Georgia’s population rises by 209,000 to 3.93 million, statistics office says
Revised figures attribute the growth from 2015 to 2025 mainly to migration, while people aged 65 and over account for about 18% of the population.
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Georgia’s population grew by approximately 209,000 between 2015 and 2025, reaching about 3.93 million, according to revised figures from the National Statistics Office of Georgia, known as Geostat. JAMnews says migration was the main driver of the increase, even as deaths exceeded births in recent years.
Geostat recalculated the decade’s figures to align them with the 2024 census. The final census counted 3.93 million residents as of 14 November 2024; it covered permanently resident citizens, foreign nationals and stateless people living in Georgia, but excluded Russian-occupied Abkhazia and the Tskhinvali region.
Migration and natural change
Natural change is the difference between births and deaths; it does not include people moving into or out of the country. Geostat recorded 37,867 live births and 44,319 deaths in 2025, leaving 6,452 more deaths than births.
JAMnews says more than 200,000 immigrants entered Georgia in 2022 and that net migration—the difference between the numbers entering and leaving—remained strongly positive over the following two years. If deaths continue to exceed births, net migration would need to exceed that natural decrease for the population to keep growing.
An older, more urban population
The number of people aged 65 and over rose by nearly 30% over the decade and now accounts for around 18% of the population. The number of children also rose, while both the number and share of residents aged 15–64 fell. Women still outnumber men, although the gap narrowed slightly.
The urban share rose from around 57% in 2015 to 62% in 2025, while the rural population declined. Growth was concentrated mainly in Tbilisi, Adjara and Kvemo Kartli; most other regions lost residents, while Mtskheta-Mtianeti remained virtually unchanged.
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