{"id":4736,"date":"2025-03-11T13:04:06","date_gmt":"2025-03-11T13:04:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/11\/greeces-population-decline-and-its-need-for-growth\/"},"modified":"2025-03-11T13:04:06","modified_gmt":"2025-03-11T13:04:06","slug":"greeces-population-decline-and-its-need-for-growth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/11\/greeces-population-decline-and-its-need-for-growth\/","title":{"rendered":"Greece\u2019s population decline and its need for growth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"post-1263836\">\n    <!-- .entry-header --><\/p>\n<div class=\"article_thumbnail_wrapper\" itemscope=\"\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\">\n                            <picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/podcast_greek_current-320x200.jpg?v=1613387358\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"480\" class=\"picture-main-post-image\" alt=\"Greece\u2019s population decline and its need for growth\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/podcast_greek_current-768x480.jpg?v=1613387359\"\/><br \/>\n                <\/source><\/picture>\n                                <\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\" itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<p>For many, the economic crisis that gripped Greece in the previous decade is over. However, its legacy is still there, and it goes well beyond the country\u2019s economy. One such legacy is Greece\u2019s birthrate, which was already declining, but the crisis accelerated its fall. As Greece faces a declining population, it also needs to ensure economic growth, and the question many are asking, including our guest today, is whether Greece can thrive with a shrinking population.<\/p>\n<p>John Psaropoulos, an independent journalist and Al Jazeera\u2019s correspondent in southeast Europe, joins Thanos Davelis as we look into Greece\u2019s demographic challenge, one that Prime Minister Mitsotakis has called \u201cexistential\u201d.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><iframe class=\"lazy lazy-hidden\" height=\"200px\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless=\"\" data-lazy-type=\"iframe\" data-src=\"https:\/\/player.simplecast.com\/f1b1a1a8-8b92-483c-b718-2984596423e9?dark=false\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<noscript><iframe height=\"200px\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/player.simplecast.com\/f1b1a1a8-8b92-483c-b718-2984596423e9?dark=false\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<\/noscript><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- .entry-content --><\/p><\/div>\n<p><script>\n        var NXFBPixelFunc = function () {\n            document.removeEventListener(\"scroll\", NXFBPixelFunc);\n            setTimeout(function () {\n                !function (f, b, e, v, n, t, s) {\n                    if (f.fbq) return;\n                    n = f.fbq = function () {\n                        n.callMethod ?\n                            n.callMethod.apply(n, arguments) : n.queue.push(arguments)\n                    };\n                    if (!f._fbq) f._fbq = n;\n                    n.push = n;\n                    n.loaded = !0;\n                    n.version = '2.0';\n                    n.queue = [];\n                    t = b.createElement(e);\n                    t.async = !0;\n                    t.src = v;\n                    s = b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n                    s.parentNode.insertBefore(t, s)\n                }(window, document, 'script',\n                    'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n                fbq('init', '109138906120213');\n                fbq('track', 'PageView');\n            }, 0)\n        };\n        document.addEventListener(\"scroll\", NXFBPixelFunc);\n    <\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ekathimerini.com\/multimedia\/podcasts\/1263836\/greeces-population-decline-and-its-need-for-growth\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For many, the economic crisis that gripped Greece in the previous decade is over. However, its legacy is still there, and it goes well beyond the country\u2019s economy. One such legacy is Greece\u2019s birthrate, which was already declining, but the crisis accelerated its fall. 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