Geostat on 2017: Number of women in Georgia far surpasses men
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Georgia’s population has slightly increased, reaching 3,729,600 people as of January 1, 2018, says the National Statistics Office of Georgia (Geostat).
The population increased by just 0.1 percent year-on-year from 2017.
It should be mentioned that in 2017 the natural increase (the difference between the number of births and the number of deaths) was equal to 5,471 people”, said Geostat.
Georgia’s urban area is still more populated than rural. 58.3 percent (2,174,800 people) of the total population live in urban areas and 42.8 percent (1,554,800 people) in rural areas, said Geostat.
Tbilisi, the capital city of Georgia, has been growing rapidly and this year’s data show almost one third of the total population (1,158,700 people) lives in the capital.
How many people live in Georgia’s regions?
- Imereti – 507,000
- Kvemo Kartli – 432,300
- Adjara Autonomous Region – 346,300
- Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti – 320,800
- Kakheti – 314,700
- Shida Kartli – 259,300
- Samtskhe-Javakheti – 155,900
- Guria – 110,500
- Mtsketa-Mtianeti – 93,900
- Racha-Lechkhumi and Kvemo Svaneti – 30,200
Georgia’s population by age and sex
There are more women in Georgia than men. The data revealed 52 percent of Georgia’s population were female, while 48 percent were male.
Geostat said the share of men in the whole population increased by 0.3 percent and reached 1,791,600 persons, while the share of women decreased by 0.1 percent and reached 1,938,100 persons.
In 2018, the median age equaled 35 years for males and 40 years for females.
The latest data showed people aged 0-14 made up 20 percent of the total population, while the age group of 15-64 made up 65.4 percent. As for people aged 65 or oilder they made up 14.6 percent of the total population.
At the young ages the share of males exceeds that of females, which women outnumber men in the age group of 65 and above due to females’ higher life expectancy”, said Geostat.
Life extension was about 73.5 years in 2017. For males the average life extension was 69.2 years and for female – 77.8 years.
There were 85,451 emigrants and 83,239 immigrants in 2017.
The analyses says that according to 2010-2014 the ratio of newborn baby girls to baby boys in Georgia is 100 to 109 on average, while the maximum normal biological level of sex ratio at birth can be 100/106. The skewed sex ratio considerably increases in case of the third child or more and reaches 100/140.
Deputy Executive Director of Georgia’s National Statistics Tengiz Tsekvava says that based on the 2014 census, the population of Georgia was 3.7 million, which is lower in comparison to previous years.
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Georgia’s population has slightly decreased, reaching 3,723,500 people as of January 1, 2019, says the National Statistics Office of Georgia (Geostat).
The Georgian population has slightly decreased to 3,716,900 people as of January 1, 2020. The year-on-year (y/y) decrease was 0.2 per cent.
Cardiovascular diseases and cancer were the leading causes of death in Georgia in 2019’ says the National Statistics Office of Georgia (Geostat).