We all know that counting & understanding numbers isn't a great Greek virtue or highly respected skill by any means but since one doesn't have to actually count individuals oneself it would've been easy to check the current number from
here for example which is updated daily or rely on Wiki as usual which gives a fairly accurate estimation of 5.5 million but who cares about the tiny ~83% error.
I can also see some justification for mistrusting government issued statistics but unlike in Greece here in the minor vassal states those are quite accurate and even when we apparently are just about to go bankrupt we're still wealthy enough to bail your eff up for a country out of the worst misery and wanting some countability for the money given might not be popular and to the average Greek who starts collecting his/her pension at 30 because the official retirement age is 55 even odd but that's how it works with grown ups.
I leave the rest for others to comment but with the distorted facts & figures one would think that there's an ongoing bid for Republican nomination.