Demographics of Georgia (country)
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The Demographics of Georgia is about the demographic features of the population of Georgia, including population growth, population density, ethnicity, education level, health, economic status, religious affiliations, and other aspects of the population.
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[edit] Demographic trends
The demographic situation in Georgia has been characterized by two prominent features since independence: decline in total population and significant "Georgeanization" 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.[1] The population grew steadily during the Soviet period and the first years of independence, rising from less than 4 million in the 1950s to a peak of 5.5 million in 1992.[2] Then the trend changed and the population began to decline, dropping to 4.5 million in 2005 according to the estimates by the Georgian Department of Statistics.[3] This figure represents the total population, including the separatist regions of Abkhazia and South Osetia, whose population in 2005 was estimated at 178,000 and 49,200, respectively. Without Abkhazia and South Osetia, the population in the regions controlled by the central government of Georgia was 4,321,500 in 2005 and 4,382,100 in 2008[4] (compare the 2008 figure with the CIA estimate of 4,630,841 for all of Georgia, including Abkhazia and South Osetia[5]).
[edit] CIA World Factbook demographic statistics
The following demographic statistics are from the CIA World Factbook[5]
Population: 4,630,841 (July 2008 est.)
Age structure:
- 0–14 years: 16.3% (male 402,961; female 352,735)
- 15–64 years: 67.1% (male 1,496,802; female 1,610,725)
- 65 years and over: 16.6% (male 307,795; female 459,823) (2008 est.)
Median age:
- total: 38.3 years
- male: 35.8 years
- female: 40.7 years (2008 est.)
Population growth rate: -0.325% (2008 est.)
Birth rate: 10.62 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Death rate: 9.51 deaths/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Net migration rate: -4.36 migrants/1,000 population (2008 est.)
Sex ratio:
- at birth: 1.13 male(s)/female
- under 15 years: 1.14 male(s)/female
- 15-64 years: 0.93 male(s)/female
- 65 years and over: 0.67 male(s)/female
- total population: 0.9125 male(s)/female (2008 est.)
Infant mortality rate:
- total: 16.78 deaths/1,000 live births
- male: 18.81 deaths/1,000 live births
- female: 14.48 deaths/1,000 live births (2008 est.)
Life expectancy at birth:
- total population: 76.51 years
- male: 73.21 years
- female: 80.26 years (2008 est.)
Total fertility rate: 1.43 children born/woman (2008 est.)
HIV/AIDS
- adult prevalence rate: less than 0.1% (2001 est.)
- people living with HIV/AIDS: 3,000 (2003 est.)
- deaths: less than 200 (2003 est.)
Nationality:
- noun: Georgian(s)
- adjective: Georgian
Religions: Orthodox Christian 83.9%, Muslim 9.9%, Armenian-Gregorian 3.9%, Roman Catholics 0.8%, Jews 0.1%, other 1.4% (2002 census)[6]
Languages: Georgian 71% (official), Russian 9%, Armenian 7%, Azeri 6%, other 7%
Note: Abkhaz is the official language in Abkhazia
Literacy:, age 15 and over can read and write
- total population: 100%
- male: 100%
- female: 100% (2004 est.)
[edit] Ethnic groups
- Major nationalities of Georgia according to population censuses of 1979, 1989, and 2002
(in percent; 1989 and 2002 excluding Abkhazia and South Osetia)
| Nationality | 1979[7] | 1989[1] | 2002[1] |
|---|---|---|---|
| Georgians[8] | 68.8 | 73.7 | 83.7 |
| Abkhazians | 1.7 | – | – |
| Azerbaijanis | 5.1 | 6.4 | 6.5 |
| Armenians | 9.0 | 7.5 | 5.7 |
| Russians | 7.4 | 5.5 | 1.5 |
| Ossetians | 3.2 | 2.1 | 0.9 |
| Kurds and Yezids | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.5 |
| Greeks | 1.9 | 1.8 | 0.3 |
| Ukrainians | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.2 |
| Other | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.7 |
| Total population | 5,014,800 | 4,789,326 | 4,369,579 |
[edit] Population growth rate by province
| Year | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | Change in Births | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 |
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| Region | Births | Births | Births | Births | Births | BR 03 | BR 04 | BR 05 | BR 06 | Deaths | Deaths | Deaths | Deaths | DR 03 | DR 04 | DR 05 | DR 06 | PGR 03 | PGR 04 | PGR 05 | PGR 06 |
| GEORGIA | 46,194 | 49,572 | 46,512 | 47,795 | 3.47% | 10.64 | 11.49 | 10.76 | 10.86 | 46,055 | 48,793 | 40,721 | 42,255 | 10.61 | 11.31 | 9.42 | 9.6 | 0.00% | 0.02% | 0.13% | 0.13% |
| Tbilisi | 16,808 | 12,317 | 12,794 | 13,773 | (-18.06%) | 15.58 | 11.42 | 11.85 | 12.48 | 12,597 | 12,424 | 11,164 | 12,454 | 11.67 | 11.52 | 10.34 | 11.29 | 0.39% | (-0.01%) | 0.15% | 0.12% |
| Autonomous Republic Abkhazia | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Autonomous Republic Adjara | 4,092 | 5,716 | 4,711 | 4,637 | 13.32% | 10.96 | 15.44 | 12.63 | 12.29 | 2,405 | 3,017 | 3,020 | 2,609 | 6.44 | 8.15 | 8.1 | 6.92 | 0.45% | 0.73% | 0.45% | 0.54% |
| Guria | 1,165 | 1,431 | 1,432 | 1,343 | 15.28% | 8.2 | 10.28 | 10.32 | 9.64 | 1,923 | 1,963 | 1,746 | 1,479 | 13.53 | 14.1 | 12.59 | 10.62 | (-0.53%) | (-0.38%) | (-0.23%) | (-0.10%) |
| Imereti | 6,348 | 7,717 | 6,717 | 7,131 | 12.33% | 9.14 | 11.18 | 9.75 | 10.19 | 8,143 | 9,756 | 6,490 | 7,797 | 11.72 | 14.14 | 9.42 | 11.14 | (-0.26%) | (-0.30%) | (0.03%) | (-0.10%) |
| Kakheti | 2,787 | 3,655 | 3,366 | 3,840 | 37.78% | 6.9 | 9.11 | 8.42 | 9.49 | 4,652 | 5,527 | 4,005 | 4,189 | 11.52 | 13.77 | 10.02 | 10.35 | (-0.46%) | (-0.47%) | (-0.16%) | (-0.09%) |
| Mtskheta-Mtianeti | 903 | 1,514 | 1,298 | 1,165 | 29.01% | 7.25 | 12.36 | 10.6 | 9.36 | 1,480 | 1,701 | 1,332 | 1,237 | 11.88 | 13.89 | 10.87 | 9.94 | (-0.46%) | (-0.15%) | (-0.03%) | (-0.06%) |
| Racha-Lechkumi and Kvemo Svaneti | 202 | 327 | 376 | 235 | 16.34% | 4.02 | 6.58 | 7.66 | 4.79 | 798 | 991 | 700 | 632 | 15.9 | 19.94 | 14.26 | 12.87 | (-1.19%) | (-1.34%) | (-0.66%) | (-0.81%) |
| Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti | 3,652 | 3,817 | 4,408 | 4,421 | 21.06% | 7.86 | 8.27 | 9.53 | 9.35 | 4,803 | 3,682 | 4,193 | 3,892 | 10.34 | 7.98 | 9.07 | 8.23 | (-0.25%) | 0.03% | 0.05% | 0.11% |
| Samtskhe-Javakheti | 2,142 | 2,836 | 2,303 | 2,113 | (-1.35%) | 10.39 | 14 | 11.32 | 10.13 | 2,143 | 2,208 | 1,706 | 1,604 | 10.39 | 10.9 | 8.38 | 7.69 | 0.00% | 0.31% | 0.29% | 0.24% |
| Kvemo Kartli | 3,568 | 6,407 | 5,148 | 5,856 | 64.13% | 7.23 | 13.05 | 10.41 | 11.54 | 3,424 | 3,561 | 3,086 | 3,354 | 6.94 | 7.25 | 6.24 | 6.61 | 0.03% | 0.58% | 0.42% | 0.49% |
| Shida Kartli (includes South Ossetia, according to Georgian officials) | 4,527 | 3,835 | 3,959 | 3,281 | (-27.52%) | 14.58 | 12.42 | 12.81 | 10.45 | 3,687 | 3,963 | 3,279 | 3,008 | 11.87 | 12.83 | 10.61 | 9.58 | 0.27% | (-0.04%) | 0.22% | 0.09% |
[edit] References
- ^ a b c 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 South Osetia).
- ^ Statistical yearbooks of Georgian SSR, State Committee of Statistics, Tbilisi, various years (Russian).
- ^ Statistical Yearbook of Georgia 2005: Population, Table 2.1, p. 33, Department for Statistics, Tbilisi (2005)
- ^ Statistics Georgia: Population by region
- ^ a b Georgia in CIS World Factbook 2008.
- ^ Population Census 2002: Religious beliefs, Statistics Georgia, Tbilisi.
- ^ Georgian SSR, Georgian Soviet Encyclopedia, Tbilisi, 1981, p. 35 (data for 1979 including Abkhazia and South Osetia) (Russian)
- ^ Including Mingrelians, Svans, Lazs, and Adjarians (Muslim Georgians] ]
[edit] See also
- Georgia
- Russians in Georgia
- Azeris in Georgia
- Assyrians in Georgia
- Greeks in Georgia
- Trialeti Ossetia
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