Georgia country religion percentage. Muslim percentage of total population 2014 pew report. Only a small percentage of the population 05 are not affiliated to any religion. Public opinion polling has long shown the united states to be a very religious country.
Not to be confused with the state of georgia in the united states the country of georgia is located where eastern europe meets western asiathe country is bordered by russia turkey azerbaijan and armenia and it touches the black sea to the west. Muslim muslim percentage of total population. 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.
The official religion in georgia orthodox christianity is officially recognized by the constitution of the country. Christianity became the official religion in the fourth century though its location near the ottoman and persian empires and mongols made it a battleground for influence there. Islam percentage muslim.
The total surface area available in georgia comes to 26911 square miles 69700 square kilometers giving. Percent of muslims in each country. Eye catching headlines in recent months have touched on the ethnic chechen and kist.
But religious commitment and religious affiliation vary considerably across the us. Roughly 6 in 10 americans say religion is very important in their own lives and another 26 say it is fairly important. But georgia is unique in the intensity of the violence toward religious minorities and in the evidence of official complicity in the attacks 12 the republic of georgia is a party to the international covenant on civil and political rights and the european convention for the protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms.
Georgia area and population density. The country has a total area of approximately 25900 square miles 69700 km2 and a population as of 2014 of 37 million people. The country of georgia is 84 percent orthodox christian and 10 percent muslim.