Country guide

Greece

Capital, flag, borders and quick geography facts for Greece.

Outline map shape of Greece
Country shape used in the Geographly daily challenge for Greece.
Flag of Greece

Key facts

Capital
Athens
Region
Europe
Area
131,990 km²
Population
10,400,720

Neighboring countries

Greece has 4 land neighbors in the country data.

  • Albania
  • Bulgaria
  • Turkey
  • North Macedonia

Learn Greece

Greece appears in geography practice because it is easy to link visual recognition with factual recall. The outline supports shape practice, and the surrounding facts help turn a single map silhouette into a fuller country profile.

For quick recall, keep three facts together: capital Athens, area 131,990 km² and population 10,400,720. Together they give a compact but practical overview of Greece.

The neighbor list for Greece includes 4 countries. Start from the biggest familiar neighbor, Turkey, then work around the map until the border pattern feels predictable.

When the facts feel familiar, play the challenge and test recall without notes. Moving from this static guide to the interactive round is the best check that Greece is actually remembered.

Trivia

  • Greece's Meteora monasteries were built on towering sandstone "columns of the sky."

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Use these facts in the daily geography challenge and practice one country at a time.

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