Census shows Greece's population decreased 3.5% since 2011

FILE PHOTO: A woman reads as she sits in a window as another woman carries bags after shopping at an open market following the coronavirus disease outbreak (COVID-19) ahead of Greek Orthodox Easter in Athens, Greece, April 17, 2020. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic

ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece's population has shrunk 3.5% since 2011, results of a census last year by the country's statistics service (ELSTAT) showed on Tuesday.

The country's population numbered 10,432,481 people last year, with women making up 51.4%, outnumbering the male population who represented 48.6%, ELSTAT said.