Georgia People - 2021

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

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.)