The majority of Greek islands have fewer than 5,000 inhabitants.

Omissions

• The European Commission figure of 'over 4,000 inhabited islands' refers to the EU (across 16 Member States), not to 'Europe' as a whole; a wider European count would be higher.
• The exact number of 'inhabited' Greek islands varies greatly by definition — sources cite between about 119 and about 227 inhabited islands — because small islets with a handful of seasonal residents are counted differently.
• No official statistical source (ELSTAT 2021 census tabulation) explicitly reporting the number of Greek islands with fewer than 5,000 inhabitants was located; the majority-under-5,000 statement is inferred from the fact that most inhabited Greek islands are very small.
• The only source found for the Greek sub-claim is a non-official tertiary web source; no primary national statistics source was retrieved.

Sources

• PrimaryEuropean Commission — Regional Policy (first-ever EU strategies for islands and coastal communities)The EU is home to over 4,000 inhabited islands across 16 Member States—including the three island nations of Cyprus, Ireland, and Malta—where ...
• TertiaryElxis — How Many Islands Does Greece Have?Greece has 119 inhabited islands, according to the most recent census. 54 have over 1,000 people. Out of the inhabited islands, 40 of the Greek ...