Georgia: People & Society#
Population | 4,928,052 (July 2016 est.) |
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Nationality | noun: Georgian(s) adjective: Georgian |
Ethnic groups | Georgian 86.8%, Azeri 6.3%, Armenian 4.5%, other 2.3% (includes Russian, Ossetian, Yazidis, 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.) |
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: 17.91% (male 463,526/female 419,334) 15-24 years: 12.61% (male 326,675/female 294,912) 25-54 years: 40.93% (male 980,024/female 1,037,044) 55-64 years: 12.77% (male 282,067/female 347,287) 65 years and over: 15.77% (male 304,668/female 472,515) (2016 est.) |
Dependency ratios | total dependency ratio: 45.7% youth dependency ratio: 25.2% elderly dependency ratio: 20.4% potential support ratio: 4.9% (2015 est.) |
Median age | total: 38 years male: 35.1 years female: 40.7 years (2016 est.) |
Population growth rate | -0.05% (2016 est.) |
Birth rate | 12.5 births/1,000 population (2016 est.) |
Death rate | 10.9 deaths/1,000 population (2016 est.) |
Net migration rate | -2.2 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2016 est.) |
Population distribution | settlement coincides closely to the central valley, with emphasis on 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: 53.6% of total population (2015) rate of urbanization: -0.1% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.) |
Major urban areas - population | TBILISI (capital) 1.147 million (2015) |
Sex ratio | at birth: 1.08 male(s)/female 0-14 years: 1.11 male(s)/female 15-24 years: 1.11 male(s)/female 25-54 years: 0.95 male(s)/female 55-64 years: 0.81 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.64 male(s)/female total population: 0.92 male(s)/female (2016 est.) |
Mother's mean age at first birth | 24.4 note: data do not cover Abkhazia and South Ossetia (2013 est.) |
Maternal mortality rate | 36 deaths/100,000 live births (2015 est.) |
Infant mortality rate | total: 15.6 deaths/1,000 live births male: 17.8 deaths/1,000 live births female: 13.4 deaths/1,000 live births (2016 est.) |
Life expectancy at birth | total population: 76.2 years male: 72.1 years female: 80.6 years (2016 est.) |
Total fertility rate | 1.76 children born/woman (2016 est.) |
Contraceptive prevalence rate | 53.4% note: percent of women aged 15-44 (2010) |
Health expenditures | 7.4% of GDP (2014) |
Physicians density | 4.27 physicians/1,000 population (2013) |
Hospital bed density | 2.6 beds/1,000 population (2012) |
Drinking water source | improved: urban: 100% of population rural: 100% of population total: 100% of population unimproved: urban: 0% of population rural: 0% of population total: 0% of population (2015 est.) |
Sanitation facility access | improved: urban: 95.2% of population rural: 75.9% of population total: 86.3% of population unimproved: urban: 4.8% of population rural: 24.1% of population total: 13.7% of population (2015 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate | 0.39% (2015 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS | 9,600 (2015 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - deaths | 200 (2015 est.) |
Obesity - adult prevalence rate | 22.1% (2014) |
Children under the age of 5 years underweight | 1.1% (2009) |
Education expenditures | 2% of GDP (2012) |
Literacy | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 99.8% male: 99.8% female: 99.7% (2015 est.) |
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) | total: 15 years male: 15 years female: 15 years (2014) |
Child labor - children ages 5-14 | total number: 121,659 percentage: 18% (2005 est.) |
Unemployment, youth ages 15-24 | total: 35.6% male: 35.3% female: 36.4% (2013 est.) |