Georgia January 27, 2021 Abkhazia , Adjarie , Asia , Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline , Batoumi , Black Sea , Caucasus , conflicts , Europe , Francophonie , French , French language , Georgia , Koutaïssi , Kura , Kura river , Organisation internationale de la Francophonie , Russia , South Ossetia , Tbilissi , Transcaucasia , USSR , wars , Western Asia Official name Republic of Georgia Name in local language საქართველო (ka) Continent Asia Subcontinent Western Asia Population (ranking: 135e ) 3,716,858 inhabitants (2020) Population growth -0.18 % / year Area 57,178 km² Density 65.01 inhabitants / km² GDP (ranking: 122e )17.743 billions $USD (2019) GDP/capita (ranking ) 4,769 $USD (2019) GDP growth 5.14 % / year (2019) Life expectancy (ranking ) 74.10 years (2019) Birth rate 13.00 ‰ (2019) Fertility rate 2.00 children / woman (2019) Death rate (ranking ) 12.50 ‰ (2019) Infant mortality rate (ranking ) 7.90 ‰ (2019) Literacy rate 99.79 % (2015) Official languages Georgian, Abkhazian Currency Georgian lari (₾ GEL) HDI (ranking: 80e )0.812 / 1 (2019) EPI (ranking )55.69 (2018) Government Unitary semi-presidential republic Head of State President Salomé Zourabichvili National Day 23 November (Saint George's Day) ISO Codes GE, GEO Demonym Georgian Tourists (ranking ) 4,757,000 people (2018)
Georgia is a Western Asian country located on the coast of the Black Sea in the Caucasus, straddling Eastern Europe and Asia. It is often considered to be culturally, historically and politically speaking part of Europe, while being geographically, physically in West Asia. It is surrounded by Russia to the north, Azerbaijan to the east, Armenia and Turkey to the south. Two regions of the country, Abkhazia and South Ossetia , unilaterally declared their independence with the military help of Russia.
Batumi, on the Black Sea, Georgia. Photo: Jagermesh Tbilisi, capitale of Georgia. Photo: Vladimer Shioshvili Urban areas (2020) Urban areas Population Tbilisi 1,447,033 inhabitants Batumi 221,663 inhabitants Kutaisi 135,201 inhabitants Gori 121,053 inhabitants Marneuli 107,180 inhabitants Zugdidi 100,184 inhabitants Kobuleti 72,159 inhabitants Poti 41,498 inhabitants
Administrative divisions Regions (Mkhare), Autonomous Republics Population Area Adjara (Autonomous Republic) 351,892 inhabitants 2,880 km² Guria 108,099 inhabitants 2,033 km² Imereti 486,983 inhabitants 6,415 km² Kakheti 310,051 inhabitants 11,375 km² Kvemo Kartli 434,241 inhabitants 6,436 km² Mtskheta-Mtianeti 93,343 inhabitants 5,606 km² Racha-Lechkhumi and Kvemo Svaneti 29,080 inhabitants 4,600 km² Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti 311,113 inhabitants 7,468 km² Samtskhe–Javakheti 152,114 inhabitants 6,413 km² Shida Kartli 255,124 inhabitants 3,428 km² Tbilisi (City) 1,184,818 inhabitants 504 km²
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