Largest Cities in Greece 2026: Population Ranking

Greece's cities at a glance

Updated October 2026

Dots sized by population · Athens in orange

Greece has 8 with more than 100,000 (city-proper figures). The largest is Athens with 664,046 people, followed by Thessaloníki (317,778) and Pátra (168,034). The three largest cities together hold about 11.6% of the country's 9.9 million people.

The capital, Athens, is also the largest city.

By region, the most large cities are in Attica (21), Central Macedonia (3), Thessaly (3).

Country-level figures — live population, births and deaths, growth, density and history — are on the Greece population page; provinces, terrain, rivers and society maps are in the Greece atlas.

Greece cities by population

30 cities · GeoNames · city proper

#	City	Region	Population	Share of Greece
1	AthensCapital	Attica	664,046	6.7%
2	Thessaloníki	Central Macedonia	317,778	3.2%
3	Pátra	West Greece	168,034	1.7%
4	Piraeus	Attica	163,688	1.7%
5	Lárisa	Thessaly	146,926	1.5%
6	Peristéri	Attica	139,981	1.4%
7	Irákleion	Crete	137,154	1.4%
8	Kallithéa	Attica	100,641	1%
9	Acharnés	Attica	99,346	1%
10	Kalamariá	Central Macedonia	91,518	0.9%
11	Níkaia	Attica	89,380	0.9%
12	Glyfáda	Attica	87,305	0.9%
13	Volos	Thessaly	86,048	0.9%
14	Ílion	Attica	84,793	0.9%
15	Ilioúpoli	Attica	78,153	0.8%
16	Keratsíni	Attica	77,077	0.8%
17	Évosmos	Central Macedonia	74,686	0.8%
18	Khalándrion	Attica	74,192	0.8%
19	Néa Smýrni	Attica	73,076	0.7%
20	Maroúsi	Attica	72,333	0.7%
21	Agios Dimitrios	Attica	71,294	0.7%
22	Zográfos	Attica	71,026	0.7%
23	Aigáleo	Attica	69,946	0.7%
24	Néa Ionía	Attica	67,134	0.7%
25	Ioánnina	Epirus	65,574	0.7%
26	Palaió Fáliro	Attica	64,021	0.6%
27	Korydallós	Attica	63,445	0.6%
28	Tríkala	Thessaly	61,653	0.6%
29	Výronas	Attica	61,308	0.6%
30	Agía Paraskeví	Attica	59,704	0.6%

Cities with 300,000 or more people link to their own page. The list keeps every city of 100,000+ and at least the 30 largest places of the country.

Frequently asked questions

What is the largest city in Greece?

Athens, with about 664,046 inhabitants (city proper).

What is the capital of Greece?

Athens — population 664,046, the largest city in the country.

How many cities in Greece have over one million people?

None — the largest, Athens, has 664,046 people.

Are these metropolitan-area populations?

No. They are city-proper figures (the administrative city) from GeoNames, based on the latest census or official estimate. Metropolitan areas, which include suburbs and satellite towns, are larger — often several times larger for the biggest cities.

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