Demographics of Georgia

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Demographics of Georgia

Population: 4,661,473 (July 2006 est.)

Age structure:

• 0–14 years: 17.3% (male 428,056; female 380,193)
• 15–64 years: 66.2% (male 1,482,908; female 1,602,064)
• 65 years and over: 16.5% (male 308,905; female 459,347) (2006 est.)

Median age:

• total: 37.7 years
• male: 35.3 years
• female: 40.1 years (2006 est.)

• Population growth rate: -0.34% (2006 est.)
• Birth rate: 10.41 births/1,000 population (2006 est.)
• Death rate: 9.23 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.)
• Net migration rate: -4.54 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2006 est.)

Sex ratio:

• at birth: 1.15 male(s)/female
• under 15 years: 1.13 male(s)/female
• 15-64 years: 0.93 male(s)/female
• 65 years and over: 0.67 male(s)/female
• total population: 0.91 male(s)/female (2006 est.)

Infant mortality rate:

• total: 17.97 deaths/1,000 live births
• male: 20.06 deaths/1,000 live births (2006 est.)
• female: 15.56 deaths/1,000 live births

Life expectancy at birth:

• total population: 76.09 years
• male: 72.8 years
• female: 79.87 years (2006 est.)

Total fertility rate: 1.42 children born/woman (2006 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

Ethnic groups: Georgians 83.3%, Azeris 6.5%, Armenians 5.7%, Russians 1.5%, Ossetians 0.9%, other 1.6%

Religions: Orthodox Christian 83.9%, Muslim 9.9%, Armenian-Gregorian 3.9%, Roman Catholics 0.8%, other 0.8%, none 0.7% (2002 census)

Languages: Georgian 90% (official), Russian, Azeri, Armenian

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.)

Information apart from updated "Religions" from The World Factbook.

See also: Georgia

See also: Azeris in Georgia

See also: Assyrians in Georgia