page_title: Zakynthos
section_title: Population and demographics
hierarchical_section_title: Zakynthos / Population and demographics
caption_attribution_description: English: Church and monastery ruins Panagía Skopiótissa below the summit of Mount Skopós, in Zakynthos, Greek Ionian Islands Deutsch: Gipfelkirche und Klosterruine Panagía Skopiótissa unterhalb des Gipfels des Skopós-Berges, auf Zakynthos, griechische Ionische Insel
context_page_description: Zakynthos or Zante is a Greek island in the Ionian Sea. It is the third largest of the Ionian Islands. Zakynthos is a separate regional unit of the Ionian Islands region, and its only municipality. It covers an area of 405.55 km² and its coastline is roughly 123 km in length. The name, like all similar names ending in -nthos, is pre-Mycenaean or Pelasgian in origin. In Greek mythology the island was said to be named after Zakynthos, the son of the legendary Arcadian chief Dardanus.
  Zakynthos is a tourist destination, with an international airport served by charter flights from northern Europe. The island's nickname is "the Flower of the Levant", bestowed upon it by the Venetians who were in possession of Zakynthos from 1484 to 1797.
context_section_description: 1889: 44,070 (island), 18,906 (city)
  1896: 45,032 (island), 17,478 (city)
  1900: 42,000
  1907: 42,502
  1920: 37.482
  1940: 42,148
  1981: 30,011
  1991: 32,556 (island), 13,000 (city)
  2001: 38,596
  2011: 40,759
  In 2006, there were 507 births and 407 deaths. Zakynthos is one of the regions with the highest population growth in Greece. It is also one of the only three prefectures (out of 54) in which the rural population has a positive growth rate. In fact, the rural population's growth rate is higher than that of the urban population in Zakynthos. Out of the 507 births, 141 were in urban areas and 366 were in rural areas. Out of the 407 deaths, 124 were in urban areas and 283 were in rural areas.
  The population of Zakynthos suffers from an exceptionally high rate of declared blindness of about 1.8%. That rate is about nine times the average in Europe, according to the WHO and in April 2012 the Greek Ministry of Health and Social Solidarity launched an investigation into disability benefits as out of the 650 receiving them at least 600 were falsely declared blind.
caption: Church and monastery ruins of Panagía Skopiótissa on Mount Skopós
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