Ethnic georgia country people. Kartvelebi pronounced krtvlbi are a nation and indigenous caucasian ethnic group native to georgia and the south caucasuslarge georgian communities are also present throughout russia turkey greece iran ukraine united states and the european union. People of georgia the population of georgia is about 4 million people but there is a declining population growth rate coming in at 176 fertility rate 21 is the population replacement level. Georgia is a country located in the south caucasia bordering russia armenia turkey and azerbaijan.
Major ethnic groups in georgia include the georgians at almost 87 percent. Virahayer are armenian people living within the country of georgiathe armenian community is mostly concentrated in the capital tbilisi autonomous republic of abkhazia and samtskhe javakheti region. This section compares the 50 most populous of those to each other georgia and other entities that contain or substantially overlap with georgia.
In order to allow ethnic minorities living in georgia to be well informed about events taking place in the country the gpb news program moambe is aired in different languages. Race and ethnicity by place in georgia there are 625 places in georgia. It has a total land area of 69700 square kilometers with a population estimated at 3723 million.
Abkhazian ossetian russian armenian azerbaijani and kurdish. The ethnic groups in georgia are the georgians azerbaijanis armenians and other minority groups. The country of georgia has a complex history.
In this lesson well be focusing on how that has impacted the ethnic composition of the nation and see what that means for georgia today. Official georgian statistics put the armenians in samtskhe javakheti at about 54 of the population. Azeri 6 percent from azerbaijan.
Decline in total population and significant georgianization of the ethnic compositionthe proportion of ethnic georgians increased by full 10 percentage points between 1989 and 2002 rising from 737 to 83. Since 2007 a 50 minute weekly radio bridge is held in conjunction with baku and yerevan. Tbilisi is the capital and largest city in georgia.
In 2018 about 102 million people in georgia were of hispanic or latino origin. And armenian at 45 percent. The least populous of the compared places has a population of 20560.
Armenians in georgia armenian. The demographic situation in georgia like that of some other former soviet republics especially estonia and latvia has been characterized by two prominent features since independence. Read more resident population of georgia in 2018 by race and ethnicity.