Editing Batumi (section)

== Demographics ==
[[File:Church in Batumi.jpg|thumb|Georgian Orthodox [[Batumi Cathedral of the Mother of God|Cathedral of the Mother of God]]]]

{| style="text-align:center; border:1px solid black; background:#fafafa"
|+ {{big|'''Historical population and ethnic composition of Batumi'''}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ethno-kavkaz.narod.ru/rngeorgia.html|title=население грузии|access-date=8 October 2016|archive-date=8 February 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080208080442/http://www.ethno-kavkaz.narod.ru/rngeorgia.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
! scope="col" style="width:70px;" | Year
! scope="col" colspan=2 style="width:110px;" | Georgians 
! scope="col" colspan=2 style="width:115px;" | Armenians
! scope="col" colspan=2 style="width:100px;" | Russians
! scope="col" colspan=2 style="width:90px;"  | Greeks
! scope="col" colspan=2 style="width:90px;"  | Others
! scope="col" style="width:70" | Total
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | 1886 
| 2,518
| 17%
| 3,458
| 23.4%
| 2,982
| 20.1%
| 1,660
| 11.2%
| 4,185
| 28.3%
| '''14,803'''
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | [[Russian Empire Census|1897]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://demoscope.ru/weekly/ssp/emp_lan_97_uezd.php?reg=451 |title=Демоскоп Weekly – Приложение. Справочник статистических показателей. |access-date=8 October 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160818113307/http://demoscope.ru/weekly/ssp/emp_lan_97_uezd.php?reg=451 |archive-date=18 August 2016 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ethno-kavkaz.narod.ru/batumi1897.html|title=Батумский округ 1897|access-date=8 October 2016|archive-date=9 May 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130509123435/http://www.ethno-kavkaz.narod.ru/batumi1897.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
| 6,087
| 21.4%
| 6,839 
| 24%
| 6,224
| 21.8% 
| 2,764
| 9.7% 
| 6,594
| 23.1% 
| '''28,508'''
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | 1916<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://www.prlib.ru/item/417322 |title=Кавказский календарь на 1917 год |publisher=Tipografiya kantselyarii Ye.I.V. na Kavkaze, kazenny dom |year=1917 |edition=72nd |publication-place=Tiflis |pages=182–185 |language=Russian |trans-title=Caucasian calendar for 1917 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211104233151/https://www.prlib.ru/item/417322 |archive-date=4 November 2021}}</ref>
| 6,481
| 32.4% 
| 5,524
| 27.6% 
| 4,825
| 24.1% 
|
|
| 3,190
| 15.9% 
| '''20,020'''
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | 1926
| 17,804
| 36.7% 
| 10,233
| 21.1% 
| 8,760
| 18.1% 
| 2,844
| 5.9% 
| 8,833 
| 18.2% 
| '''48,474'''
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | 1959
| 40,181
| 48.8% 
| 12,743
| 15.5% 
| 20,857
| 25.3% 
| 1,668
| 2% 
| 6,879 
| 8.4% 
| '''82,328'''
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | 2002<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.geostat.ge/cms/site_images/_files/english/census/2002/03%20Ethnic%20Composition.pdf |title=Ethnic groups by major administrative-territorial units |access-date=8 October 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140407043855/http://www.geostat.ge/cms/site_images/_files/english/census/2002/03%20Ethnic%20Composition.pdf |archive-date=7 April 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
| 104,313
| 85.6% 
| 7,517 
| 6.2% 
| 6,300 
| 5.2% 
| 587 
| 0.5% 
| 3,089 
| 2.5% 
| '''121,806'''
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | 2014<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://pop-stat.mashke.org/georgia-ethnic-loc2014.htm |title=georgia-ethnic-2014 |access-date=5 November 2020 |archive-date=4 November 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181104125931/http://pop-stat.mashke.org/georgia-ethnic-loc2014.htm |url-status=live }}</ref>
| 142,691
| 93.4%
| 4,636
| 3.0%
| 2,889
| 1.9%
| 289
| 0.2%
| 2,334
| 1.5%
| '''152,839'''
|-
|}

===Religion===
Of the 4,970 inhabitants in 1872, about 4,500 were Muslim ([[Adjarians]], [[Turkish people|Turks]], [[Circassians]], and [[Abkhazians]]). In the 1897 census, the Orthodox Christian population was 15,495 (mostly Slavs) while Muslims numbered 3,156, including some of whom were citizens of Turkey.<ref>{{cite book|last= Sichinava|first=V| year=1958| title=Batumis ist'oriidan |script-title=ka:ბათუმის ისტორიიდან |trans-title=From the History of Batumi  |page=110|language=ka |location=Batumi}}</ref>

As of 2014, out of 152,839 inhabitants of Batumi, 68,7% is [[Eastern Orthodox Christian]], and they primarily adhere to the national [[Georgian Orthodox Church]].<ref name="pop">[http://pop-stat.mashke.org/georgia-religion2014b.htm georgia-religion 2014]</ref><ref name="geostat.ge">National Statistics Office of Georgia. [http://www.geostat.ge/cms/site_images/_files/english/census/2014/22_Population%20by%20regions%20and%20religion.xls Population Census 2014: Population by Regions and Religion] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160914035909/http://www.geostat.ge/cms/site_images/_files/english/census/2014/22_Population%20by%20regions%20and%20religion.xls |date=14 September 2016 }}, Retrieved: 6 May 2016</ref> [[Islam in Georgia (country)|Muslims]] make up 25,3% of population,<ref name="pop"/> while there are also [[Roman Catholicism in Georgia|Catholic]], [[Armenian Apostolic]], Jehovah's Witness, [[Seventh-day Adventist]], and Jewish communities.<ref name="geostat.ge"/>

The main places of worship in the city are:
*[[Georgian Orthodox Church|Georgian Orthodox]] [[Batumi Cathedral|Cathedral of the Mother of God]], and [[Saint Barbara]] Church
*[[Catholic Church|Catholic]] [[Church of the Holy Spirit (Batumi)|Church of the Holy Spirit]]
*Saint Nicholas Church
*[[Batumi Mosque]]
*[[Batumi Synagogue]]<ref>{{cite web|url= http://batumi.ge/en/?page=show&sec=75|title= Batumi: sights|publisher= Official website of Batumi|access-date= 10 May 2009|archive-date= 17 March 2019|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190317105823/http://batumi.ge/en/?page=show|url-status= live}}</ref>