# Demographics of Georgia (country)

| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
| 1770 | 761,000 | — |
| 1800 | 784,700 | +0.10% |
| 1832 | 892,100 | +0.40% |
| 1865 | 1,289,200 | +1.12% |
| 1886 | 1,641,900 | +1.16% |
| 1897 | 1,919,400 | +1.43% |
| 1914 | 2,697,500 | +2.02% |
| 1917 | 2,357,800 | −4.39% |
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
| 1921 | 2,677,000 | +3.23% |
| 1926 | 2,666,494 | −0.08% |
| 1939 | 3,540,023 | +2.20% |
| 1959 | 4,044,045 | +0.67% |
| 1970 | 4,686,358 | +1.35% |
| 1979 | 4,993,182 | +0.71% |
| 1989 | 5,400,841 | +0.79% |
| 2002 | 4,371,535 | −1.61% |
Note: Present territory of Georgia * Corrected as per :
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.

## Population size and structure

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. This occurred due to two migratory movements: Georgians living and working in other Soviet republics returned to their homeland, while other nationalities left Georgia.
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). 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. Other factors of the population decline include net birth-death deficits in the period 1995–2010 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.
Georgia was named among the highest-emigration countries in the world (relative to its population size) in a 2007 World Bank report. 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. 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. The 1989 census recorded 341,000 ethnic Russians, or 6.3 per cent of the population, which declined to 26,453 (0.7%) by 2014. The 2010 Russian census recorded about 158,000 ethnic Georgians living in Russia,

### 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, 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. 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.

### Structure of the population

Structure of the population (01.01.2019) :
| Age Group | Male | Female | Total | % |
| Total | 1 790 600 | 1 929 600 | 3 720 200 | 100% |
| 0–4 | 141 300 | 131 900 | 273 200 | 7.35% |
| 5–9 | 134 600 | 124 300 | 258 900 | 6.96% |
| 10–14 | 118 500 | 106 200 | 224 700 | 6.04% |
| 15–19 | 109 100 | 96 500 | 205 600 | 5.53% |
| 20–24 | 115 400 | 104 000 | 219 400 | 5.90% |
| 25–29 | 129 700 | 126 100 | 255 800 | 6.88% |
| 30–34 | 136 000 | 135 100 | 271 100 | 7.28% |
| 35–39 | 126 500 | 127 600 | 254 100 | 6.83% |
| 40–44 | 119 100 | 121 400 | 240 500 | 6.46% |
| 45–49 | 115 100 | 119 100 | 234 200 | 6.30% |
| 50–54 | 111 800 | 121 300 | 233 100 | 6.27% |
| 55–59 | 120 800 | 139 800 | 260 600 | 7.00% |
| 60–64 | 102 500 | 129 300 | 231 800 | 6.23% |
| 65–69 | 80 800 | 112 800 | 193 600 | 5.20% |
| 70–74 | 51 300 | 80 200 | 131 500 | 3.53% |
| 75–79 | 36 100 | 64 800 | 100 900 | 2.71% |
| 80–84 | 28 900 | 58 700 | 87 600 | 2.36% |
| 85+ | 13 000 | 30 600 | 43 600 | 1.17% |
| Age group | Male | Female | Total | Percent |
| 0–14 | 394 400 | 362 400 | 756 800 | 20.35% |
| 15–64 | 1 186 000 | 1 220 200 | 2 406 200 | 64.68% |
| 65+ | 210 100 | 347 100 | 557 200 | 14.97% |
The figure below shows the demographic trend in Georgia since 1950.
Note: 1993–1994 drop is exclusion of Abkhazia and Tskhinvali Region from population statistics.

## Vital statistics

Sources: United Nations, Demoscope, GeoStat

### Births and deaths
#### Total area

| | Population per 1 Jan. | Live births$^1$ | Deaths$^1$ | Natural change$^1$ | 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 | |
$^1$Births 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 and as published in public access database.
| | 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 |
Source: Geostat public database, Geostat website, section Population and Demography.

#### Current vital statistics

Source:
| 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 | −798 (−4.10%) | +321 (+1.46%) | +1,184 |

### Life expectancy

| Period | Life expectancy in Years |
| 1950–1955 | 60.65 |
| 1955–1960 | 62.65 |
| 1960–1965 | 64.65 |
| 1965–1970 | 66.65 |
| 1970–1975 | 68.15 |
| 1975–1980 | 69.64 |
| 1980–1985 | 69.63 |
| 1985–1990 | 70.45 |
| 1990–1995 | 70.11 |
| 1995–2000 | 71.09 |
| 2000–2005 | 72.60 |
| 2005–2010 | 72.65 |
| 2010–2015 | 72.74 |
| 2015–2020 | 73.52 |
| 2020–2025 | 74.24 |

#### by regions

| region | 2019 | 2019 | 2019 | 2019 | 2019 →2021 | 2021 | 2021 →2022 | 2022 | 2022 | 2022 | 2022 | 2019 →2022 |
| region | overall | male | female | F Δ M | 2019 →2021 | overall | 2021 →2022 | overall | male | female | F Δ M | 2019 →2022 |
| 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 | 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

## Ethnic groups

Population of Georgia in 2014
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 | Georgians | Armenians | Armenians | Russians | Russians | Ossetians | Ossetians | Transcaucasian Tatars | Transcaucasian Tatars | Abkhazians | Abkhazians | Greeks | Greeks | Jews | Jews | Germans | Germans | Others | Others | Total |
| Year | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | Total |
| 1800 | 622,600 | 79.4% | 47,000 | 6.0% | — | — | 29,300 | 3.7% | 30,000 | 3.8% | 52,000 | 6.6% | 500 | 0.1% | 3,300 | 0.4% | — | — | — | — | 784,700 |
| 1832 | 677,100 | 75.9% | 84,000 | 9.4% | — | — | 32,300 | 3.6% | 27,000 | 3.0% | 56,600 | 6.3% | 7,000 | 0.8% | 4,000 | 0.5% | — | — | 4,100 | 0.5% | 892,100 |
| 1865 | 950,600 | 73.8% | 122,600 | 9.5% | 25,900 | 2.0% | 45,500 | 3.6% | 51,500 | 4.0% | 60,000 | 4.6% | 12,000 | 0.9% | 7,800 | 0.6% | 4,200 | 0.3% | 9,100 | 0.7% | 1,289,200 |
| 1886 | 1,188,100 | 72.4% | 172,900 | 10.5% | 42,500 | 2.6% | 71,000 | 4.3% | 62,600 | 3.8% | 38,000 | 2.3% | 28,800 | 1.8% | 11,700 | 0.7% | 5,500 | 0.3% | 20,800 | 1.3% | 1,641,900 |
| 1897 | 1,331,300 | 69.4% | 197,000 | 10.3% | 101,000 | 5.3% | 81,500 | 4.2% | 81,100 | 4.2% | 42,600 | 2.2% | 38,500 | 2.0% | 17,200 | 0.9% | 7,400 | 0.4% | 21,800 | 1.1% | 1,919,400 |
Population of Georgia according to ethnic group 1926–2014 :
| Ethnic group | census 1926$^1$ | census 1926$^1$ | census 1939$^2$ | census 1939$^2$ | census 1959$^3$ | census 1959$^3$ | census 1970$^4$ | census 1970$^4$ | census 1979$^5$ | census 1979$^5$ | census 1989$^6$ | census 1989$^6$ | census 2002$^6$ | census 2002$^6$ | census 2014$^7$ | census 2014$^7$ |
| Ethnic group | 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 | 5.2 | 188,058 | 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 | 12,915 | 0.4 | 16,212 | 0.4 | 20,690 | 0.4 | 25,688 | 0.5 | 33,331 | 0.6 | 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 | 2,677,233 | 3,540,023 | 3,540,023 | 4,044,045 | 4,044,045 | 4,686,358 | 4,686,358 | 4,993,182 | 4,993,182 | 5,400,841 | 5,400,841 | 4,371,535 | 4,371,535 | 3,713,804 | 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 |
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 |

## Languages

The most widespread language group is the Kartvelian family, which includes Georgian, Svan, Mingrelian and Laz. The official languages of Georgia are Georgian, with Abkhaz having official status within the autonomous region of Abkhazia. Georgian is the primary language of 87.7 percent of the population, followed by 6.2 percent speaking Azerbaijani, 3.9 percent Armenian, 1.2 percent Russian, and 1 percent other languages.
Languages of Georgia in 2014
Population of Georgia by native language :
| Language | 2002 census | 2002 census | 2014 census | 2014 census |
| Language | # | % | # | % |
| Georgian | 3,677,995 | 84.14% | 3,254,852 | 87.64% |
| Azerbaijani | 283,632 | 6.49% | 231,436 | 6.23% |
| Armenian | 235,653 | 5.39% | 144,812 | 3.90% |
| Russian | 83,007 | 1.90% | 45,920 | 1.24% |
| Ossetian | 31,381 | 0.72% | 5,698 | 0.15% |
| Other | 59,867 | 1.36% | 31,014 | 0.84% |
| Not stated | — | — | 72 | 0.00% |
| Total | 4,371,535 | 4,371,535 | 3,713,804 | 3,713,804 |

## Religion

Religion (2014 Georgian census)
| Religion | 2002 | 2002 | 2014 | 2014 |
| Religion | # | % | # | % |
| Christianity | 3,872,099 | 88.58% | 3,240,724 | 87.27% |
| –Georgian Orthodox Church | 3,679,233 | 83.87% | 3,097,573 | 83.41% |
| –Armenian Apostolic Church | 171,139 | 3.92% | 109,041 | 2.94% |
| –Catholic Church | 34,727 | 0.79% | 19,195 | 0.52% |
| –Jehovah's Witnesses | — | — | 12,395 | 0.33% |
| –Protestantism | — | — | 2,520 | 0.07% |
| Islam | 433,784 | 9.92% | 398,677 | 10.73% |
| Yazidism | — | — | 8,591 | 0.23% |
| Judaism | 3,541 | 0.08% | 1,417 | 0.04% |
| Other religions | 62,111 | 1.42% | 1,429 | 0.04% |
| No religion | — | — | 19,080 | 0.51% |
| Refusal | — | — | 9,635 | 0.26% |
| Religion not stated | — | — | 34,251 | 0.92% |
| Total | 4,371,535 | 100.0% | 3,713,804 | 100.0% |