Demographics of Georgia Demographics is a shorthand term for population characteristics. Demographics include age, income, mobility (in terms of travel time to work or number of vehicles available), educational attainment, home ownership, employment status, and even location. ...

Population: 4,693,892 (July 2004 est.)

Age structure:

• 0–14 years: 18.7% (male 461,967; female 416,898)
• 15–64 years: 65.8% (male 1,480,217; female 1,607,509)
• 65 years and over: 15.5% (male 290,534; female 436,767) (2004 est.)

Median age:

• total: 37 years
• male: 34.5 years
• female: 39.2 years (2004 est.)

• Population growth rate: -0.36% (2004 est.)
• Birth rate: 10.1 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
• Death rate: 8.98 deaths/1,000 population (2004 est.)
• Net migration rate: -4.7 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2004 est.)

Sex ratio:

• at birth: 1.16 male(s)/female
• under 15 years: 1.11 male(s)/female
• 15-64 years: 0.92 male(s)/female
• 65 years and over: 0.67 male(s)/female
• total population: 0.91 male(s)/female (2004 est.)

Infant mortality rate:

• total: 19.34 deaths/1,000 live births
• female: 16.84 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.)
• male: 21.5 deaths/1,000 live births

Life expectancy at birth:

• total population: 75.62 years
• male: 72.35 years
• female: 79.44 years (2004 est.)

Total fertility rate: 1.4 children born/woman (2004 est.)

HIV/AIDS

• adult prevalence rate: less than 0.1% (2001 est.)
• people living with HIV/AIDS: less than 900 (2001 est.)
• deaths: less than 100 (2001 est.)

Nationality:

• noun: Georgian(s)
• adjective: Georgian

Ethnic groups: Georgian 83.8%, Armenian 5.7%, Russian 1.5%, Azeri 6.5%, Ossetians 0.9%, other 1.6% It has been suggested that Azeri be merged into this article or section. ... Map of Ossetia Ossetia is a region in the northern Caucasus Mountains, inhabited by the Ossetians. ...

Religions: Georgian Orthodox and Apostolic Church 78.0%, Muslim 9.9%, Armenian Apostolic 3.9%, Russian Orthodox and other orthodox groups (f. i. "Holy Orthodox Church in Georgia" and "Greek Old Calendarists" ) 4.0%, Catholics (Latin Georgian Catholics and Armenian Catholics) 2.2, Jews 0,1% and other 2.0% (August 2005 est.) The Georgian Apostolic Autocephalous Orthodox Church (საქართველოს სამოციქულო ავტოკეფალური მართლმადიდებელი ეკლესია (Saqartvelos Samotsiqulo Avtokepaluri Martlmadidebeli Eklesia) in Georgian language) is one of the worlds most ancient Christian Churches, founded in the 1st century by the Apostle Andrew. ... Jump to: navigation, search Islam ▶(?) (Arabic: الإسلام al-islām) the submission to God is a monotheistic faith, one of the Abrahamic religions and the worlds second-largest religion. ... Jump to: navigation, search The Armenian Apostolic Church, sometimes incorrectly called the Armenian Orthodox Church is the worlds oldest national church and one of the original churches, having been founded in 301. ... Jump to: navigation, search Christ the Redeemer, a well-known Russian Orthodox icon from Zvenigorod. ... Greek Old Calendarists (Greek: Παλαιοημερολογίτες, Paleoimerologites) are groups that separated from the Orthodox Church of Greece or from the Patriarchate of Constantinople, precipitated by disagreement over the retention of the Julian Calendar. ... Jump to: navigation, search Georgian Catholich Church has called the Georgian Catholics, who followd the Eastern (Byzantine) Rite. ... After the Armenian Apostolic Church, along with the rest of Oriental Orthodoxy formally broke off communion from the Chalcedonian churches, numerous Armenian bishops made attempts to restore communion with the Catholic Church. ...

Languages: Georgian 90% (official), Russian,Armenian,Azeri and other 10% note: Abkhaz is the official language in Abkhazia Jump to: navigation, search Abkhaz is a Northwest Caucasian language spoken in Abkhazia and Turkey. ... Jump to: navigation, search Abkhazia (Abkhaz Аҧсны/Aphsny, Georgian აფხაზეთი/Apkhazeti, Russian Абха́зия/Abkhazia) is a region of 8,600 km² (3,300 sq. ...

Literacy:, age 15 and over can read and write

• total population: 99%
• male: 100%
• female: 98% (1999 est.)

Information apart from updated "Religions" from The World Factbook. World Factbook 2005 cover The World Factbook is an annual publication by the Central Intelligence Agency of the United States with basic almanac-style information about the various countries of the world. ...

See also: Georgia