Demographics of Georgia (country)

The demographic features of the population of Georgia include population growth, population density, ethnicity, education level, health, economic status, religious affiliations, and other aspects of the population.<ref>Nana Bolashvili, Andreas Dittmann, Lorenz King, Vazha Neidze (eds.): National Atlas of Georgia, 138 pages, Steiner Verlag, 2018, Template:ISBN</ref>

Population size and structure

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Density of the population of Georgia by municipality (2018)

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Distribution of the population of Georgia by municipalities

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Municipalities of Georgia by the population's predominant gender

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Cities and towns in Georgia by population size

The demographic situation in Georgia, like that of some other former Soviet republics (especially Estonia and Latvia), 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.<ref name=EGE>Richard H. Rowland, "National and regional population trends in Georgia, 1989–2002: Results from the 2002 census," Eurasian Geography and Economics, 47(2): 221–242, 2006 (excluding Abkhazia and Tskhinvali Region).</ref> This occurred due to two migratory movements: Georgians living and working in other Soviet republics returned to their homeland, while other nationalities left Georgia.<ref name="jones">Template:Cite book</ref>

While Georgia was part of the Soviet Union the population grew steadily, rising from less than 4 million in the 1950s to a peak of 5.5 million in 1992 (including Abkhazia and Tskhinvali Region).<ref>Statistical yearbooks of Georgian SSR, State Committee of Statistics, Tbilisi, various years Template:In lang.</ref> From 1992 the population began to decline sharply due to civil war and economic crisis driven mass migration throughout the 1990s and into the early 2000s. By 2013, the population has stabilized around 3.7 million (excluding Abkhazia and Tskhinvali Region). The 2002 population census in Georgia revealed a net migration loss of more than one million persons, or 20% of the population, since the early 1990s, confirmed by other studies.Template:Refn<ref name=emigration>Ethnic minorities in Georgia Template:Webarchive. Federation Internationale des Ligues des Droits de l'Homme.</ref> Other factors of the population decline include net birth-death deficits in the period 1995–2010Template:Refn and the exclusion of Abkhazia and Tskhinvali Region from the statistics since 1994, which population was estimated in 2005 at 178,000 and 49,200, respectively.Template:Refn

Georgia was named among the highest-emigration countries in the world (relative to its population size) in a 2007 World Bank report.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Russia received by far most migrants from Georgia. According to United Nations data this totalled to 625 thousand by 2000, which has declined to 450 thousand by 2019.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Initially the out-migration was driven by non-Georgian ethnicities, but due to the war and crisis ridden 1990s, and the subsequent bad economic outlook, increasing numbers of Georgians emigrated as well.<ref name="jones" /> The 1989 census recorded 341,000 ethnic Russians, or 6.3 per cent of the population,<ref>Georgia: Ethnic Russians Say, "There's No Place Like Home" Template:Webarchive. EurasiaNet.org. 30 April 2009.</ref> which declined to 26,453 (0.7%) by 2014.<ref name="etn2014">Template:Cite web</ref> The 2010 Russian census recorded about 158,000 ethnic Georgians living in Russia,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Data correction

The 2014 census, executed in collaboration with the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), found a population gap of approximately 700,000 compared to the 2014 data from the National Statistical Office of Georgia, Geostat, which was cumulatively built on the 2002 census. Consecutive research estimated the 2002 census to be inflated by 8 to 9 percent,Template:Refn which affected the annually updated population estimates in subsequent years. One explanation put forward by UNFPA is that families of emigrants continued to list them in 2002 as residents for fear of losing certain rights or benefits. Other factors that distorted the demographic data included a lack of quality in the registration system of migration, births, deaths and marriages. It was not until around 2010 that parts of the system became reliable again. With the support of the UNFPA, the demographic data of the period 1994–2014 has been retro-projected. The results of the project were presented and published in 2018.<ref name="retroprojection">Template:Cite web</ref><ref name="gapanalysis"/> Based on this back-projection Geostat has corrected its data for these years, both in its annual publications starting from 2018, and its public access database.<ref name="geostatopendata" />

Structure of the population

Structure of the population (01.01.2019) :<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Age Group	Male	Female	Total	%
Total	1 790 600	1 929 600	3 720 200	Template:Percentage bar
0–4	141 300	131 900	273 200	Template:Percentage bar
5–9	134 600	124 300	258 900	Template:Percentage bar
10–14	118 500	106 200	224 700	Template:Percentage bar
15–19	109 100	96 500	205 600	Template:Percentage bar
20–24	115 400	104 000	219 400	Template:Percentage bar
25–29	129 700	126 100	255 800	Template:Percentage bar
30–34	136 000	135 100	271 100	Template:Percentage bar
35–39	126 500	127 600	254 100	Template:Percentage bar
40–44	119 100	121 400	240 500	Template:Percentage bar
45–49	115 100	119 100	234 200	Template:Percentage bar
50–54	111 800	121 300	233 100	Template:Percentage bar
55–59	120 800	139 800	260 600	Template:Percentage bar
60–64	102 500	129 300	231 800	Template:Percentage bar
65–69	80 800	112 800	193 600	Template:Percentage bar
70–74	51 300	80 200	131 500	Template:Percentage bar
75–79	36 100	64 800	100 900	Template:Percentage bar
80–84	28 900	58 700	87 600	Template:Percentage bar
85+	13 000	30 600	43 600	Template:Percentage bar
Age group	Male	Female	Total	Percent
0–14	394 400	362 400	756 800	Template:Percentage bar
15–64	1 186 000	1 220 200	2 406 200	Template:Percentage bar
65+	210 100	347 100	557 200	Template:Percentage bar

The figure below shows the demographic trend in Georgia since 1950. Template:GraphChart Template:Leftlegend Template:Leftlegend Note: 1993–1994 drop is exclusion of Abkhazia and Tskhinvali Region from population statistics.Template:Refn

Vital statistics

Sources: United Nations,<ref>Template:Cite webTemplate:Nonspecific</ref> DemoscopeTemplate:Refn, GeoStat<ref name=geostat>Template:Cite web</ref>

Births and deaths

Total area

	Population per 1 Jan.	Live births1	Deaths1	Natural change1	Crude birth rate (per 1000)	Crude death rate (per 1000)	Natural change (per 1000)	Crude migration change (per 1000)	Fertility rates
1950	3,528,000	82,900	27,000	55,900	23.5	7.7	15.9
1951	3,585,000	86,800	26,900	59,900	24.2	7.5	16.7	−0.5
1952	3,646,000	85,700	26,600	59,100	23.5	7.3	16.2	0.8
1953	3,710,000	87,200	26,300	60,900	23.5	7.1	16.4	1.2
1954	3,775,000	91,400	26,000	65,400	24.2	6.9	17.3	0.2
1955	3,839,000	92,500	25,700	66,800	24.1	6.7	17.4	−0.4
1956	3,904,000	89,800	26,500	63,300	23.0	6.8	16.2	0.7
1957	3,967,000	89,700	27,000	62,700	22.6	6.8	15.8	0.3
1958	4,031,000	93,100	27,400	65,700	23.1	6.8	16.3	−0.2
1959	4,044,000	98,300	27,400	70,900	24.0	6.7	17.3	−14.3
1960	4,129,000	102,866	27,015	51,866	24.7	6.5	18.2	2.8	2.65
1961	4,190,000	104,429	27,621	53,429	24.7	6.5	18.2	−3.4	2.65
1962	4,258,000	101,717	30,394	51,717	23.7	7.1	16.6	−0.4	2.63
1963	4,325,000	100,326	29,620	51,326	23.0	6.8	16.2	−0.5	2.62
1964	4,389,000	97,433	29,708	48,433	22.0	6.7	15.3	−0.5	2.62
1965	4,450,000	94,987	31,291	46,987	21.2	7.0	14.2	−0.3	2.60
1966	4,505,000	92,026	30,389	44,026	20.3	6.7	13.6	−1.2	2.57
1967	4,556,000	89,302	32,904	42,302	19.5	7.2	12.3	−1.0	2.53
1968	4,598,000	89,660	32,416	43,660	19.4	7.0	12.4	−3.2	2.52
1969	4,640,000	87,069	35,169	41,069	18.7	7.5	11.2	−2.1	2.45
1970	4,674,000	90,207	34,283	45,207	19.2	7.3	11.9	−4.6	2.62
1971	4,729,000	90,396	35,325	45,396	19.0	7.4	11.6	0.2	2.61
1972	4,778,000	86,402	36,409	41,402	18.0	7.6	10.4	0	2.53
1973	4,818,000	88,577	35,911	44,577	18.3	7.4	10.9	−2.5	2.58
1974	4,856,000	89,761	37,145	45,761	18.4	7.6	10.8	−2.9	2.59
1975	4,895,000	89,712	39,292	45,712	18.3	8.0	10.3	−2.3	2.52
1976	4,920,000	90,605	38,875	46,605	18.3	7.9	10.4	−5.3	2.52
1977	4,960,000	89,028	40,139	45,028	17.9	8.1	9.8	−1.7	2.33
1978	4,986,000	88,766	40,239	45,766	17.8	8.1	9.8	−4.6	2.31
1979	4,993,000	89,803	41,907	47,896	17.8	8.4	9.5	−8.1	2.34
1980	5,029,000	89,458	43,346	46,112	17.6	8.6	9.1	−1.9	2.26
1981	5,071,000	92,501	43,961	48,540	18.1	8.6	9.5	−1.1	2.29
1982	5,100,000	91,784	42,734	49,050	17.9	8.4	9.6	−3.9	2.25
1983	5,134,000	92,660	43,301	49,359	18.0	8.4	9.6	−2.9	2.20
1984	5,167,000	95,841	45,787	50,054	18.5	8.8	9.7	−3.3	2.24
1985	5,230,000	97,739	46,153	51,586	18.7	8.8	9.9	2.3	2.27
1986	5,234,000	98,155	46,354	51,801	18.7	8.8	9.9	−9.1	2.26
1987	5,266,000	94,595	46,332	48,263	17.8	8.7	9.1	−3.0	2.19
1988	5,397,000	91,905	47,544	44,361	17.1	8.9	8.3	16.6	2.13
1989	5,401,000	91,138	47,077	44,061	16.8	8.7	8.1	−7.4	2.15
1990	5,424,000	92,815	50,721	43,895	17.1	9.3	8.1	−3.8	2.29
1991	5,453,000	89,091	52,416	36,675	16.3	9.6	6.7	−1.4	2.07
1992	5,467,000	72,631	55,076	17,555	13.4	10.2	3.2	−0.6	1.72
1993	5,346,000	55,594	56,270	−676	11.5	11.6	−0.1	−22.0

¹Births and deaths until 1959 are estimates.

Excluding Abkhazia and South Ossetia

Total population from 1994: excluding Abkhazia and Tskhinvali Region. Corrected as per retro-projection<ref name="gapanalysis" /><ref name="retroprojection"/> and as published in public access database.<ref name="geostatopendata" />

	Population per 1 Jan.	Live births	Deaths	Natural change	Crude birth rate (per 1000)	Crude death rate (per 1000)	Natural change (per 1000)	Crude migration rate (per 1000)	Fertility rates
1994	4,922,900	57,311	50,326	6,985	11.8	10.4	1.4	−80.5	1.53
1995	4,742,300	56,486	49,219	7,267	11.9	10.1	1.8	−38.5	1.57
1996	4,573,200	55,153	48,251	6,902	11.6	10.2	1.4	−37.1	1.60
1997	4,410,200	54,136	48,026	6,110	11.4	10.5	1.1	−36.7	1.63
1998	4,289,600	51,491	47,907	3,584	11.0	10.5	0.5	−27.8	1.60
1999	4,197,600	48,408	47,909	499	10.7	10.6	0.1	−21.5	1.55
2000	4,116,800	48,167	48,250	−83	10.7	10.7	−0.0	−19.2	1.59
2001	4,037,500	46,620	47,133	−513	10.5	10.6	−0.1	−19.2	1.57
2002	3,991,300	45,127	47,514	−2,387	10.2	10.8	−0.6	−10.8	1.53
2003	3,965,800	45,450	47,114	−1,664	10.3	10.7	−0.4	−6.0	1.56
2004	3,937,700	45,751	49,746	−3,995	10.3	11.2	−0.9	−6.2	1.58
2005	3,917,000	46,063	49,534	−3,471	10.4	11.1	−0.7	−4.6	1.59
2006	3,888,000	46,845	50,014	−3,169	10.6	11.2	−0.6	−6.8	1.62
2007	3,872,700	48,499	50,204	−1,705	11.1	11.4	−0.3	−3.6	1.69
2008	3,847,600	52,442	50,490	1,952	13.6	13.1	0.5	−7.0	1.84
2009	3,829,000	56,568	50,794	5,774	14.8	13.3	1.5	−6.3	2.01
2010	3,799,800	55,230	51,066	4,164	14.6	13.5	1.1	−8.7	2.00
2011	3,773,600	51,565	49,818	1,747	13.7	13.3	0.4	−7.3	1.89
2012	3,739,300	49,969	49,347	622	13.4	13.2	0.2	−9.3	1.85
2013	3,718,400	49,657	48,564	1,093	13.4	13.1	0.3	−5.9	1.86
2014	3,716,900	60,635	49,087	11,548	16.3	13.2	3.1	−3.5	2.31
2015	3,721,900	59,249	49,121	10,128	15.9	13.2	2.7	−1.4	2.31
2016	3,728,600	56,569	50,771	5,798	15.2	13.7	1.5	0.3	2.24
2017	3,721,900	53,293	47,822	5,471	14.3	12.9	1.4	−3.2	2.14
2018	3,729,600	51,138	46,524	4,614	13.7	12.5	1.2	0.9	2.12
2019	3,723,500	48,296	46,659	1,637	13.0	12.5	0.4	−2.0	2.01
2020	3,716,900	46,520	50,537	−4,017	12.5	13.6	−1.1	−0.7	1.97
2021	3,728,600	45,946	59,906	−13,960	12.3	16.1	−3.8	6.9	1.98
2022	3,688,647	42,319	49,118	−6,799	11.5	13.3	−1.8	−8.9	1.82
2023	3,736,400	40,214	42,756	−2,542	10.8	11.4	−0.6	13.5	1.70
2024	3,694,600	39,483	43,971	−4,488	10.7	11.9	−1.2		1.67
2025	3,704,500

Source: Geostat public database,<ref name="geostatopendata" /> Geostat website, section Population and Demography.<ref name=geostatwebsite/> <ref>Summary of Vital Statistics in Georgia 2022 Template:Webarchive</ref>

Current vital statistics

Source:<ref name=geostatwebsite>Template:Cite web</ref>

Period	Live births	Deaths	Natural increase
January – June 2023	19,431	21,944	−2,513
January – June 2024	18,633	22,265	−3,697
Difference	Template:Decrease −798 (−4.10%)	Template:IncreaseNegative +321 (+1.46%)	Template:IncreaseNegative +1,184

Life expectancy

File:Life expectancy in Georgia.svg

Life expectancy in Georgia since 1950

File:Life expectancy by WBG -Georgia -diff.png

Life expectancy in Georgia since 1960 by gender

Period	Life expectancy in Years<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1950–1955	60.65
1955–1960	Template:Increase 62.65
1960–1965	Template:Increase 64.65
1965–1970	Template:Increase 66.65
1970–1975	Template:Increase 68.15
1975–1980	Template:Increase 69.64
1980–1985	Template:Decrease 69.63
1985–1990	Template:Increase 70.45
1990–1995	Template:Decrease 70.11
1995–2000	Template:Increase 71.09
2000–2005	Template:Increase 72.60
2005–2010	Template:Increase 72.65
2010–2015	Template:Increase 72.74
2015–2020	Template:Increase 73.52
2020–2025	Template:Increase 74.24

by regions

region	2019				Template:Tooltip	2021	2021 →2022	2022				2019 →2022
	Template:Tooltip	male	female	Template:Tooltip		overall		overall	male	female	Template:Nobr
Georgia on average	73.47	68.49	78.43	9.94	−1.78	71.69	−0.10	71.59	66.76	76.46	9.70	−1.88
Shida Kartli	74.62	69.53	79.83	10.30	−1.80	72.82	−0.11	72.71	67.77	77.82	10.05	−1.91
Kvemo Kartli	74.33	69.27	79.47	10.20	−1.80	72.53	−0.11	72.42	67.52	77.48	9.96	−1.91
Imereti, [[Racha-Lechkhumi and Kvemo Svaneti|Racha-Lechkhumi and Template:Nobr]]	74.28	69.22	79.41	10.19	−1.80	72.48	−0.11	72.37	67.47	77.42	9.95	−1.91
Samtskhe–Javakheti	74.12	69.08	79.22	10.14	−1.79	72.33	−0.11	72.22	67.33	77.23	9.90	−1.90
Adjara	72.78	67.86	77.59	9.73	−1.76	71.02	−0.11	70.91	66.15	75.64	9.49	−1.87
Guria	72.52	67.63	77.27	9.64	−1.75	70.77	−0.11	70.66	65.92	75.33	9.41	−1.86
Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti	72.46	67.57	77.20	9.63	−1.75	70.71	−0.11	70.60	65.86	75.26	9.40	−1.86
Tbilisi	71.78	66.46	77.24	10.78	−1.73	70.05	−0.11	69.94	64.78	75.30	10.52	−1.84
Kakheti	71.10	66.33	75.54	9.21	−1.71	69.39	−0.11	69.28	64.66	73.65	8.99	−1.82
Mtskheta-Mtianeti	65.53	60.64	69.52	8.88	−1.58	63.95	−0.10	63.85	59.11	67.77	8.66	−1.68

Data source: Global Data Lab<ref name='GlobalDataLab'>Template:Cite web</ref>

Ethnic groups

File:Percentage of ethnic Georgians by municipality.svg

Percentage of ethnic Georgians by municipality

File:Ethnic composition of the regions of Georgia (2014).svg

Ethnic composition of the regions of Georgia

Georgians are the predominant ethnic group in Georgia, according to the 2014 census 86.83% of the population. The proportion in 2014 was much higher than in preceding censuses as in 2014 Abkhazia and Tskhinvali Region were not under government control and therefore not included. As a result of this the proportion of Ossetians and Abkhazians was very low (0.39% and 0.02%, respectively).

Population of Georgia according to ethnic group 1800–1897

Year	Georgians		Armenians		Russians		Ossetians		Transcaucasian Tatars		Abkhazians		Greeks		Jews		Germans		Others		Total
	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%
1800Template:Sfnp	622,600	Template:Percentage bar	47,000	Template:Percentage bar	Template:N/a	Template:N/a	29,300	Template:Percentage bar	30,000	Template:Percentage bar	52,000	Template:Percentage bar	500	Template:Percentage bar	3,300	Template:Percentage bar	Template:N/a	Template:N/a	Template:N/a	Template:N/a	784,700
1832Template:Sfnp	677,100	Template:Percentage bar	84,000	Template:Percentage bar	Template:N/a	Template:N/a	32,300	Template:Percentage bar	27,000	Template:Percentage bar	56,600	Template:Percentage bar	7,000	Template:Percentage bar	4,000	Template:Percentage bar	Template:N/a	Template:N/a	4,100	Template:Percentage bar	892,100
1865Template:Sfnp	950,600	Template:Percentage bar	122,600	Template:Percentage bar	25,900	Template:Percentage bar	45,500	Template:Percentage bar	51,500	Template:Percentage bar	60,000	Template:Percentage bar	12,000	Template:Percentage bar	7,800	Template:Percentage bar	4,200	Template:Percentage bar	9,100	Template:Percentage bar	1,289,200
1886Template:Sfnp	1,188,100	Template:Percentage bar	172,900	Template:Percentage bar	42,500	Template:Percentage bar	71,000	Template:Percentage bar	62,600	Template:Percentage bar	38,000	Template:Percentage bar	28,800	Template:Percentage bar	11,700	Template:Percentage bar	5,500	Template:Percentage bar	20,800	Template:Percentage bar	1,641,900
1897Template:Sfnp	1,331,300	Template:Percentage bar	197,000	Template:Percentage bar	101,000	Template:Percentage bar	81,500	Template:Percentage bar	81,100	Template:Percentage bar	42,600	Template:Percentage bar	38,500	Template:Percentage bar	17,200	Template:Percentage bar	7,400	Template:Percentage bar	21,800	Template:Percentage bar	1,919,400

Population of Georgia according to ethnic group 1926–2014

Ethnic group	census 19261		census 19392		census 19593		census 19704		census 19795		census 19896		census 20026		census 20147
	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%
Georgians	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	70.1	3,661,173	83.8	3,224,564	86.8
Azerbaijanis	137,921<ref>Including 56,110 Meskhetian Turks</ref>	5.2	188,058<ref>Including 87,987 Meskhetian Turks</ref>	5.3	153,600	3.8	217,758	4.6	255,678	5.1	307,556	5.7	284,761	6.5	233,024	6.3
Armenians	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	168,102	4.5
Russians	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	26,453	0.7
Ossetians	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	14,385	0.4
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	12,174	0.3
Kurds	7,955	0.3											2,514	0.1	1,596	0.0
Ukrainians	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	6,034	0.2
Greeks	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	5,544	0.2
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	2,377	0.1
Jews	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	0.0	1,405	0.0
Abkhazians	56,847	2.1	57,805	1.6	62,878	1.5	79,449	1.7	85,285	1.7	95,853	1.8	3,527	0.1	864	0.0
Others	65,961	2.5	58,711	1.7	37,026	0.9	38,665	0.8	39,690	0.8	50,502	0.9	18,766	0.4	17,282	0.5
Total	2,677,233		3,540,023		4,044,045		4,686,358		4,993,182		5,400,841		4,371,535		3,713,804
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Migration

Georgia net migration, 1994–2011

Year	Net Migration
1994	−194,634
1995	−176,326
1996	−169,889
1997	−126,695
1998	−95,611
1999	−81,302
2000	−79,235
2001	−45,686
2002	−23,130
2003	−26,376
2004	−16,758
2005	−25,518
2006	−12,086
2007	−23,418
2008	−20,542
2009	−34,948
2010	−30,438
2011	−35,982

<ref>Data extracted from Georgia Statistics. Retrieved from [Georgia Statistics website](http://www.georgiastatistics.geTemplate:Dead link) on July 12, 2024.</ref>

Georgia Net migration, 2012–present

Year	Immigration	Emigration	Net Migration
2012	69,063	90,584	−21,521
2013	92,458	95,064	−2,606
2014	82,161	88,704	−6,543
2015	92,557	95,965	−3,408
2016	90,228	98,288	−8,060
2017	83,389	85,451	−2,062
2018	88,152	98,935	−10,783
2019	96,864	105,107	−8,243
2020	89,996	74,264	15,732
2021	74,008	99,974	−25,966
2022	179,778	125,269	54,509
2023	205,875	245,064	−39,189
2024	135,811	121,425	14,386

Languages

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Population of Georgia by native language

Language	2002 census<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>		2014 census<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
	#	%	#	%
Georgian	3,677,995	Template:Percentage bar	3,254,852	Template:Percentage bar
Azerbaijani	283,632	Template:Percentage bar	231,436	Template:Percentage bar
Armenian	235,653	Template:Percentage bar	144,812	Template:Percentage bar
Russian	83,007	Template:Percentage bar	45,920	Template:Percentage bar
Ossetian	31,381	Template:Percentage bar	5,698	Template:Percentage bar
Other	59,867	Template:Percentage bar	31,014	Template:Percentage bar
Not stated	Template:N/a	Template:N/a	72	Template:Percentage bar
Total	4,371,535		3,713,804

Religion

Religion	2002<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>		2014<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
	#	%	#	%
Christianity	3,872,099	Template:Percentage bar	3,240,724	Template:Percentage bar
–Georgian Orthodox Church	3,679,233	Template:Percentage bar	3,097,573	Template:Percentage bar
–Armenian Apostolic Church	171,139	Template:Percentage bar	109,041	Template:Percentage bar
–Catholic Church	34,727	Template:Percentage bar	19,195	Template:Percentage bar
–Jehovah's Witnesses	Template:N/a	Template:N/a	12,395	Template:Percentage bar
–Protestantism	Template:N/a	Template:N/a	2,520	Template:Percentage bar
Islam	433,784	Template:Percentage bar	398,677	Template:Percentage bar
Yazidism	Template:N/a	Template:N/a	8,591	Template:Percentage bar
Judaism	3,541	Template:Percentage bar	1,417	Template:Percentage bar
Other religions	62,111	Template:Percentage bar	1,429	Template:Percentage bar
No religion	Template:N/a	Template:N/a	19,080	Template:Percentage bar
Refusal	Template:N/a	Template:N/a	9,635	Template:Percentage bar
Religion not stated	Template:N/a	Template:N/a	34,251	Template:Percentage bar
Total	4,371,535	Template:Percentage bar	3,713,804	Template:Percentage bar

See also

• Georgia
• Armenians in Georgia
• Azerbaijanis in Georgia
• Russians in Georgia
• Greeks in Georgia
• Caucasus Greeks
• Poles in Georgia
• Assyrians in Georgia

References

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External links

• Zhvania, Irakli: "Housing in Georgia" in the Caucasus Analytical Digest No. 23