Location:
Southwestern Asia, bordering the Black Sea,
Land boundaries:
total 1,461 km ;
Coastline:310 km
Population:
5,725,972 (July 1995 est.)
Age structure:
Population growth rate:
0.77% (1995 est.)
Birth rate:
15.77 births/1,000 population
Death rate:
8.73 deaths/1,000 population
Net migration rate:
0.66 migrant(s)/1,000 population
Infant mortality rate:
22.6 deaths/1,000 live births
Life expectancy at birth:
Total fertility rate:
2.16 children born/woman
Ethnic divisions:
Georgian 70.1%, Armenian 8.1%, Russian 6.3%,
Religions:
Georgian Orthodox 65%, Russian Orthodox 10%,
Languages:
Armenian 7%, Azeri 6%, Georgian 71% (official),
Literacy:
age 15 and over can read and write (1989)
Names:
Type:
republic
Capital:
T'bilisi
Independence:
9 April 1991 (from Soviet Union)
Constitution:
adopted 21 February 1921;
National product:
GDP - purchasing power parity - $6 billion
National product real growth rate:
-30%
National product per capita:
$1,060
Inflation rate (consumer prices):
40.5%
Unemployment rate:
Electricity:
between Turkey and Russia
total area:
69,700 sq km
land area:
69,700 sq km
comparative area:
slightly larger than South Carolina
Armenia 164 km, Azerbaijan 322 km, Russia 723 km,
Turkey 252 km
People
0-14 years:
24% (female 674,331; male 707,355)
15-64 years:
64% (female 1,894,681; male 1,791,847)
65 years and over:
12% (female 410,703; male 247,055)
total population:
73.1 years
male:
69.43 years
female:
76.95 years
Azeri 5.7%, Ossetian 3%, Abkhaz 1.8%, other 5%
Muslim 11%, Armenian Orthodox 8%, unknown 6%
Russian 9%, other 7%
total population:
99%
male:
100%
female:
98%
Government
conventional long form:
Republic of Georgia
conventional short form:
Georgia
currently amending constitution for Parliamentary
and popular review by late 1995
Economy
capacity:
4,410,000 kW
production:
9.1 billion kWh
consumption per capita:
1,526 kWh
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