The demographic departemental disparities in Greece: Convergence or divergence?

Abstract

The objective of this article gives prominence to the demographic disparities at regional level in Greece for the post war period as well as to the changes through the last decades that tend to decrease them, ending at the beginning of 2000 with a relative spatial homogenization. The research is based on the examination of the changes of the population structures on the one hand and on fertility and mortality on the other. Therefore, on the basis of the analyses of those changes, we will try to give an answer to the major question: "To what extent do the Greek regions tend to approach each other?". This article is a subproject of a broader research aiming at the creation of a demographic Atlas of Greece.