ATLAS · NATIONAL CAPITALS · GREECE
Capital of Greece
The capital of Greece is Athens. The largest, Athens, has around 643,452 residents in the city proper — a mid-size capital. From Wikidata, snapshot 2026-06-23.
CAPITALAthens
POPULATION643,452
NUMBER OF CAPITALS1
The capital
Athens643,452 people
In context
Where Athenssits on the world’s scale of capital sizes — from the micro-capitals of a few hundred to the mega-capitals of over ten million.
10M+
5–10M
1–5M
250k–1MAthens is here
50–250k
<50k
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