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  2. Demographic history of Greece - Wikipedia

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    In 1922, after defeat by Turkey and the population exchange which saw 1,250,000 Greeks move across the Aegean (100,000 had departed Eastern Thrace in the decade prior to 1914) the total Greek population was approximately 7,000,000. 400,000 remained in Istanbul. 1,200,000-1,600,000 had been killed during WWI and the Greco-Turkish War of 1922 ...

  3. Demographic history of modern Greece - Wikipedia

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    Population censuses in Greece take place the first year of every decade. There have been 28 censuses in the history of modern Greece, [1] conducted in various times, starting from 1828 at the end of the Greek War of Independence.

  4. List of countries by population in 1900 - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of countries by population in 1900, with colonial possessions being counted towards the ruling country's total ...

  5. Greece during World War I - Wikipedia

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    At the outbreak of World War I in August 1914, the Kingdom of Greece remained neutral. Nonetheless, in October 1914, Greek forces once more occupied Northern Epirus, from where they had retreated after the end of the Balkan Wars.

  6. Kingdom of Greece - Wikipedia

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    4.5 1914–1924: World War I, ... These gains nearly doubled Greece's area and population. 1914–1924: World War I, crises, and the first abolition of the monarchy

  7. Demographics of Greece - Wikipedia

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    After 1940s the population of Greece continued to grow, though on a decreased pace after 1960s, due to a gradual decrease in fertility and emigration to various countries, such as West Germany, Australia, United Kingdom and many others. The birth rate decreased significantly in 1980s, while in 1987 the Greek population surpassed 10 million.

  8. Population exchange between Greece and Turkey - Wikipedia

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    An official Ottoman document giving the results of the 1914 population census.The total population (sum of all millets) was 20,975,345, of which 1,792,206 were Greeks.. By the end of 1922, the vast majority of native Pontian Greeks had already fled Turkey due to the genocide against them (1914–1922), and the Ionian Greek Ottoman citizens had also fled due to the defeat of the Greek army in ...

  9. Greek genocide - Wikipedia

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    One of the worst attacks of this campaign took place in Phocaea (Greek: Φώκαια), on the night of 12 June 1914, a town in western Anatolia next to Smyrna, where Turkish irregular troops destroyed the city, killing 50 [62] or 100 [63] civilians and causing its population to flee to Greece. [64]