Editing Imereti (section)

==Demographics==
The 800,000{{cn|date=April 2024}} Imeretians speak the Imeretian dialect, one of the [[Georgian dialects|Northwest dialects]] of the [[Georgian language]]. It is itself subdivided into Upper and Lower Imeretian.<ref>{{Cite conference |last=[[Kevin Tuite]] |year=1987 |title=The geography of Georgian q'e |url=http://www.mapageweb.umontreal.ca/tuitekj/publications/Tuite-1989-q'e.pdf |conference=5th Conference on the Non-Slavic Languages of the USSR, Chicago |access-date=2007-03-27}}</ref> They are one of the local culture-groups of the ethnically subdivided [[Georgian people]].

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! colspan=19 | Demographic history of the Imereti region<ref name="historicpopulation">{{Cite web | url=http://pop-stat.mashke.org/georgia-division.htm | title=Divisions of Georgia | access-date=2022-02-04 | work=Population Statistics Eastern Europe and former USSR | language=en }}</ref>
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! !! 1959 !! 1970 !! 1979 !! 1989 !! 2002* || 2002** !! 2014 !! 2021
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! Imereti !! {{increase}} 651,959 || {{increase}} 718,558 || {{increase}} 739,189 || {{increase}} 772,251 || {{decrease}} 699,410 || {{decrease}} 632,126 || {{decrease}} 533,906 || {{decrease}} 481,473
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| [[Kutaisi|City of Kutaisi]] || {{increase}} 128,203 || {{increase}} 162,787 || {{increase}} 194,297 || {{increase}} 234,870 || {{decrease}} 185,965 || align=center | - || {{decrease}} 147,635 || {{decrease}} 134,378
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| [[Baghdati Municipality]]  || {{increase}} 29,560 || {{increase}} 30,973 || {{decrease}} 30,056 || {{decrease}} 29,053 || {{increase}} 29,235 || align=center | - || {{decrease}} 21,582 || {{decrease}} 18,363
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| [[Chiatura Municipality]] || {{increase}} 64,562 || {{increase}} 72,059 || {{decrease}} 69,582 || {{decrease}} 68,501 || {{decrease}} 56,341 || align=center | - || {{decrease}} 39,884 || {{decrease}} 38,231
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| [[Kharagauli Municipality]] || {{increase}} 36,486 || {{decrease}} 35,591 || {{decrease}} 31,948 || {{decrease}} 28,702 || {{decrease}} 27,885 || align=center | - || {{decrease}} 19,473 || {{decrease}} 18,571
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| [[Khoni Municipality]] || {{increase}} 32,548 || {{increase}} 32,718 || {{increase}} 37,968 || {{decrease}} 34,979 || {{decrease}} 31,749 || align=center | - || {{decrease}} 23,570 || {{decrease}} 21,123
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| [[Sachkhere Municipality]]*** || {{increase}} 38,202 || {{increase}} 45,552 || {{decrease}} 44,859 || {{increase}} 44,968 || {{increase}} 46,590 || align=center | - || {{decrease}} 37,775 || {{decrease}} 34,848
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| [[Samtredia Municipality]] || {{increase}} 62,556 || {{increase}} 67,141 || {{decrease}} 65,400 || {{decrease}} 64,504 || {{decrease}} 60,456 || align=center | - || {{decrease}} 48,562 || {{decrease}} 43,448 
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| [[Terjola Municipality]]  || {{increase}} 43,847 || {{increase}} 46,438 || {{decrease}} 44,709 || {{decrease}} 44,019 || {{increase}} 45,496 || align=center | - || {{decrease}} 35,563 || {{decrease}} 31,427
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| [[Tkibuli Municipality]] || {{increase}} 44,411 || {{decrease}} 42,733 || {{decrease}} 39,451 || {{decrease}} 36,686 || {{increase}} 31,132 || align=center | - || {{decrease}} 20,839 || {{decrease}} 17,898
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| [[Tsqaltubo Municipality]] || {{increase}} 62,389 || {{increase}} 67,086 || {{increase}} 69,738 || {{increase}} 75,061 || {{increase}} 73,889 || align=center | - || {{decrease}} 56,883 || {{decrease}} 46,803
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| [[Vani Municipality]] || {{increase}} 40,999 || {{increase}} 41,505 || {{decrease}} 38,346 || {{decrease}} 35,369 || {{decrease}} 34,464 || align=center | - || {{decrease}} 24,512 || {{decrease}} 21,241 
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| [[Zestafoni Municipality|Zestaponi Municipality]] || {{increase}} 68,196 || {{increase}} 73,975 || {{decrease}} 72,835 || {{increase}} 75,539 || {{increase}} 76,208 || align=center | - || {{decrease}} 57,628 || {{decrease}} 55,142
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| colspan=10 class="wikitable" style="align:left;text-align:left;background-color:#eaecf0"|* Research after 2014 census showed the 2002 census was inflated by 8-9 percent.<ref name=research2017>{{Cite web | url=https://geostat.ge/media/20624/3.-Population-Dynamics_ENGL-_print_F.pdf | title=Population Dynamics in Georgia - An Overview Based on the 2014 General Population Census Data | pages=1–4 |date=2017-11-29 | access-date=2022-02-04 | work=National Statistics Office of Georgia, Geostat | language=en }}</ref><br/>**Corrected data based on retro-projection 1994–2014 in collaboration with UN<ref name=retro2017>{{Cite web | url=https://www.geostat.ge/en/single-archive/3199 | title=Retro-projection of main demographic indicators for the period 1994-2014 | pages=3, Table 1 |date=2018-05-18 | access-date=2022-02-04 | work=National Statistics Office of Georgia, Geostat | language=en }}</ref><br />*** Part of Sachkhere is outside Georgian government authority and has not been counted since 2002. 
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