| Some early censuses were taken in different places and for different purposes. A census of Crete from 1644 and census records from some areas of Peloponnesus prior to 1820 taken during Venetian rule are located in Venice, Italy. Turkish rulers took frequent censuses, including one in the late 1600s, 1718, 1719, and others through 1798. In its early years of self-rule, Greece took a census in 1828 and 1830. A department of national statistics was established in 1834. A yearly census was taken from 1836–1845 and in 1848, 1853, and 1856. Later on, a census was taken in 1861, 1870, 1879, 1889, 1896, 1907, 1920, 1928, 1940, 1951, 1961, 1971, 1981, and 1991. With the addition of new territory, a special census of newly acquired areas was taken in 1865, 1881, 1900, 1913, and 1947. A special, voluntary census of refugees from Asia Minor was taken in 1923. | | Some early censuses were taken in different places and for different purposes. A census of Crete from 1644 and census records from some areas of Peloponnesus prior to 1820 taken during Venetian rule are located in Venice, Italy. Turkish rulers took frequent censuses, including one in the late 1600s, 1718, 1719, and others through 1798. In its early years of self-rule, Greece took a census in 1828 and 1830. A department of national statistics was established in 1834. A yearly census was taken from 1836–1845 and in 1848, 1853, and 1856. Later on, a census was taken in 1861, 1870, 1879, 1889, 1896, 1907, 1920, 1928, 1940, 1951, 1961, 1971, 1981, and 1991. With the addition of new territory, a special census of newly acquired areas was taken in 1865, 1881, 1900, 1913, and 1947. A special, voluntary census of refugees from Asia Minor was taken in 1923. |
| Most census records are not accessible to the public for research. The location of these census records are held by the [http://dlib.statistics.gr/portal/page/portal/ESYE/categoryyears?p_cat=10007862&p_topic=10007862&fbclid=IwAR1Z3ogPNVrkAc5WI-Bp9bhcsgjmv1HSO4-tl_soX_WZ45tptVM7n71mwwU Hellenic Statistical Authority]. Some census statistics have been published; however, these do not list personal information helpful for genealogical research. Census records from before 1820 are likely to be in the archives in Vienna, Venice, Istanbul, or in other nations that had interests in Greece during the Ottoman period. | | Most census records are not accessible to the public for research. The location of these census records are held by the [http://dlib.statistics.gr/portal/page/portal/ESYE/categoryyears?p_cat=10007862&p_topic=10007862&fbclid=IwAR1Z3ogPNVrkAc5WI-Bp9bhcsgjmv1HSO4-tl_soX_WZ45tptVM7n71mwwU Hellenic Statistical Authority]. Some census statistics have been published; however, these do not list personal information helpful for genealogical research. Census records from before 1820 are likely to be in the archives in Vienna, Venice, Istanbul, or in other nations that had interests in Greece during the Ottoman period. |