Official nameElliniki Dimokratia (Hellenic Republic)CapitalAthensPopulation estimate (2015)10·96 millionInternet domain extension.grCurrencyThe euro (EUR), which consists of 100 cents, has been in circulation since 1 January 2002.TerritoryGreece is bounded in the north by Albania, Macedonia and Bulgaria, east by Turkey and the Aegean Sea, south by the Mediterranean and west by the Ionian Sea.LanguagesThe modern Greek language has two contesting literary standard forms, the archaizing Katharevousa ('purist'), and a version based on the spoken vernacular, 'Demotic'.Source: The Statesman's Yearbook 2018. Palgrave Macmillan, London Synonyms and related words