Ethnic Groups
Georgians are the predominant ethnic group in Georgia, according to the 2002 census 84% of the population. The proportion in 2002 was much higher than in preceding censuses as in 2002 (parts of) Abkhazia and South Ossetia were not under government control and therefore not included. As a result of this the proportion of Ossetians and Abkhazians was very low (0.9% and 0.1%, respectively).
| Ethnic group |
census 19261 | census 19392 | census 19593 | census 19704 | census 19795 | census 19896 | census 2002 | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | |||
| Georgians | 1,788,186 | 66.8 | 2,173,922 | 61.4 | 2,600,588 | 64.3 | 3,130,741 | 66.8 | 3,433,011 | 68.8 | 3,787,393 | 70.7 | 3,661,173 | 83.8 | ||
| Azerbaijanis | 137,921 | 5.2 | 188,058 | 5.3 | 153,600 | 3.8 | 217,758 | 4.6 | 255,678 | 5.1 | 307,556 | 5.7 | 284,761 | 6.5 | ||
| Armenians | 307,018 | 11.5 | 415,013 | 11.7 | 442,916 | 11.0 | 452,309 | 9.7 | 448,000 | 9.0 | 437,211 | 8.1 | 248,929 | 5.7 | ||
| Russians | 96,085 | 3.6 | 308,684 | 8.7 | 407,886 | 10.1 | 396,694 | 8.5 | 371,608 | 7.4 | 341,172 | 6.3 | 67,671 | 1.5 | ||
| Ossetians | 113,298 | 4.2 | 147,677 | 4.2 | 141,178 | 3.5 | 150,185 | 3.2 | 160,497 | 3.2 | 164,055 | 3.0 | 38,028 | 0.9 | ||
| Yazidis | 2,262 | 0.1 | 12,915 | 0.4 | 16,212 | 0.4 | 20,690 | 0.4 | 25,688 | 0.5 | 33,331 | 0.6 | 18,329 | 0.4 | ||
| Kurds | 7,955 | 0.3 | 2,514 | 0.1 | ||||||||||||
| Greeks | 54,051 | 2.0 | 84,636 | 2.4 | 72,938 | 1.8 | 89,246 | 1.9 | 95,105 | 1.9 | 100,324 | 1.9 | 15,166 | 0.3 | ||
| Ukrainians | 14,356 | 0.5 | 45,595 | 1.3 | 52,236 | 1.3 | 49,622 | 1.1 | 45,036 | 0.9 | 52,443 | 1.0 | 7,039 | 0.2 | ||
| Abkhazians | 56,847 | 2.1 | 57,805 | 1.6 | 62,878 | 1.6 | 79,449 | 1.7 | 85,285 | 1.7 | 95,853 | 1.8 | 3,527 | 0.1 | ||
| Assyrians | 2,904 | 0.1 | 4,707 | 0.1 | 5,005 | 0.1 | 5,617 | 0.1 | 5,286 | 0.1 | 6,206 | 0.1 | 3,299 | 0.1 | ||
| Jews | 30,389 | 1.1 | 42,300 | 1.2 | 51,582 | 1.3 | 55,382 | 1.2 | 28,298 | 0.6 | 24,795 | 0.5 | 2,333 | 0.1 | ||
| Others | 65,961 | 2.5 | 58,711 | 1.7 | 37,015 | 0.9 | 38,665 | 0.8 | 39,690 | 0.8 | 50,502 | 0.9 | 18,766 | 0.5 | ||
| Total | 2,677,233 | 3,540,023 | 4,044,045 | 4,686,358 | 4,993,182 | 5,400,841 | 4,371,535 | |||||||||
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