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Capital - Athens
Language - Greek 99% (official), other 1% (includes English and French)
Population - 10,706,290 (July 2007 est.)
Geography - total: 131,940 sq km
Area-comparative - slightly smaller than Alabama
Climate - temperate; mild, wet winters; hot, dry summers
Religion - Greek Orthodox 98%, Muslim 1.3%, other 0.7%
Ethnic Groups - population: Greek 93%, other (Albanians, various Slavic minorities, and Turks) 7% (2001 census)
note: percents represent citizenship, since Greece does not collect data on ethnicity
Life expectations - total population: 79.38 years
male: 76.85 years
female: 82.06 years (2007 est.)
Literacy - definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 97.5%
male: 98.6%
female: 96.5% (2003 est.)
Government type - parliamentary republic
Exports - Electrical Exports: 1.5 billion kWh (2004)
Oil Exports: 84,720 bbl/day (2001)
$24.42 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.)
Export Commodities - food and beverages, manufactured goods, petroleum products, chemicals, textiles
GDP per capita - $23,500 (2006 est.)
Natural Ressources - lignite, petroleum, iron ore, bauxite, lead, zinc, nickel, magnesite, marble, salt, hydropower potential
Natural Hazards - severe earthquakes