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While Georgia was part of the Soviet Union the population grew steadily, rising from less than 4 million in the 1950s to a peak of 5.5 million in 1992 (including Abkhazia and Tskhinvali Region). [17] From 1992 the population began to decline sharply due to civil war and economic crisis driven mass migration throughout the 1990s and into the ...
Georgia was the first non-Baltic republic of the Soviet Union to officially declare independence, [98] with Romania becoming the first country to recognize Georgia in August 1991. [99] On 26 May, Gamsakhurdia was elected president in the first presidential election with 86.5% of the vote on a turnout of over 83%.
Georgia is a South Atlantic U.S. state with a population of 10,711,908 according to the 2020 United States census, or just over 3% of the U.S. population.The majority of the state's population is concentrated within Metro Atlanta, although other highly populated regions include: West Central and East Central Georgia; West, Central, and East Georgia; and Coastal Georgia; and their Athens ...
Statistical Yearbook Of Georgia, 2009. 36–37. Tbilisi, Georgia: Department of Statistics under the Ministry of Economic Development of Georgia. 2009. ISBN 978-99928-72-38-3 "Georgia: largest cities and towns and statistics of their population". World Gazetteer. Archived from the original on 5 January 2013
The Jews have a history in Georgia extending back over 2000 years. Today there is a small Jewish community in the country (3,541 according to the 2002 census), [14] although the Jewish population was over 100,000 as recently as the 1970s.
The economy of Georgia is an emerging free market ... Rural population as a percentage of total population in Georgia was 48.2% in 2011 and decreased to 46.3% in 2014
In 2020, 85.84% of the population in Georgia adhered to Christianity (mainly Georgian Orthodox), 11% were Muslim, 0.1% were Jewish, 0.04% were BaháΚΌí and 3% had no religious beliefs. [1] Other religious groups include Jehovah's Witnesses and Yazidis .
It is the most populous city in Georgia, with a 2020 U.S. census population of just over 498,000. [44] The state has seventeen cities with populations over 50,000, based on official 2020 U.S. census data. [44] Along with the rest of the Southeast, Georgia's population continues to grow rapidly, with primary gains concentrated in urban areas.