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Greece Map & Atlas

Political, physical and population maps of Greece with its 14 first-level divisions, the capital Athens and largest cities, plus ethnic, religious and language maps.

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Administrative divisions of Greece

Natural Earth admin-1 boundaries · 14 units

Greece is divided into 14 first-level administrative divisions:

Anatoliki Makedonia kai ThrakiAttikiAyion OrosDytiki ElladaDytiki MakedoniaIonioi NisoiIpeirosKentriki MakedoniaKritiNotio AigaioPeloponnisosStereá ElládaThessaliaVoreio Aigaio

Largest cities in Greece

Urban-area estimates · Natural Earth
#CityPopulation
1AthensCapital3,242,000
2Thessaloniki828,000
3Piraeus466,065
4Patra163,360
5Iraklio137,154
6Larissa128,758
7Volos110,632
8Ioanina86,304
9Hania78,728
10Agrinio75,233

Athens is the largest urban area in Greece with about 3,242,000 people.

Terrain, rivers & lakes

Terrain tiles · Natural Earth rivers & lakes

Highest terrain in Greece: ≈ 3,018 m — read from the global elevation model, so summit heights are approximate. The physical map paints elevation bands from green lowlands to brown highlands.

🌊 Rivers

  • Strymnas
  • Evros
  • Haliacmon

🏞️ Lakes

  • Lake

Ethnic groups in Greece

CIA World Factbook · 2011
Greek
91.6%Albanian
4.4%other
4%

Greek 91.6%, Albanian 4.4%, other 4% (2011 est.)

Regionally, Greek is the most common ethnic group across most of the 14 divisions.

Source: CIA World Factbook (2011 est.) · regional dominance compiled by Glostats from censuses and surveys

Religions in Greece

CIA World Factbook · 2015
Greek Orthodox
85.5%Muslim
2%other
3%none
9.5%unspecified
1%

Greek Orthodox 81-90%, Muslim 2%, other 3%, none 4-15%, unspecified 1% (2015 est.)

Regionally, Greek Orthodox is the most common religious group across most of the 14 divisions.

Source: CIA World Factbook (2015 est.) · regional dominance compiled by Glostats from censuses and surveys

Languages in Greece

CIA World Factbook
Greek
99%other
1%

Greek (official) 99%, other (includes English and French) 1%

Regionally, Greek is the most common language group across most of the 14 divisions.

Source: CIA World Factbook · regional dominance compiled by Glostats from censuses and surveys

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Sources: boundaries, cities, rivers and lakes from Natural Earth (public domain, 1:10m); elevation from the AWS Open Data terrain tiles (SRTM/GMTED); ethnic, religious and language shares from the CIA World Factbook; regional dominance compiled by Glostats from national censuses and surveys. Page generated 2026-10-19. More about our data.