World Factbook
Georgia
Republic of Georgia
Last updated: 2026-03-28 (today)
Literacy
male
99.8% (2024 est.)
female
99.6% (2024 est.)
total population
99.7% (2024 est.)
Languages
Languages
Georgian (official) 87.6%, Azeri 6.2%, Armenian 3.9%, Russian 1.2%, other 1% (including Abkhaz, the official language in Abkhazia) (2014 est.)
major-language sample(s)
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Religions
Eastern Orthodox Christian (official) 83.4%, Muslim 10.7%, Armenian Apostolic Christian 2.9%, other 1.2% (includes Roman Catholic Christian, Jehovah's Witness, Yazidi, Protestant Christian, Jewish), none 0.5%, unspecified/no answer 1.2% (2014 est.)
Sex ratio
at birth
1.07 male(s)/female
0-14 years
1.06 male(s)/female
15-64 years
0.95 male(s)/female
total population
0.92 male(s)/female (2024 est.)
65 years and over
0.65 male(s)/female
Birth rate
11.74 births/1,000 population (2025 est.)
Death rate
12.89 deaths/1,000 population (2025 est.)
Median age
male
35.9 years
total
38.6 years (2025 est.)
female
40.6 years
Population
male
2,343,068
total
4,900,961 (2024 est.)
female
2,557,893
Nationality
noun
Georgian(s)
adjective
Georgian
Tobacco use
male
53.9% (2025 est.)
total
28.7% (2025 est.)
female
7.5% (2025 est.)
Urbanization
note
note: data include Abkhazia and South Ossetia
urban population
60.7% of total population (2023)
rate of urbanization
0.35% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)
Age structure
0-14 years
20.6% (male 520,091/female 489,882)
15-64 years
62.7% (male 1,500,036/female 1,572,637)
65 years and over
16.7% (2024 est.) (male 322,941/female 495,374)
Ethnic groups
Georgian 86.8%, Azeri 6.3%, Armenian 4.5%, other 2.3% (includes Russian, Ossetian, Yazidi, Ukrainian, Kist, Greek) (2014 est.)
Child marriage
men married by age 18
0.5% (2018)
women married by age 15
0.3% (2018)
women married by age 18
13.9% (2018)
Dependency ratios
total dependency ratio
59.5 (2024 est.)
youth dependency ratio
32.9 (2024 est.)
potential support ratio
3.8 (2024 est.)
elderly dependency ratio
26.6 (2024 est.)
Physician density
5.64 physicians/1,000 population (2023)
Health expenditure
Health expenditure (as % of GDP)
7.4% of GDP (2022)
Health expenditure (as % of national budget)
10.5% of national budget (2022 est.)
Net migration rate
-3.33 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2025 est.)
Hospital bed density
4.9 beds/1,000 population (2020 est.)
Total fertility rate
1.94 children born/woman (2025 est.)
Drinking water source
improved: rural
rural: 88.5% of population (2022 est.)
improved: total
total: 95% of population (2022 est.)
improved: urban
urban: 99.2% of population (2022 est.)
unimproved: rural
rural: 11.5% of population (2022 est.)
unimproved: total
total: 5% of population (2022 est.)
unimproved: urban
urban: 0.8% of population (2022 est.)
Education expenditure
Education expenditure (% GDP)
4% of GDP (2024 est.)
Education expenditure (% national budget)
12.2% national budget (2024 est.)
Infant mortality rate
male
23.6 deaths/1,000 live births
total
20.9 deaths/1,000 live births (2025 est.)
female
19.7 deaths/1,000 live births
Population growth rate
-0.45% (2025 est.)
Gross reproduction rate
0.94 (2025 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
Life expectancy at birth
male
68.7 years
female
77.2 years
total population
72.8 years (2024 est.)
Maternal mortality ratio
20 deaths/100,000 live births (2023 est.)
Sanitation facility access
improved: rural
rural: 72.5% of population (2022 est.)
improved: total
total: 87.1% of population (2022 est.)
improved: urban
urban: 96.6% of population (2022 est.)
unimproved: rural
rural: 27.5% of population (2022 est.)
unimproved: total
total: 12.9% of population (2022 est.)
unimproved: urban
urban: 3.4% of population (2022 est.)
Alcohol consumption per capita
beer
1.71 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
wine
3.19 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
total
7.45 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.)
Major urban areas - population
1.082 million TBILISI (capital) (2023)
Obesity - adult prevalence rate
21.7% (2016)
Mother's mean age at first birth
25.9 years (2019 est.)
note: data does not cover Abkhazia and South Ossetia
Currently married women (ages 15-49)
65.3% (2018 est.)
Children under the age of 5 years underweight
2.1% (2018 est.)
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)
male
16 years (2023 est.)
total
16 years (2023 est.)
female
17 years (2023 est.)