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=== Administrative divisions === {{Main|Administrative divisions of Greece|Regions of Greece}} Since the [[Kallikratis Programme]] reform entered into effect in January 2011, Greece has consisted of 13 [[modern regions of Greece|regions]] subdivided into a total of 325, from 2019 332 ([[Kleisthenis I Programme]]), [[Municipalities of Greece|municipalities]]. The 54 old [[Prefectures of Greece|prefectures and prefecture-level administrations]] have been largely retained as ''[[regional units of Greece|sub-units]]'' of the regions. Seven [[Decentralized administrations of Greece|decentralised administrations]] group one to three regions for administrative purposes on a regional basis. There is one [[autonomous area]], [[Mount Athos]] ({{langx|el|Agio Oros}}, "Holy Mountain"),<ref>{{cite web |website=Hellenicparliament.gr |url=http://www.hellenicparliament.gr/UserFiles/f3c70a23-7696-49db-9148-f24dce6a27c8/syn15.pdf |access-date=21 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110705000112/http://www.hellenicparliament.gr/UserFiles/f3c70a23-7696-49db-9148-f24dce6a27c8/syn15.pdf |archive-date=5 July 2011 |url-status=live |title=Σύνταγμα της Ελληνικής Δημοκρατίας |year=1927}}</ref> which borders the region of [[Central Macedonia]].<ref>{{cite magazine |first=Robert |last=Draper |url=http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2009/12/athos/draper-text |access-date=21 May 2022 |title=Mount Athos |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110811023226/http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2009/12/athos/draper-text |archive-date=11 August 2011 |magazine=[[National Geographic]] |date=December 2009}}</ref> {| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:left;" |- style="font-size:100%; text-align:center;" !Map !!No.!! [[Regions of Greece|Region]]!! Capital!! Area<br/>(km<sup>2</sup>)!! Area<br/>(sq mi)!!Population<br/><ref name="2021CensusGRC">{{cite press release|title=Census 2021 GR|url=https://elstat-outsourcers.statistics.gr/Census2022_GR.pdf|publisher=[[Hellenic Statistical Authority]]|date=19 July 2022|access-date=12 September 2022|archive-date=9 October 2022|archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/https://elstat-outsourcers.statistics.gr/Census2022_GR.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> !! GDP ([[1000000000 (number)|bn]])<br/><ref name="Eurostat Regional GDP 2016">{{cite web |url=https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/documents/2995521/8700651/1-28022018-BP-EN/15f5fd90-ce8b-4927-9a3b-07dc255dc42a |title=Regional GDP per capita ranged from 29% to 611% of the EU average in 2016 |year=2016 |publisher=[[Eurostat]] |access-date=5 October 2018 |archive-date=2 October 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181002080605/https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/documents/2995521/8700651/1-28022018-BP-EN/15f5fd90-ce8b-4927-9a3b-07dc255dc42a |url-status=live}}</ref> |- |rowspan="14"|[[File:Peripheries of Greece numbered.svg|400px|center]] | style="text-align:center;"| 1 || [[Attica (region)|Attica]] || [[Athens]] || style="text-align:right"|3,808|| style="text-align:right"|1,470|| style="text-align:right"|3,814,064 || style="text-align:right" |€84 |- | style="text-align:center;"| 2 || [[Central Greece (administrative region)|Central Greece]]|| [[Lamia (city)|Lamia]] ||style="text-align:right"|15,549|| style="text-align:right"|6,004||style="text-align:right"|508,254 || style="text-align:right" |€8 |- | style="text-align:center;"| 3 || [[Central Macedonia]] || [[Thessaloniki]] ||style="text-align:right"|18,811|| style="text-align:right"|7,263|| style="text-align:right"|1,795,669 || style="text-align:right" |€24 |- | style="text-align:center;"| 4 || {{plainlink|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crete#Administration|name=Crete}} || [[Heraklion]] || style="text-align:right"|8,259||style="text-align:right"|3,189|| style="text-align:right"|624,408 || style="text-align:right" |€9 |- | style="text-align:center;"| 5 || [[Eastern Macedonia and Thrace]] || [[Komotini]] || style="text-align:right"|14,158||style="text-align:right"|5,466|| style="text-align:right"|562,201 || style="text-align:right" |€7 |- | style="text-align:center;"| 6 || [[Epirus (region)|Epirus]] || [[Ioannina]] ||style="text-align:right"|9,203||style="text-align:right"|3,553|| style="text-align:right"|319,991 || style="text-align:right" |€4 |- | style="text-align:center;"| 7 || [[Ionian Islands (region)|Ionian Islands]] || [[Corfu (city)|Corfu]] ||style="text-align:right"|2,307|| style="text-align:right"|891||style="text-align:right"|204,532 || style="text-align:right" |€3 |- | style="text-align:center;"| 8 || [[North Aegean]] || [[Mytilene]] || style="text-align:right"|3,836||style="text-align:right"|1,481|| style="text-align:right"|194,943 || style="text-align:right" |€2 |- | style="text-align:center;"| 9 || [[Peloponnese (region)|Peloponnese]] || [[Tripoli, Greece|Tripoli]] ||style="text-align:right"|15,490|| style="text-align:right"|5,981||style="text-align:right"|539,535 || style="text-align:right" |€8 |- | style="text-align:center;"| 10 || [[South Aegean]] || [[Ermoupoli]] || style="text-align:right"|5,286||style="text-align:right"|2,041|| style="text-align:right"|327,820 || style="text-align:right" |€6 |- | style="text-align:center;"| 11 || [[Thessaly]] || [[Larissa]] || style="text-align:right"|14,034||style="text-align:right"|5,420|| style="text-align:right"|688,255 || style="text-align:right" |€9 |- | style="text-align:center;"| 12 || [[Western Greece]] || [[Patras]] || style="text-align:right"|11,350||style="text-align:right"|4,382|| style="text-align:right"|648,220 || style="text-align:right" |€8 |- | style="text-align:center;"| 13 || [[Western Macedonia]] || [[Kozani]] || style="text-align:right"|9,451||style="text-align:right"|3,649|| style="text-align:right"|254,595 || style="text-align:right" |€4 |- | style="text-align:center;"| (14) || [[Monastic community of Mount Athos|Mount Athos]] || [[Karyes, Mount Athos|Karyes]] || style="text-align:right"|390||style="text-align:right"|151|| style="text-align:right"|1,746 || {{NA}} |}
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