Abkhazia and South Ossetia declared themselves as independent states; they are not under control of the central government.
Regions
The population of the regions in Georgia according to census results and latest official population estimates.
Name | Abbr. | Status | Native | Capital | Area A (km²) | Population Census (C) 1989-01-12 | Population Census (C) 2002-01-17 | Population Census (C) 2014-11-05 | Population Estimate (E) 2020-01-01 | |||
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Georgia | GEO | Rep | საქართველო | Tbilisi | 69,700 | 5,400,841 | 4,650,000 | 4,010,000 | 4,019,400 | |||
Achara [Adjara] | AJ | ARep | აჭარა | Batumi | 2,900 | 392,432 | 376,016 | 333,953 | 351,892 | 290000 | → | |
Aphsny [Abkhazia] | AP | ARep | Аҧсны, აფხაზეთი | Aqwa | 8,640 | 525,061 | 215,972 | 243,206 | 245,424 | 864000 | → | |
Chussar Iryston [South Ossetia] | CI | AArea | Хуссар Ирыстон, სამხრეთი ოსეთი | Tchinval | 3,860 | 86,454 | 70,000 | 53,532 | 57,095 | 386000 | → | |
Guria | GU | Reg | გურია | Ozurgeti | 2,040 | 158,053 | 143,357 | 113,350 | 108,099 | 204000 | → | |
Imereti | IM | Reg | იმერეთი | Kutaisi | 6,380 | 766,892 | 699,666 | 533,906 | 486,983 | 638000 | → | |
Kakheti | KA | Reg | კახეთი | Telavi | 11,350 | 441,045 | 407,182 | 318,583 | 310,051 | 1135000 | → | |
Kvemo Kartli | KK | Reg | ქვემო ქართლი | Rustavi | 6,280 | ... | 476,197 | 423,986 | 434,241 | 628000 | → | |
Mtskheta-Mtianeti | MM | Reg | მცხეთა-მთიანეთი | Mtskheta | 5,700 | ... | 99,460 | 94,573 | 93,343 | 570000 | → | |
Racha-Lechkumi & Kvemo Svaneti | RL | Reg | რაჭა-ლეჩხუმი და ქვემო სვანეთი | Ambrolauri | 4,690 | 59,757 | 50,969 | 32,089 | 29,080 | 469000 | → | |
Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti | SZ | Reg | სამეგრელო-ზემო სვანეთი | Zugdidi | 7,520 | 424,746 | 466,100 | 330,761 | 311,113 | 752000 | → | |
Samtskhe-Javakheti | SJ | Reg | სამცხე-ჯავახეთი | Akhaltsikhe | 6,420 | 235,512 | 207,598 | 160,504 | 152,114 | 642000 | → | |
Shida Kartli | SK | Reg | შიდა ქართლი | Gori | 3,370 | 321,598 | 314,039 | 263,382 | 255,124 | 337000 | → | |
Tbilisi | TB | Cap | თბილისი | Tbilisi | 510 | ... | 1,121,292 | 1,108,717 | 1,184,818 | 51000 | → |
- About 250,000 Georgians are migrated from Abkhazia into the remaining area of Georgia because of the civil war 1992/93. Because of the 2008 South Ossetia war about 15,000 Georgians fled to the mainland.
- State Department for Statistics of Georgia (web), Statistical Office of Abkhazia (web), Department of State Statistics of South Ossetia (web), pop-stat.mashke.org.
Major Cities
Name | Adm. | Population Estimate (E) 2020-01-01 | |
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1 | Tbilisi | TB | 1,154,314 |
2 | Batumi | AJ | 169,095 |
3 | Kutaisi | IM | 135,201 |
4 | Rustavi | KK | 128,680 |
5 | Aqwa | AP | 65,530 |
6 | Gori | SK | 45,557 |
7 | Poti | SZ | 41,498 |
8 | Zugdidi | SZ | 41,494 |
9 | Tchinval | CI | 32,699 |
Contents: Cities & Urban Settlements
The population of all cities and urban settlements with more than 5,000 inhabitants according to census results and latest official population estimates.
Name | Status | Native | Adm. | Population Census (C) 1979-01-17 | Population Census (C) 1989-01-12 | Population Census (C) 2002-01-17 | Population Census (C) 2014-11-05 | Population Estimate (E) 2020-01-01 | Area | ||
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Abasha | City | აბაშა | SZ | 6,801 | 7,161 | 6,430 | 4,941 | 4,573 | 0 | → | |
Akhalkalaki | City | ახალქალაქი | SJ | 13,405 | 15,192 | 9,802 | 8,295 | 7,851 | 0 | → | |
Akhaltsikhe | City | ახალციხე | SJ | 19,742 | 24,650 | 18,452 | 17,903 | 16,943 | 0 | → | |
Akhmeta | City | ახმეტა | KA | 9,018 | 8,850 | 8,571 | 7,105 | 6,401 | 0 | → | |
Ambrolauri | City | ამბროლაური | RL | 2,639 | 2,935 | 2,541 | 2,047 | 2,013 | 0 | → | |
Aqwa (Sukhumi) | City | Аҟәа, სოხუმი | AP | 114,373 | 119,150 | 43,716 | 64,202 | 65,530 | 0 | → | |
Batumi | City | ბათუმი | AJ | ... | ... | 155,176 | 152,839 | 169,095 | 0 | → | |
Bolnisi | City | ბოლნისი | KK | 12,442 | 14,889 | 9,944 | 8,967 | 8,205 | 0 | → | |
Borjomi | City | ბორჯომი | SJ | 18,059 | 17,664 | 14,445 | 10,546 | 11,085 | 0 | → | |
Chakvi | Sett | ჩაქვი | AJ | 6,374 | 7,257 | 8,100 | 6,720 | 7,562 | 0 | → | |
Chiatura | City | ჭიათურა | IM | 26,715 | 28,920 | 13,835 | 12,803 | 12,550 | 0 | → | |
Dedoplistskaro | City | დედოფლისწყარო | KA | 9,460 | 10,110 | 7,724 | 5,940 | 5,737 | 0 | → | |
Dusheti | City | დუშეთი | MM | 7,424 | 8,483 | 7,315 | 6,167 | 6,759 | 0 | → | |
Gagra | City | Гагра, გაგრა | AP | 24,409 | 24,061 | 10,717 | 12,162 | 11,959 | 0 | → | |
Gal (Gali) | City | Гал, გალი | AP | 14,706 | 15,763 | 7,169 | 7,485 | 7,449 | 0 | → | |
Gardabani | City | გარდაბანი | KK | 13,661 | 17,035 | 11,858 | 10,753 | 11,427 | 0 | → | |
Gori | City | გორი | SK | 55,984 | 67,787 | 49,516 | 48,143 | 45,557 | 0 | → | |
Gurjaani | City | გურჯაანი | KA | 10,954 | 12,594 | 10,029 | 8,024 | 7,563 | 0 | → | |
Gwdouţa (Gudauta) | City | Гәдоуҭа, გუდაუთა | AP | 14,164 | 14,864 | 7,738 | 8,693 | 8,820 | 0 | → | |
Gwylryphš' (Gulripshi) | Sett | Гәылрыҧшь, გულრიფში | AP | 9,487 | 10,697 | 3,575 | 3,893 | 3,847 | 0 | → | |
Kareli | City | ქარელი | SK | 8,473 | 8,272 | 7,185 | 6,654 | 6,936 | 0 | → | |
Kaspi | City | კასპი | SK | 13,824 | 17,138 | 15,233 | 13,423 | 12,938 | 0 | → | |
Khashuri | City | ხაშური | SK | 28,638 | 31,717 | 28,560 | 26,135 | 25,015 | 0 | → | |
Khoni (Culukidze) | City | ხონი | IM | 14,549 | 14,298 | 11,315 | 8,987 | 8,401 | 0 | → | |
Kobuleti | City | ქობულეთი | AJ | 18,283 | 20,637 | 18,556 | 16,546 | 17,227 | 0 | → | |
Kutaisi | City | ქუთაისი | IM | 194,297 | 232,510 | 185,965 | 147,635 | 135,201 | 6770 | → | |
Kvareli | City | ყვარელი | KA | 10,600 | 11,171 | 9,045 | 7,739 | 8,815 | 0 | → | |
Lagodekhi | City | ლაგოდეხი | KA | 8,514 | 8,968 | 6,875 | 5,918 | 5,714 | 0 | → | |
Lanchkhuti | City | ლანჩხუთი | GU | 6,506 | 8,999 | 7,873 | 6,395 | 6,304 | 0 | → | |
Marneuli | City | მარნეული | KK | 19,568 | 27,065 | 20,065 | 20,211 | 23,118 | 0 | → | |
Mtskheta | City | მცხეთა | MM | 6,860 | 8,912 | 7,718 | 7,940 | 7,584 | 0 | → | |
Ninotsminda (Bogdanovka) | City | ნინოწმინდა | SJ | 3,826 | 6,944 | 6,287 | 5,144 | 4,525 | 0 | → | |
Očamčyra (Ochamchire) | City | Очамчыра, ოჩამჩირე | AP | 17,898 | 20,078 | 4,702 | 5,297 | 5,276 | 0 | → | |
Ochkhamuri | Sett | ოჩხამური | AJ | 4,322 | 5,071 | 5,026 | 5,355 | 3,730 | 0 | → | |
Ozurgeti (Macharadze) | City | ოზურგეთი | GU | 22,393 | 23,279 | 18,705 | 14,785 | 14,372 | 0 | → | |
Piċunda (Pitsunda) | City | Пиҵунда, ბიჭვინთა | AP | 10,339 | 10,146 | 3,842 | 4,147 | 4,088 | 0 | → | |
Poti | City | ფოთი | SZ | 48,508 | 50,569 | 47,149 | 41,465 | 41,498 | 6580 | → | |
Rustavi | City | რუსთავი | KK | 129,084 | 159,016 | 116,384 | 125,103 | 128,680 | 6060 | → | |
Sachkhere | City | საჩხერე | IM | 7,085 | 7,778 | 6,660 | 6,140 | 5,792 | 0 | → | |
Sagarejo | City | საგარეჯო | KA | 11,661 | 14,439 | 12,566 | 10,871 | 10,542 | 0 | → | |
Samtredia | City | სამტრედია | IM | 33,999 | 34,255 | 29,761 | 25,318 | 23,316 | 0 | → | |
Senaki | City | სენაკი | SZ | 27,030 | 28,938 | 28,082 | 21,596 | 18,705 | 0 | → | |
Surami | Sett | სურამი | SK | 7,239 | 6,442 | 9,773 | 7,492 | 7,589 | 0 | → | |
Tbilisi | City | თბილისი | TB | 1,066,022 | 1,243,150 | 1,091,150 | 1,078,297 | 1,154,314 | 0 | → | |
Tchinval (Tskhinvali) | City | Цхинвал, ცხინვალი | CI | 34,794 | 42,934 | ... | 30,432 | 32,699 | 0 | → | |
Telavi | City | თელავი | KA | 25,272 | 27,848 | 21,805 | 19,629 | 19,599 | 0 | → | |
Tkibuli | City | ტყიბული | IM | 21,821 | 21,994 | 14,464 | 9,770 | 8,995 | 0 | → | |
Tqwarčal (Tkvarcheli) | City | Тҟəарчал, ტყვარჩელი | AP | 21,805 | 21,744 | 4,786 | 5,095 | 5,097 | 0 | → | |
Tskneti | Sett | წყნეთი | TB | 3,235 | 3,664 | Tbilisi | Tbilisi | Tbilisi | 0 | → | |
Tsnori | City | წნორი | KA | 2,517 | 2,911 | 6,066 | 4,815 | 4,746 | 0 | → | |
Tsqaltubo | City | წყალტუბო | IM | 17,658 | 17,393 | 16,841 | 11,281 | 9,313 | 0 | → | |
Zahesi | Sett | ზაჰესი | TB | 4,245 | 5,361 | Tbilisi | Tbilisi | Tbilisi | 0 | → | |
Zestaponi | City | ზესტაფონი | IM | 21,101 | 25,891 | 24,158 | 20,814 | 20,684 | 0 | → | |
Zugdidi | City | ზუგდიდი | SZ | 45,170 | 49,614 | 68,894 | 42,998 | 41,494 | 0 | → |
- (1979) Institute of Geography, Moscow (web).
(1989) (2002) (2014) (2020) State Department for Statistics of Georgia (web), Statistical Office of Abkhazia (web), Department of State Statistics of South Ossetia (web), pop-stat.mashke.org.