Georgia People - 2022
SOURCE: 2022 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK
Population
4,935,518 (2022 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.)
major-language sample(s):
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: 55.4
youth dependency ratio: 32.8
elderly dependency ratio: 22.6
potential support ratio: 4.4 (2021 est.)
Median age
total: 38.6 years
male: 35.9 years
female: 41.4 years (2020 est.)
Population growth rate
0.03% (2022 est.)
Birth rate
11 births/1,000 population (2022 est.)
Death rate
10.8 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.)
Net migration rate
0.06 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2022 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: 60.7% of total population (2023)
rate of urbanization: 0.35% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)
note: data include Abkhazia and South Ossetia
Major urban areas - population
1.080 million TBILISI (capital) (2022)
Sex ratio
at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
0-14 years: 1.07 male(s)/female
15-24 years: 1.14 male(s)/female
25-54 years: 0.98 male(s)/female
55-64 years: 0.78 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.54 male(s)/female
total population: 0.92 male(s)/female (2022 est.)
Mother's mean age at first birth
25.9 years (2019 est.)
note: data does not cover Abkhazia and South Ossetia
Maternal mortality ratio
25 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)
Infant mortality rate
total: 14.77 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 16.9 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 12.53 deaths/1,000 live births (2022 est.)
Life expectancy at birth
total population: 77.5 years
male: 73.45 years
female: 81.74 years (2022 est.)
Total fertility rate
1.75 children born/woman (2022 est.)
Contraceptive prevalence rate
40.6% (2018)
Drinking water source
improved: urban: 99.4% of population
rural: 94.3% of population
total: 97.3% of population
unimproved: urban: 0.6% of population
rural: 5.7% of population
total: 2.7% of population (2020 est.)
Current health expenditure
6.7% of GDP (2019)
Physicians density
5.11 physicians/1,000 population (2020)
Hospital bed density
2.9 beds/1,000 population (2014)
Sanitation facility access
improved: urban: 96.3% of population
rural: 72.7% of population
total: 86.7% of population
unimproved: urban: 3.7% of population
rural: 27.3% of population
total: 13.3% of population (2020 est.)
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate
0.3% (2021 est.)
Obesity - adult prevalence rate
21.7% (2016)
Alcohol consumption per capita
total: 7.45 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
beer: 1.71 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
wine: 3.19 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
spirits: 2.52 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
other alcohols: 0.02 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
Tobacco use
total: 31.7% (2020 est.)
male: 56.3% (2020 est.)
female: 7.1% (2020 est.)
Children under the age of 5 years underweight
2.1% (2018)
Child marriage
women married by age 15: 0.3%
women married by age 18: 13.9%
men married by age 18: 0.5% (2018 est.)
Education expenditures
3.6% of GDP (2021 est.)
Literacy
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 99.6%
male: 99.7%
female: 99.5% (2019)
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)
total: 16 years
male: 16 years
female: 16 years (2021)
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24)
total: 31.3%
male: 30.5%
female: 32.7% (2020 est.)
NOTE: The information regarding Georgia on this page is re-published from the 2022 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Georgia 2022 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Georgia 2022 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.
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