Georgia People - 2021

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

Population

4,933,674 (July 2021 est.)

Nationality

noun: Georgian(s)

adjective: Georgian

Ethnic groups

Georgian 86.8%, Azeri 6.3%, Armenian 4.5%, other 2.3% (includes Russian, Ossetian, Yazidi, Ukrainian, Kist, Greek) (2014 est.)

Languages

Georgian (official) 87.6%, Azeri 6.2%, Armenian 3.9%, Russian 1.2%, other 1%; note - Abkhaz is the official language in Abkhazia (2014 est.)

printed major-language sample:
მსოფლიო ფაქტების წიგნი, ძირითადი ინფორმაციის აუცილებელი წყარო. (Georgian)

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Religions

Orthodox (official) 83.4%, Muslim 10.7%, Armenian Apostolic 2.9%, other 1.2% (includes Catholic, Jehovah's Witness, Yazidi, Protestant, Jewish), none 0.5%, unspecified/no answer 1.2% (2014 est.)

Age structure

0-14 years: 18.42% (male 472,731/female 435,174)

15-24 years: 10.9% (male 286,518/female 250,882)

25-54 years: 40.59% (male 984,942/female 1,016,353)

55-64 years: 13.24% (male 288,650/female 364,117)

65 years and over: 16.85% (male 326,219/female 504,444) (2020 est.)

Dependency ratios

total dependency ratio: 55

youth dependency ratio: 31.3

elderly dependency ratio: 23.6

potential support ratio: 4.2 (2020 est.)

Median age

total: 38.6 years

male: 35.9 years

female: 41.4 years (2020 est.)

Population growth rate

0.05% (2021 est.)

Birth rate

11.26 births/1,000 population (2021 est.)

Death rate

10.84 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.)

Net migration rate

0.06 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2021 est.)

Population distribution

settlement concentrated in the central valley, particularly in the capital city of Tbilisi in the east; smaller urban agglomerations dot the Black Sea coast, with Bat'umi being the largest

Urbanization

urban population: 59.9% of total population (2021)

rate of urbanization: 0.35% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)

note: data include Abkhazia and South Ossetia

total population growth rate v. urban population growth rate, 2000-2030

Major urban areas - population

1.079 million TBILISI (capital) (2021)

Sex ratio

at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female

0-14 years: 1.09 male(s)/female

15-24 years: 1.14 male(s)/female

25-54 years: 0.97 male(s)/female

55-64 years: 0.79 male(s)/female

65 years and over: 0.65 male(s)/female

total population: 0.92 male(s)/female (2020 est.)

Mother's mean age at first birth

25.9 years (2019 est.)

note: data do not cover Abkhazia and South Ossetia

Maternal mortality rate

25 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)

Infant mortality rate

total: 15.1 deaths/1,000 live births

male: 17.26 deaths/1,000 live births

female: 12.83 deaths/1,000 live births (2021 est.)

Life expectancy at birth

total population: 77.25 years

male: 73.18 years

female: 81.52 years (2021 est.)

Total fertility rate

1.75 children born/woman (2021 est.)

Contraceptive prevalence rate

40.6% (2018)

Drinking water source

improved: urban: 100% of population

rural: 96.2% of population

total: 98.4% of population

unimproved: urban: 0% of population

rural: 3.8% of population

total: 1.6% of population (2017 est.)

Current Health Expenditure

7.1% (2018)

Physicians density

7.12 physicians/1,000 population (2018)

Hospital bed density

2.9 beds/1,000 population (2014)

Sanitation facility access

improved: urban: 97% of population

rural: 82.7% of population

total: 91.1% of population

unimproved: urban: 3% of population

rural: 17.3% of population

total: 8.9% of population (2017 est.)

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate

0.3% (2020 est.)

HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS

9,100 (2020 est.)

HIV/AIDS - deaths

Obesity - adult prevalence rate

21.7% (2016)

Children under the age of 5 years underweight

2.1% (2018)

Education expenditures

3.5% of GDP (2018)

Literacy

definition: age 15 and over can read and write

total population: 99.4%

male: 99.4%

female: 99.3% (2017)

School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)

total: 15 years

male: 16 years

female: 16 years (2019)

Unemployment, youth ages 15-24

total: 30.4%

male: 28.9%

female: 32.9% (2019 est.)

NOTE: The information regarding Georgia on this page is re-published from the 2021 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Georgia 2021 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Georgia 2021 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.