a Termasuk orang keturunan. b Termasuk orang dengan "akar kebudayaan". c Orang yang menyatakan asal etnis salah satunya "Yunani" di antara yang lain. Jumlah orang yang menyatakan asal etnis murni "Yunani" adalah 145.250. Selain itu 3.395 orang Siprus yang tidak menyatakan etnisitas tinggal di Kanada. dDiperkirakan 60.000 orang Griko dan 30.000 imigran pasca PD2. e "Termasuk keturunan". f Termasuk Yunani Muslim.
Di zaman sekarang, kebanyakan orang Yunani tinggal di dalam perbatasan negara Yunani modern atau di Siprus. Genosida Yunani dan pertukaran penduduk antara Yunani dan Turki hampir menghapuskan keberadaan orang Yunani di Asia Minor yang sudah berlangsung tiga ribu tahun lamanya. Populasi Yunani lainnya yang sudah lama ada bisa ditemukan dari Italia bagian selatan hingga Kaukasus dan Rusia dan Ukraina bagian selatan dan masyarakat-masyarakat diaspora Yunani di sejumlah negara lain. Saat ini, kebanyakan orang Yunani terdaftar sebagai anggota Gereja Ortodoks Yunani.[50]
Orang Yunani banyak memengaruhi dan berkontribusi dalam budaya, seni visual, eksplorasi, seni pertunjukan, sastra, filsafat, etika, politik, arsitektur, musik, matematika,[51] kedokteran, sains, teknologi, perdagangan, masakan dan olahraga. Bahasa Yunani adalah bahasa hidup tertua yang tercatat[52] dan kosakatanya digunakan dalam banyak bahasa, salah satunya bahasa Inggris selain itu juga digunakan dalam nomenklatur sains internasional. Bahasa Yunani sejauh ini adalah lingua franca paling luas yang dituturkan di wilayah Laut Tengah sejak abad keempat SM dan Perjanjian Baru dalam Alkitab Kristen juga pada awalnya ditulis dalam bahasa Yunani.[53][54][55]
^Maratou-Alipranti 2013, hlm. 196: "The Greek diaspora remains large, consisting of up to 4 million people globally."
^Clogg 2013, hlm. 228: "Greeks of the diaspora, settled in some 141 countries, were held to number 7 million although it is not clear how this figure was arrived at or what criteria were used to define Greek ethnicity, while the population of the homeland, according to the 1991 census, amounted to some 10.25 million."
^"2011 Population and Housing Census". Hellenic Statistical Authority. 12 September 2014. Diarsipkan dari asli tanggal 16 July 2016. Diakses tanggal 18 May 2016. The Resident Population of Greece is 10.816.286, of which 5.303.223 male (49,0%) and 5.513.063 female (51,0%) ... The total number of permanent residents of Greece with foreign citizenship during the Census was 912.000. [See Graph 6: Resident Population by Citizenship]
^"U.S. Relations with Greece". United States Department of State. 10 March 2016. Diarsipkan dari versi aslinya tanggal 21 January 2017. Diakses tanggal 18 May 2016. Today, an estimated three million Americans resident in the United States claim Greek descent. This large, well-organized community cultivates close political and cultural ties with Greece.
^"Italy: Cultural Relations and Greek Community". Hellenic Republic: Ministry of Foreign Affairs. 9 July 2013. Diarsipkan dari versi aslinya tanggal 14 May 2016. Diakses tanggal 4 May 2016. The Greek Italian community numbers some 30,000 and is concentrated mainly in central Italy. The age-old presence in Italy of Italians of Greek descent – dating back to Byzantine and Classical times – is attested to by the Griko dialect, which is still spoken in the Magna Graecia region. This historically Greek-speaking villages are Condofuri, Galliciano, Roccaforte del Greco, Roghudi, Bova and Bova Marina, which are in the Calabria region (the capital of which is Reggio). The Grecanic region, including Reggio, has a population of some 200,000, while speakers of the Griko dialect number fewer that 1,000 persons.
^"Grecia Salentina" (dalam bahasa Italia). Unione dei Comuni della Grecìa Salentina. 2016. Diarsipkan dari asli tanggal 19 August 2014. Diakses tanggal 4 May 2016. La popolazione complessiva dell'Unione è di 54278 residenti così distribuiti (Dati Istat al 31° dicembre 2005. Comune Popolazione Calimera 7351 Carpignano Salentino 3868 Castrignano dei Greci 4164 Corigliano d'Otranto 5762 Cutrofiano 9250 Martano 9588 Martignano 1784 Melpignano 2234 Soleto 5551 Sternatia 2583 Zollino 2143 Totale 54278).
^Bellinello 1998, hlm. 53: "Le attuali colonie Greche calabresi; La Grecìa calabrese si inscrive nel massiccio aspromontano e si concentra nell'ampia e frastagliata valle dell'Amendolea e nelle balze più a oriente, dove sorgono le fiumare dette di S. Pasquale, di Palizzi e Sidèroni e che costituiscono la Bovesia vera e propria. Compresa nei territori di cinque comuni (Bova Superiore, Bova Marina, Roccaforte del Greco, Roghudi, Condofuri), la Grecia si estende per circa 233 km (145 mi)q. La popolazione anagrafica complessiva è di circa 14.000 unità."
^"Ukraine: Cultural Relations and Greek Community". Hellenic Republic: Ministry of Foreign Affairs. 4 February 2011. Diarsipkan dari versi aslinya tanggal 21 October 2016. Diakses tanggal 19 April 2016. There is a significant Greek presence in southern and eastern Ukraine, which can be traced back to ancient Greek and Byzantine settlers. Ukrainian citizens of Greek descent amount to 91,000 people, although their number is estimated to be much higher by the Federation of Greek communities of Mariupol.
^"France: Cultural Relations and Greek Community". Hellenic Republic: Ministry of Foreign Affairs. 9 July 2013. Diarsipkan dari versi aslinya tanggal 21 October 2016. Diakses tanggal 19 April 2016. Some 15,000 Greeks reside in the wider region of Paris, Lille and Lyon. In the region of Southern France, the Greek community numbers some 20,000.
^"Belgium: Cultural Relations and Greek Community". Hellenic Republic: Ministry of Foreign Affairs. 28 January 2011. Diarsipkan dari versi aslinya tanggal 11 September 2018. Diakses tanggal 19 April 2016. Some 35,000 Greeks reside in Belgium. Official Belgian data numbers Greeks in the country at 17,000, but does not take into account Greeks who have taken Belgian citizenship or work for international organizations and enterprises.
^"Argentina: Cultural Relations and Greek Community". Hellenic Republic: Ministry of Foreign Affairs. 9 July 2013. Diarsipkan dari versi aslinya tanggal 11 September 2018. Diakses tanggal 15 April 2016. It is estimated that some 20,000 to 30,000 persons of Greek origin currently reside in Argentina, and there are Greek communities in the wider region of Buenos Aires.
^"CBS Statline". Diarsipkan dari versi aslinya tanggal 28 May 2019. Diakses tanggal 18 January 2020.
^"Bulgaria: Cultural Relations and Greek Community". Hellenic Republic: Ministry of Foreign Affairs. 28 January 2011. Diarsipkan dari versi aslinya tanggal 11 September 2018. Diakses tanggal 19 April 2016. There are some 28,500 persons of Greek origin and citizenship residing in Bulgaria. This number includes approximately 15,000 Sarakatsani, 2,500 former political refugees, 8,000 "old Greeks", 2,000 university students and 1,000 professionals and their families.
^"Immigration to Uruguay"(PDF) (dalam bahasa Spanyol). INE. Diarsipkan dari asli(PDF) tanggal 16 August 2013. Diakses tanggal 6 March 2013.
^"Sweden: Cultural Relations and Greek Community". Hellenic Republic: Ministry of Foreign Affairs. 4 February 2011. Diarsipkan dari versi aslinya tanggal 5 April 2013. Diakses tanggal 5 October 2019. The Greek community in Sweden consists of approximately 24,000 Greeks who are permanent inhabitants, included in Swedish society and active in various sectors: science, arts, literature, culture, media, education, business, and politics.
^"Georgia: Cultural Relations and Greek Community". Hellenic Republic: Ministry of Foreign Affairs. 31 January 2011. Diarsipkan dari versi aslinya tanggal 23 April 2016. Diakses tanggal 15 April 2016. The Greek community of Georgia is currently estimated at 15,000 people, mostly elderly people living in the Tsalkas area.
^"Migranti z Řecka v Česku" [Migrants from Greece in the Czech Republic] (PDF). Hellenic Republic: Ministry of Foreign Affairs (dalam bahasa Ceko). 9 March 2011. Diarsipkan(PDF) dari versi aslinya tanggal 2022-10-09. Diakses tanggal 25 April 2019.
^"Kazakhstan: Cultural Relations and Greek Community". Hellenic Republic: Ministry of Foreign Affairs. 3 February 2011. Diarsipkan dari versi aslinya tanggal 23 April 2016. Diakses tanggal 15 April 2016. There are between 10,000 and 12,000 ethnic Greeks living in Kazakhstan, organized in several communities.
^"Switzerland: Cultural Relations and Greek Community". Hellenic Republic: Ministry of Foreign Affairs. 10 December 2015. Diarsipkan dari versi aslinya tanggal 21 October 2016. Diakses tanggal 19 April 2016. The Greek community in Switzerland is estimated to number some 11,000 persons (of a total of 1.5 million foreigners residing in the country.
^"Romania: Cultural Relations and Greek Community". Hellenic Republic: Ministry of Foreign Affairs. 6 December 2013. Diarsipkan dari versi aslinya tanggal 8 August 2016. Diakses tanggal 19 April 2016. The Greek Romanian community numbers some 10,000, and there are many Greeks working in established Greek enterprises in Romania.
^"Greeks in Uzbekistan". Central Asia-Caucasus Analyst. The Central Asia-Caucasus Institute. 21 June 2000. Diarsipkan dari versi aslinya tanggal 13 June 2010. Diakses tanggal 24 December 2008. Currently there are about 9,500 Greeks living in Uzbekistan, with 6,500 living in Tashkent.
^"Pontic". Ethnologue: Languages of the World. SIL International. 2016. Diarsipkan dari versi aslinya tanggal 6 June 2019. Diakses tanggal 13 May 2016.
^Kurt Aland, Barbara Aland The text of the New Testament: an introduction to the critical 1995 p. 52
^Archibald Macbride Hunter Introducing the New Testament 1972 p. 9
^Bubenik, V. (2007). "The rise of Koiné". Dalam A. F. Christidis (ed.). A History of Ancient Greek: From the Beginnings to Late Antiquity. Cambridge: University Press. hlm. 342–345.