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The Demographics of Georgia is about the demographic

Demographics

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features of the population

Population

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of Georgia

Georgia (country)

Georgia is a sovereign state in the Caucasus region of Eurasia. Located at the crossroads of Western Asia and Eastern Europe, it is bounded to the west by the Black Sea, to the north by Russia, to the southwest by Turkey, to the south by Armenia, and to the southeast by Azerbaijan. The capital of...

, including population growth, population density

Population density

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, ethnicity

Ethnic group

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, education level, health, economic status, religious affiliations, and other aspects of the population.

Demographic trends

The demographic situation in Georgia, like that of some other former Soviet republics (especially Estonia

Estonia

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and Latvia

Latvia

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), has been characterized by two prominent features since independence: decline in total population and significant "Georgianization" of the ethnic composition. The proportion of ethnic Georgians increased by full 10 percentage points between 1989 and 2002, rising from 73.7% to 83.7% of the population.

The population grew steadily while Georgia was part of the Soviet Union

Soviet Union

The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....

and during the first years of independence, rising from less than 4 million in the 1950s to a peak of 5.5 million in 1992. Then the trend changed and the population began to decline, dropping to 4.5 million in 2005 according to the estimates by the Georgian Department of Statistics. This figure represents the total population, including the separatist regions of Abkhazia

Abkhazia

Abkhazia is a disputed political entity on the eastern coast of the Black Sea and the south-western flank of the Caucasus.Abkhazia considers itself an independent state, called the Republic of Abkhazia or Apsny...

and South Ossetia

South Ossetia

South Ossetia or Tskhinvali Region is a disputed region and partly recognized state in the South Caucasus, located in the territory of the South Ossetian Autonomous Oblast within the former Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic....

, whose population in 2005 was estimated at 178,000 and 49,200, respectively. Without Abkhazia and South Osetia, the population in the regions controlled by the central government of Georgia was 4,321,500 in 2005 and 4,382,100 in 2008 (compare the 2008 figure with the CIA estimate of 4,630,841 for all of Georgia, including Abkhazia and South Osetia).

As a portion of the population, Georgia was named as largest emigration countries in the world in the 2007 World Bank

World Bank

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report. The 2002 population census in Georgia revealed a net migration loss of 1.1 million persons, or 20% of the population, since the early 90s. The decline in Georgia's population is mainly due to the emigration of ethnic minorities. Over 300,000 Russians, 200,000 Georgians

Georgian people

The Georgians are an ethnic group that have originated in Georgia, where they constitute a majority of the population. Large Georgian communities are also present throughout Russia, European Union, United States, and South America....

, 200,000 Armenians, 85,000 Greeks, 50,000 Azerbaijanis

Azerbaijani people

The Azerbaijanis are a Turkic-speaking people living mainly in northwestern Iran and the Republic of Azerbaijan, as well as in the neighbourhood states, Georgia, Russia and formerly Armenia. Commonly referred to as Azeris or Azerbaijani Turks , they also live in a wider area from the Caucasus to...

, 50,000 Ukrainians and 20,000 Jews

Jews

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have migrated from Georgia

Georgia (country)

since independence.

Total area

	Average population (x 1000)	Live births¹	Deaths¹	Natural change¹	Crude birth rate (per 1000)	Crude death rate (per 1000)	Natural change (per 1000)
1950	3 527	82 900	27 000	55 900	23.5	7.7	15.9
1951	3 585	86 800	26 900	59 900	24.2	7.5	16.7
1952	3 646	85 700	26 600	59 100	23.5	7.3	16.2
1953	3 710	87 200	26 300	60 900	23.5	7.1	16.4
1954	3 775	91 400	26 000	65 400	24.2	6.9	17.3
1955	3 840	92 500	25 700	66 800	24.1	6.7	17.4
1956	3 904	89 800	26 500	63 300	23.0	6.8	16.2
1957	3 967	89 700	27 000	62 700	22.6	6.8	15.8
1958	4 031	93 100	27 400	65 700	23.1	6.8	16.3
1959	4 095	98 300	27 400	70 900	24.0	6.7	17.3
1960	4 160	102 866	27 015	51 866	24.7	6.5	18.2
1961	4 224	104 429	27 621	53 429	24.7	6.5	18.2
1962	4 291	101 717	30 394	51 717	23.7	7.1	16.6
1963	4 357	100 326	29 620	51 326	23.0	6.8	16.2
1964	4 420	97 433	29 708	48 433	22.0	6.7	15.3
1965	4 478	94 987	31 291	46 987	21.2	7.0	14.2
1966	4 531	92 026	30 389	44 026	20.3	6.7	13.6
1967	4 577	89 302	32 904	42 302	19.5	7.2	12.3
1968	4 619	89 660	32 416	43 660	19.4	7.0	12.4
1969	4 662	87 069	35 169	41 069	18.7	7.5	11.2
1970	4 706	90 207	34 283	45 207	19.2	7.3	11.9
1971	4 753	90 396	35 325	45 396	19.0	7.4	11.6
1972	4 798	86 402	36 409	41 402	18.0	7.6	10.4
1973	4 837	88 577	35 911	44 577	18.3	7.4	10.9
1974	4 876	89 761	37 145	45 761	18.4	7.6	10.8
1975	4 908	89 712	39 292	45 712	18.3	8.0	10.3
1976	4 940	90 605	38 875	46 605	18.3	7.9	10.4
1977	4 972	89 028	40 139	45 028	17.9	8.1	9.8
1978	4 990	88 766	40 239	45 766	17.8	8.1	9.8
1979	5 017	89 803	41 907	47 896	17.8	8.4	9.5
1980	5 056	89 458	43 346	46 112	17.6	8.6	9.1
1981	5 086	92 501	43 961	48 540	18.1	8.6	9.5
1982	5 117	91 784	42 734	49 050	17.9	8.4	9.6
1983	5 151	92 660	43 301	49 359	18.0	8.4	9.6
1984	5 184	95 841	45 787	50 054	18.5	8.8	9.7
1985	5 218	97 739	46 153	51 586	18.7	8.8	9.9
1986	5 250	98 155	46 354	51 801	18.7	8.8	9.9
1987	5 300	94 595	46 332	48 263	17.8	8.7	9.1
1988	5 367	91 905	47 544	44 361	17.1	8.9	8.3
1989	5 413	91 138	47 077	44 061	16.8	8.7	8.1
1990	5 439	92 815	50 721	43 895	17.1	9.3	8.1
1991	5 460	89 091	52 416	36 675	16.3	9.6	6.7
1992	5 408	72 631	55 076	17 555	13.4	10.2	3.2

¹ Births and deaths until 1959 are estimates.

Excluding Abkhazia
Abkhazia
Abkhazia is a disputed political entity on the eastern coast of the Black Sea and the south-western flank of the Caucasus.Abkhazia considers itself an independent state, called the Republic of Abkhazia or Apsny...

and South Ossetia
South Ossetia
South Ossetia or Tskhinvali Region is a disputed region and partly recognized state in the South Caucasus, located in the territory of the South Ossetian Autonomous Oblast within the former Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic....

	Average population (x 1000)	Live births	Deaths	Natural change	Crude birth rate (per 1000)	Crude death rate (per 1000)	Natural change (per 1000)
1993	4 854	55 594	56 270	- 676	11.5	11.6	-0.1
1994	4 862	57 311	50 516	6 795	11.8	10.4	1.4
1995	4 734	56 341	47 609	8 732	11.9	10.1	1.8
1996	4 616	55 000	47 136	7 864	11.9	10.2	1.7
1997	4 532	54 000	47 575	6 425	11.9	10.5	1.4
1998	4 487	51 526	47 321	4 205	11.5	10.5	0.9
1999	4 453	48 695	47 184	1 511	10.9	10.6	0.3
2000	4 418	48 800	47 410	1 390	11.0	10.7	0.3
2001	4 386	47 589	46 218	1 371	10.8	10.5	0.3
2002	4 357	46 605	46 446	159	10.7	10.7	0.0
2003	4 329	46 194	46 055	139	10.7	10.6	0.0
2004	4 318	49 572	48 793	779	11.5	11.3	0.2
2005	4 361	46 512	42 984	3 528	10.7	9.9	0.8
2006	4 398	47 795	42 255	5 540	10.9	9.6	1.3
2007	4 388	49 287	41 178	8 109	11.2	9.4	1.8
2008	4 384	56 565	43 011	13 554	12.9	9.8	3.1
2009	4 411	63 377	46 625	16 752	14.4	10.6	3.8
2010

Ethnic groups

Georgians

are the predominant ethnic group in Georgia, according to the 2002 census 84% of the population. The proportion in 2002 was much higher than in preceding censuses as in 2002 (parts of) Abkhazia

Abkhazia

and South Ossetia

South Ossetia

were not under government control and therefore not included. As a result of this the proportion of Ossetians

Ossetians

The Ossetians are an Iranic ethnic group of the Caucasus Mountains, eponymous of the region known as Ossetia.They speak Ossetic, an Iranian language of the Eastern branch, with most also fluent in Russian as a second language....

and Abkhazians was very low (0.9% and 0.1%, respectively).

**Population of Georgia according to ethnic group 1926–2002**
Ethnic group	census 1926¹		census 1939²		census 1959³		census 1970⁴		census 1979⁵		census 1989⁶		census 2002
Ethnic group	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%
Georgians Georgians The Georgians are an ethnic group that have originated in Georgia, where they constitute a majority of the population. Large Georgian communities are also present throughout Russia, European Union, United States, and South America....	1,788,186	66.8	2,173,922	61.4	2,600,588	64.3	3,130,741	66.8	3,433,011	68.8	3,787,393	70.7	3,661,173	83.8
Azeris	137,921	5.2	188,058	5.3	153,600	3.8	217,758	4.6	255,678	5.1	307,556	5.7	284,761	6.5
Armenians Armenians Armenian people or Armenians are a nation and ethnic group native to the Armenian Highland.The largest concentration is in Armenia having a nearly-homogeneous population with 97.9% or 3,145,354 being ethnic Armenian....	307,018	11.5	415,013	11.7	442,916	11.0	452,309	9.7	448,000	9.0	437,211	8.1	248,929	5.7
Russians Russians The Russian people are an East Slavic ethnic group native to Russia, speaking the Russian language and primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries....	96,085	3.6	308,684	8.7	407,886	10.1	396,694	8.5	371,608	7.4	341,172	6.3	67,671	1.5
Ossetians Ossetians The Ossetians are an Iranic ethnic group of the Caucasus Mountains, eponymous of the region known as Ossetia.They speak Ossetic, an Iranian language of the Eastern branch, with most also fluent in Russian as a second language....	113,298	4.2	147,677	4.2	141,178	3.5	150,185	3.2	160,497	3.2	164,055	3.0	38,028	0.9
Yazidis	2,262	0.1	12,915	0.4	16,212	0.4	20,690	0.4	25,688	0.5	33,331	0.6	18,329	0.4
Kurds	7,955	0.3	12,915	0.4	16,212	0.4	20,690	0.4	25,688	0.5	33,331	0.6	2,514	0.1
Greeks Greeks The Greeks, also known as the Hellenes , are a nation and ethnic group native to Greece, Cyprus and neighboring regions. They also form a significant diaspora, with Greek communities established around the world....	54,051	2.0	84,636	2.4	72,938	1.8	89,246	1.9	95,105	1.9	100,324	1.9	15,166	0.3
Ukrainians Ukrainians Ukrainians are an East Slavic ethnic group native to Ukraine, which is the sixth-largest nation in Europe. The Constitution of Ukraine applies the term 'Ukrainians' to all its citizens...	14,356	0.5	45,595	1.3	52,236	1.3	49,622	1.1	45,036	0.9	52,443	1.0	7,039	0.2
Abkhazians	56,847	2.1	57,805	1.6	62,878	1.6	79,449	1.7	85,285	1.7	95,853	1.8	3,527	0.1
Assyrians	2,904	0.1	4,707	0.1	5,005	0.1	5,617	0.1	5,286	0.1	6,206	0.1	3,299	0.1
Jews Jews The Jews , also known as the Jewish people, are a nation and ethnoreligious group originating in the Israelites or Hebrews of the Ancient Near East. The Jewish ethnicity, nationality, and religion are strongly interrelated, as Judaism is the traditional faith of the Jewish nation...	30,389	1.1	42,300	1.2	51,582	1.3	55,382	1.2	28,298	0.6	24,795	0.5	2,333	0.1
Others	65,961	2.5	58,711	1.7	37,015	0.9	38,665	0.8	39,690	0.8	50,502	0.9	18,766	0.5
Total	2,677,233		3,540,023		4,044,045		4,686,358		4,993,182		5,400,841		4,371,535
¹ Source: http://demoscope.ru/weekly/ssp/sng_nac_26.php?reg=2330. ² Source: http://demoscope.ru/weekly/ssp/sng_nac_39.php. ³ Source: http://demoscope.ru/weekly/ssp/sng_nac_59.php. ⁴ Source: http://demoscope.ru/weekly/ssp/sng_nac_70.php. ⁵ Source: http://demoscope.ru/weekly/ssp/sng_nac_79.php. ⁶ Source: http://demoscope.ru/weekly/ssp/sng_nac_89.php.

Languages

Georgian

Georgian language

Georgian is the native language of the Georgians and the official language of Georgia, a country in the Caucasus.Georgian is the primary language of about 4 million people in Georgia itself, and of another 500,000 abroad...

71% (official), Mingrelian 12.2%, Azerbaijani

Azerbaijani language

Azerbaijani or Azeri or Torki is a language belonging to the Turkic language family, spoken in southwestern Asia by the Azerbaijani people, primarily in Azerbaijan and northwestern Iran...

6.5%, Armenian

Armenian language

The Armenian language is an Indo-European language spoken by the Armenian people. It is the official language of the Republic of Armenia as well as in the region of Nagorno-Karabakh. The language is also widely spoken by Armenian communities in the Armenian diaspora...

5.7%, other 4.0% (including Russian

Russian language

Russian is a Slavic language used primarily in Russia, Belarus, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan. It is an unofficial but widely spoken language in Ukraine, Moldova, Latvia, Turkmenistan and Estonia and, to a lesser extent, the other countries that were once constituent republics...

, Abkhazian and Ossetian), Svan

Svan language

The Svan language is a Kartvelian language spoken in the Western Georgian region of Svaneti primarily by the Georgians of Svan origin...

0,6%

Note: Abkhaz

Abkhaz language

Abkhaz is a Northwest Caucasian language spoken mainly by the Abkhaz people. It is the official language of Abkhazia where around 100,000 people speak it. Furthermore, it is spoken by thousands of members of the Abkhazian diaspora in Turkey, Georgia's autonomous republic of Adjara, Syria, Jordan...

is the official language in Abkhazia

Abkhazia

Religion

Orthodox Christian 83.9%, Muslim

Islam in Georgia (country)

Islam in Georgia was introduced in 645 AD when an army sent by the Second Caliph of Islam, Umar, conquered Eastern Georgia and established Muslim rule in Tbilisi. Currently, Muslims constitute approximately 9.9%, of the Georgian population...

9.9%, Armenian-Gregorian

Armenian Apostolic Church

The Armenian Apostolic Church is the world's oldest National Church, is part of Oriental Orthodoxy, and is one of the most ancient Christian communities. Armenia was the first country to adopt Christianity as its official religion in 301 AD, in establishing this church...

3.9%, Roman Catholics 0.8%, Jews

Georgian Jews

The Georgian Jews are from the nation of Georgia, in the Caucasus...

0.1%, other 1.4% (2002 census)

CIA World Factbook demographic statistics

The following demographic statistics are from the CIA World Factbook

Age structure:

0–14 years: 16.1% (male 395,929/female 345,071)
15–64 years: 67.6% (male 1,503,360/female 1,616,234)
65 years and over: 16.4% (male 302,103/female 453,110) (2009 est.)

Median age:

total: 38.6 years
male: 36.1 years
female: 41 years (2009 est.)

Sex ratio:

at birth: 1.13 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.15 male(s)/female
15–64 years: 0.93 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.67 male(s)/female
total population: 0.91 male(s)/female (2009 est.)

Infant mortality rate:

total: 16.22 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 18.21 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 13.97 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Life expectancy at birth:

total population: 76.72 years
male: 73.41 years
female: 80.45 years (2009 est.)

Total fertility rate: 1.44 children born/woman (2009 est.)

HIV/AIDS

adult prevalence rate: less than 0.1% (2007 est.)
people living with HIV/AIDS: 2,700 (2007 est.)
deaths: less than 200 (2003 est.)

Nationality:

noun: Georgian(s)
adjective: Georgian

Literacy:, age 15 and over can read and write

total population: 100%
male: 100%
female: 100% (2004 est.)

Population growth rate by province

Source: Statistics Georgia: Population by region

Year	2003	2004	2005	2006	Change in Births	2003	2004	2005	2006	2003	2004	2005	2006	2003	2004	2005	2006	2003	2004	2005	2006
Region	Births	Births	Births	Births	Births	BR 03	BR 04	BR 05	BR 06	Deaths	Deaths	Deaths	Deaths	DR 03	DR 04	DR 05	DR 06	PGR 03	PGR 04	PGR 05	PGR 06
GEORGIA	46,194	49,572	46,512	47,795	3.47%	10.64	11.49	10.76	10.86	46,055	48,793	40,721	42,255	10.61	11.31	9.42	9.6	0.00%	0.02%	0.13%	0.13%
Tbilisi	16,808	12,317	12,794	13,773	(-18.06%)	15.58	11.42	11.85	12.48	12,597	12,424	11,164	12,454	11.67	11.52	10.34	11.29	0.39%	(-0.01%)	0.15%	0.12%
Autonomous Republic Abkhazia	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Autonomous Republic Adjara	4,092	5,716	4,711	4,637	13.32%	10.96	15.44	12.63	12.29	2,405	3,017	3,020	2,609	6.44	8.15	8.1	6.92	0.45%	0.73%	0.45%	0.54%
Guria	1,165	1,431	1,432	1,343	15.28%	8.2	10.28	10.32	9.64	1,923	1,963	1,746	1,479	13.53	14.1	12.59	10.62	(-0.53%)	(-0.38%)	(-0.23%)	(-0.10%)
Imereti	6,348	7,717	6,717	7,131	12.33%	9.14	11.18	9.75	10.19	8,143	9,756	6,490	7,797	11.72	14.14	9.42	11.14	(-0.26%)	(-0.30%)	(0.03%)	(-0.10%)
Kakheti	2,787	3,655	3,366	3,840	37.78%	6.9	9.11	8.42	9.49	4,652	5,527	4,005	4,189	11.52	13.77	10.02	10.35	(-0.46%)	(-0.47%)	(-0.16%)	(-0.09%)
Mtskheta-Mtianeti	903	1,514	1,298	1,165	29.01%	7.25	12.36	10.6	9.36	1,480	1,701	1,332	1,237	11.88	13.89	10.87	9.94	(-0.46%)	(-0.15%)	(-0.03%)	(-0.06%)
Racha-Lechkumi and Kvemo Svaneti	202	327	376	235	16.34%	4.02	6.58	7.66	4.79	798	991	700	632	15.9	19.94	14.26	12.87	(-1.19%)	(-1.34%)	(-0.66%)	(-0.81%)
Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti	3,652	3,817	4,408	4,421	21.06%	7.86	8.27	9.53	9.35	4,803	3,682	4,193	3,892	10.34	7.98	9.07	8.23	(-0.25%)	0.03%	0.05%	0.11%
Samtskhe-Javakheti	2,142	2,836	2,303	2,113	(-1.35%)	10.39	14	11.32	10.13	2,143	2,208	1,706	1,604	10.39	10.9	8.38	7.69	0.00%	0.31%	0.29%	0.24%
Kvemo Kartli	3,568	6,407	5,148	5,856	64.13%	7.23	13.05	10.41	11.54	3,424	3,561	3,086	3,354	6.94	7.25	6.24	6.61	0.03%	0.58%	0.42%	0.49%
Shida Kartli (includes South Ossetia South Ossetia South Ossetia or Tskhinvali Region is a disputed region and partly recognized state in the South Caucasus, located in the territory of the South Ossetian Autonomous Oblast within the former Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic.... , according to Georgian officials)	4,527	3,835	3,959	3,281	(-27.52%)	14.58	12.42	12.81	10.45	3,687	3,963	3,279	3,008	11.87	12.83	10.61	9.58	0.27%	(-0.04%)	0.22%	0.09%

Demographic trends

Total area

Ethnic groups

Languages

Religion

CIA World Factbook demographic statistics

Population growth rate by province

See also