Data by Greece’s national statistical agency ELSTAT showed Greece’s population will fall by over a million by 2050.
The population decline in Greece has reached alarming levels, and it could become the world’s first country to suffer “population collapse”, a new report has said. This started a debate on social media, with billionaire Elon Musk joining in and expressing concern. The report paints a scary picture claiming that heart failure, stroke, blood clots and cancer among otherwise healthy young people have caused the mortality rates to skyrocket in Greece. Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis called the prospect of population collapse a “ticking time bomb” and a “national threat”.
Reacting to the report, Mr Musk said in a post on X, “Greece is one of dozens of countries experiencing population collapse due to low birth rates.”