Georgia
Country in Asia
CountryScope
In brief
Population: 3.9M (2025). World rank 129 of 216; in Asia, 40 of 49. Area: 69,700 km². World rank 123 of 249; in Asia, 34 of 50. GDP: $38.1B (2025). World rank 108 of 210; in Asia, 34 of 47. From 2015 to 2025: population 3.7M → 3.9M, GDP $15.2B → $38.1B, and GDP per person $4,087 → $9,692.
State
- Official name
- Georgia
- Local name
- საქართველო
- Capital
- Tbilisi
- Region
- Asia
- Form of government
- Semi-presidential republic
- UN member
- Yes
- Head of state
- Mikheil Kavelashvili
- Head of government
- Irakli Kobakhidze
- Independence
- April 9, 1991
- Women in parliament
- 16.8% 2025
Key figures
- Population
- 3,935,766 2025
- Area
- 69,700 km²
- GDP
- $38.1B 2025
- GDP per person
- $9,692 2025
- Life expectancy
- 74.7 years 2024
Practical information
- Languages
- Georgian
- Currency
- Georgian Lari (GEL)
- Time zones
- UTC+4
- Calling code
- +995
- Emergency numbers
- 111, 112, 113, 122
- Driving side
- Right
- Plug types
- C, F
- Mains voltage
- 220 V
Territory
- Sea access
- Has a coastline
- Coastline, km
- 310
- Neighbours
- Armenia, Azerbaijan, Russia, Türkiye
- Agricultural land
- 33.7% 2024
Elevation
- Highest point
- Shkhara, 5,193 m
- Lowest point
- Black Sea, 0 m
- Mean elevation, m
- 1,432
Climate
- Average temperature in the capital, °C
- 13
- Warmest month in the capital
- July, 26°C
- Coldest month in the capital
- January, 1°C
- Precipitation, mm per year
- 1,026 2022
Population and migration
- Population density
- 56.5 per km² 2025
- Population growth per year
- +3.2% 2025
- Living in cities
- 61.2% 2025
- Net migration per year
- +1.3K 2025
- Born in another country
- 2.1% 2024
Age and life expectancy
- Aged 0–14
- 20.5% 2025
- Aged 15–64
- 63.5% 2025
- Aged 65 and over
- 16% 2025
- Life expectancy, women
- 79.2 years 2024
- Life expectancy, men
- 69.8 years 2024
Births and deaths
- Children per woman
- 1.8 2024
- Births per 1,000 people
- 11.3 2024
- Deaths per 1,000 people
- 11.8 2024
Society
- Religions
- Orthodox 83.4%, Muslim 10.7%, other Christian 2.9%, and other 1.2% (2014)
Quality of governance (100 = best)
- Rule of law, score 0–100
- 60.2 2025
- Control of corruption, score 0–100
- 45.2 2025
- Government effectiveness, score 0–100
- 59.5 2025
- Regulatory quality, score 0–100
- 66.2 2025
- Voice and accountability, score 0–100
- 51.1 2025
Size and growth
- GDP per person at purchasing power parity
- $29,414 2025
- GDP growth per year
- +7.5% 2025
Income and prices
- Income level (World Bank)
- Upper-middle income
- Gross national income per person
- $8,990 2025
- Inflation
- +3.9% 2025
- Price level, USA = 100
- 33 2025
Structure and jobs
- Agriculture, share of GDP
- 5.2% 2025
- Industry, share of GDP
- 18.6% 2025
- Services, share of GDP
- 63.9% 2025
- Unemployment
- 12.1% 2025
- Youth unemployment, ages 15–24
- 30.3% 2025
- Women in work or seeking work
- 56.7% 2025
Trade and finance
- Exports, share of GDP
- 47.4% 2025
- Imports, share of GDP
- 53.2% 2025
- Current account balance, share of GDP
- -2.6% 2025
- Foreign direct investment, share of GDP
- +4.3% 2025
- Remittances received, share of GDP
- 11.2% 2025
- Tax revenue, share of GDP
- 24.3% 2024
Poverty and inequality
- Gini index (0 = full equality)
- 33.9 2024
- Living on under $3 a day
- 4.2% 2024
Education
- Adult literacy
- 99.7% 2024
- Primary school enrolment
- 99.4% 2024
- Secondary school enrolment
- 101% 2024
- Higher education enrolment
- 89.5% 2025
- Public spending on education, share of GDP
- 4% 2024
Healthcare
- Health spending, share of GDP
- 6.9% 2023
- Health spending per person
- $554 2023
- Out-of-pocket health spending, share of total
- 58.8% 2023
- Doctors per 1,000 people
- 5.6 2023
- Nurses and midwives per 1,000 people
- 6 2023
- Hospital beds per 1,000 people
- 4 2023
- Children vaccinated against measles
- 90% 2024
Public health
- Infant deaths per 1,000 births
- 7.5 2024
- Deaths under age 5 per 1,000 births
- 8.6 2024
- Maternal deaths per 100,000 births
- 20 2023
- HIV prevalence, ages 15–49
- 0.4% 2024
- Diabetes prevalence, ages 20–79
- 6.7% 2024
- Overweight adults
- 65.8% 2022
- Adults who use tobacco
- 33% 2024
Living conditions
- Access to safe drinking water
- 97.3% 2024
- Access to basic sanitation
- 90.7% 2024
- Access to clean cooking fuels
- 95% 2024
Safety
- Homicides per 100,000 people
- 2 2019
- Road deaths per 100,000 people
- 12.4 2019
- Suicides per 100,000 people
- 5.1 2021
- Political stability and absence of violence, score 0–100
- 56.9 2025
- Natural hazards
- earthquakes
Air and emissions
- Air pollution PM2.5, µg/m³
- 18.6 2023
- CO₂ emissions, tonnes per person
- 3.5 2024
- All greenhouse gases, tonnes CO₂e per person
- 5.1 2024
Nature and water
- Forest cover
- 44.6% 2024
- Protected areas
- 17.4% 2025
- Renewable fresh water, m³ per person
- 15,658 2022
- Water stress, share of fresh water withdrawn
- 4.2% 2022
Internet and communications
- Using the internet
- 83.8% 2024
- Mobile subscriptions per 100 people
- 161 2024
- Home broadband per 100 people
- 30.4 2024
- Internet domain
- .ge
Energy
- Access to electricity
- 100% 2024
- Electricity use, kWh per person
- 3,486 2024
- Renewable share of energy use
- 25.2% 2021
- Electricity from renewables
- 81.4% 2021
- Electricity from fossil fuels
- 19.8% 2024
Transport
- Air passengers per year
- 320,810 2023
- Airports
- 21 2025
- Railways, km
- 1,363 2014
Science and innovation
- Research spending, share of GDP
- 0.3% 2024
- Researchers per million people
- 1,896 2024
- Scientific articles per year
- 650 2023
- Patent applications by residents
- 94 2024
- High-tech share of manufactured exports
- 3.8% 2024