Georgia’s population up 1.3% to 3.7 million - 2022 data
The data revealed there were 1,793,800 men and 1,942,500 women in the country, for a ratio of 92. Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge
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Georgia’s population increased by 1.3 percent compared to 2021 and reached 3,736,400 people as of January 1, 2023 the National Statistics Office of Georgia said on Thursday in its latest update.
The Office said demographic figures showed a negative natural increase (-6,799) and positive net migration (54,509) last year.
Figures also showed urban areas to be more populated than rural locations, with 60.4 percent of the total population found in the former and almost one third, or 1,241,700 people, in the capital city of Tbilisi.
Population by age and sex
The data revealed there were 1,793,800 men and 1,942,500 women in the country, for a ratio of 92. The Office also said the number of men exceeded that of women under the age of 35, while the opposite situation was observed for the age group of 35 and over - a tendency that could be explained by higher life expectancy for women, it noted.
Individuals aged 0-14 made up 20.7 percent of the total population, while the age group of 15-64 comprised 63.8 percent. Those aged 65 and above represented 15.6 percent of the population.
Life expectancy
Average life expectancy was observed at 73.7 years - an increase of 2.3 units compared to the previous year. For men the number stood at 69.4 years, while for women it was 78.1 years.
The median age of the population stood at 38 years in the latest examination of figures.
Migration
There were 125,269 emigrants (+25.% y/y) and 179,778 immigrants (+142.9% y/y) in 2022, with 84.3 percent of immigrants and 86.7 percent of emigrants representing the working-age segment of the population - those aged between 15-64.
In numbers reflecting nationality, 30.3 percent of immigrants and 80.5 percent of emigrants were citizens of Georgia.
Georgian civil agencies registered 26,048 marriages across the country in 2022, with the figure marking a 12.5 percent increase year-on-year, while the number of divorces equalled 14,098 and a 32.3 percent increase, the National Statistics Office of Georgia said on Thursday.
Georgia’s first-ever Time Use Survey released
With the support of United Nations Women, the National Statistics Office of Georgia has released Georgia’s first-ever Time Use Survey, highlighting data about the time spent on various activities by the population of the country.
The head of the Georgian government administration Revaz Javelidze, and representatives of the country’s national statistics office on Wednesday discussed questions for the country’s 2024 census with the domestic office of the United Nations Population Fund and its officials.
The next national census in Georgia will be held in 2024, the Governmental Coordination Commission for Census of Georgia announced on Monday.
The Administration of the Government of Georgia on Monday said the economic data of 2022 had shown the poverty rate in the country was at a “historic low” of 15.6 percent.
The Georgian Government on Tuesday announced it would set up a working group composed of deputy ministers that would draft amendments in the “shortest terms possible” to improve current demographic trends in the country.
In 2022, 18 percent less deaths were recorded in Georgia, with the number standing at 49,118, the latest data published by the National Statistics Office of Georgia shows.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili on Thursday led a meeting of the state Demographic Council to discuss “current demographic trends” and needs for improvement of indicators across the county.
The number of Georgian citizens staying abroad decreased in 2023 by 27,950 people, marking a 62.1 percent reduction from the previous year, the Ministry of Internal Affairs said on Tuesday in latest data on border crossings.
Gogita Todradze, the Head of the National Statistics Office of Georgia, on Friday said the next national census would be held later this year, with information about demographic composition and socio-economic factors of the population to be collected using “absolutely modern technology”.