cyprus an ither regions. Thay form a significant diaspora, wi Greek commonties establisht aroond the warld.[38]
 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 [1][2] | |
| Regions wi signeeficant populations | |
 Greece | 10,219,255a (2001 census)[3][4] |
 Unitit States | 1,390,439[5]-3,000,000b (2009 est.)[6] |
 Cyprus | 690,394a (2011 census)[7] |
 Unitit Kinrick | 400,000 (estimate)[8] |
 Australie | 365,120[9] (2006 census)-700,000b[10] |
 Germany | 294,891 (2007 est.)[11] |
 Canadae | 242,685c (2006 census)[12] |
 Albanie | approx. 200,000[13] |
 Roushie | 97,827 (2002 census)[14][15] |
 Ukraine | 91,548 (2001 census)[16] |
 Chile | 90,000-120,000[17] |
 Italy | 90,000d (estimate)[18][19][20] |
 Sooth Africae | 55,000 (2008 estimate)[21] |
 Brazil | 50,000e[22] |
 Fraunce | 35,000(2009 est.)[23] |
 Argentinae | 30,000 (2008 estimate)[24] |
 Belgium | 15,742 (2007)[25] |
 Georgie | 15,166[26] |
 Serbie | 725 (2011)[27] |
 Swaden | 12,000–15,000[28] |
 Kazakhstan | 13,000 (est) [29] |
 Swisserland | 11,000 estimated [30] |
 Uzbekistan | 9,500 estimate[31] |
 Romanie | 6,500 2002 census [32] |
 Austrick | 4,000[33] |
 Turkey | 4,000[34] |
 Bulgarie | 3,408[35] |
 Sirie | 1,500[36] |
 Armenie | 1,176 (2002 census)[37] |
 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.[39] 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.[40]
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.[41]
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