"The demographic collapse is literally becoming an existential challenge for our future" warned Greek Prime minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis.
In Chios, an island of 50,000 residents in the Northern Aegean Sea, Euronews spoke with Mary and Nikos, a couple in their early thirties who left Greece for the United States two years ago, and only visit occasionally for holidays. They reflected on their decision to emigrate, citing economic difficulties as the main reason.
Projections suggest that by 2070, Greece's population could shrink by as much as 25%, way above the EU average of 4%.
In 2022, the country recorded less than 77,000 births, the lowest in almost a century, while deaths nearly doubled that number, reaching 140,000.
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