PM-chaired Demographic Council discusses needs for improvement of indicators
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili on Thursday led a meeting of the state Demographic Council. Photo: PM's press office
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Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili on Thursday led a meeting of the state Demographic Council to discuss “current demographic trends” and needs for improvement of indicators across the county.
The Government Administration said a study had been launched to identify causes for declining demographic indicators, possibilities for improvement and barriers that hampered demographic advancement.
Council Members discussed “alarming” statistics of abortions and highlighted the need of planning ”additional measures”, the body also said.
Members of the Interagency Work Group submitted a package of initiatives developed for the improvement of demographic indicators in the country, including extension and expansion of current programmes and launch of new ones.
In 2022, 18 percent less deaths were recorded in Georgia, with the number standing at 49,118, the latest data published by the National Statistics Office of Georgia shows.
The Georgian Government on Tuesday announced it would set up a working group composed of deputy ministers that would draft amendments in the “shortest terms possible” to improve current demographic trends in the country.
Georgia’s population increased by 1.3 percent compared to 2021 and reached 3,736,400 people as of January 1, 2023 the National Statistics Office of Georgia said on Thursday in its latest update.
The number of deaths has exceeded the number of births in Georgia in the first six months of 2021 by 3,982. Statistics published by the National Statistics Office of Georgia (Geostat) show that 21,839 people were born and 25,821 died in the country in January-June 2021. Geostat said that a population increase was only registered in two regions: Adjara (717) and Kvemo Kartli (195).