Georgia Population: 4.003 million
44 VISITORS FROM HERE!« ![]() ![]() | ![]() |
History | |
The region of present day Georgia contained the ancient kingdoms of Colchis and Kartli-Iberia. The area came under Roman influence in the first centuries A.D., and Christianity became the state religion in the 330s. Domination by Persians, Arabs, and Turks was followed by a Georgian golden age (11th-13th centuries) that was cut short by the Mongol invasion of 1236. Subsequently, the Ottoman and Persian empires competed for influence in the region. Georgia was absorbed into the Russian Empire in the 19th century. Independent for three years (1918-1921) following the Russian revolution, it was forcibly incorporated into the USSR in 1921 and regained its independence when the Soviet Union dissolved in 1991. Mounting public discontent over rampant corruption and ineffective government services, followed by an attempt by the incumbent Georgian Government to manipulate parliamentary elections in November 2003, touched off widespread protests that led to the resignation of Eduard SHEVARDNADZE, president since 1995. In the aftermath of that popular movement, which became known as the "Rose Revolution," new elections in early 2004 swept Mikheil SAAKASHVILI into power along with his United National Movement (UNM) party. Progress on market reforms and democratization has been made in the years since independence, but this progress has been complicated by Russian assistance and support to the separatist regions of Abkhazia and South Ossetia. Periodic flare-ups in tension and violence culminated in a five-day conflict in August 2008 between Russia and Georgia, including the invasion of large portions of undisputed Georgian territory. Russian troops pledged to pull back from most occupied Georgian territory, but in late August 2008 Russia unilaterally recognized the independence of Abkhazia and South Ossetia, and Russian military forces remain in those regions. Billionaire Bidzina IVANISHVILI's unexpected entry into politics in October 2011 brought the divided opposition together under his Georgian Dream coalition, which won a majority of seats in the October 2012 parliamentary elections and removed UNM from power. Conceding defeat, SAAKASHVILI named IVANISHVILI as prime minister and allowed Georgian Dream to create a new government. Giorgi MARGVELASHVILI was inaugurated as president on 17 November 2013, ending a tense year of power-sharing between SAAKASHVILI and IVANISHVILI. At the time, these changes in leadership represented unique examples of a former Soviet state that emerged to conduct democratic and peaceful government transitions of power. IVANISHVILI voluntarily resigned from office after the presidential succession, and Georgia's legislature on 20 November 2013 confirmed Irakli GARIBASHVILI as his replacement. GARIBASHVILI was replaced by Giorgi KVIRIKASHVILI in December 2015. KVIRIKASHVILI remained Prime Minister following Georgian Dream’s success in the October 2016 parliamentary elections, where the party won a constitutional majority. IVANISHVILI reemerged as Georgian Dream party chairman in April 2018. KVIRIKASHVILI resigned in June 2018 and was replaced by Mamuka BAKHTADZE. Popular and government support for integration with the West is high in Georgia. Joining the EU and NATO are among the country's top foreign policy goals. |
![]() | ![]() |
![]() | |
Geography | |
| |
Location: | Southwestern Asia, bordering the Black Sea, between Turkey and Russia, with a sliver of land north of the Caucasus extending into Europe; note - Georgia views itself as part of Europe; geopolitically, it can be classified as falling within Europe, the Middle East, or both |
Geographic coordinates: | 42 00 N, 43 30 E |
Area: | total: 69,700 sq km land: 69,700 sq km water: 0 sq km note: approximately 12,560 sq km, or about 18% of Georgia's area, is Russian occupied; the seized area includes all of Abkhazia and the breakaway region of South Ossetia, which consists of the northern part of Shida Kartli, eastern slivers of the Imereti region and Racha-Lechkhumi and Kvemo Svaneti, and part of western Mtskheta-Mtianeti Size comparison: slightly smaller than South Carolina; slightly larger than West Virginia |
Land Boundaries: | total: 1,814 km border countries (4): Armenia 219 km, Azerbaijan 428 km, Russia 894 km, Turkey 273 km |
Coastline: | 310 km |
Maritime claims: | territorial sea: 12 nm exclusive economic zone: 200 nm |
Climate: | warm and pleasant; Mediterranean-like on Black Sea coast |
Terrain: | largely mountainous with Great Caucasus Mountains in the north and Lesser Caucasus Mountains in the south; Kolkhet'is Dablobi (Kolkhida Lowland) opens to the Black Sea in the west; Mtkvari River Basin in the east; fertile soils in river valley flood plains and foothills of Kolkhida Lowland |
Natural resources: | timber, hydropower, manganese deposits, iron ore, copper, minor coal and oil deposits; coastal climate and soils allow for important tea and citrus growth |
Land use: | agricultural land: 35.5% (2011 est.) arable land: 5.8% (2011 est.) permanent crops: 1.8% (2011 est.) permanent pasture: 27.9% (2011 est.) forest: 39.4% (2011 est.) other: 25.1% (2011 est.) |
Irrigated land: | 4,330 sq km (2012) |
Natural hazards: | earthquakes |
Current Environment Issues: | air pollution, particularly in Rust'avi; heavy water pollution of Mtkvari River and the Black Sea; inadequate supplies of potable water; soil pollution from toxic chemicals; land and forest degradation; biodiversity loss; waste management |
International Environment Agreements: | party to: Air Pollution, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements |
^Back to Top | |
People | |
![]() | |
Nationality: | noun: Georgian(s) adjective: Georgian |
Ethnic groups: | Georgian 86.8%, Azeri 6.3%, Armenian 4.5%, other 2.3% (includes Russian, Ossetian, Yazidi, Ukrainian, Kist, Greek) (2014 est.) |
Languages: | Georgian (official) 87.6%, Azeri 6.2%, Armenian 3.9%, Russian 1.2%, other 1% (2014 est.) note: Abkhaz is the official language in Abkhazia |
Religions: | Orthodox (official) 83.4%, Muslim 10.7%, Armenian Apostolic 2.9%, other 1.2% (includes Catholic, Jehovah's Witness, Yazidi, Protestant, Jewish), none 0.5%, unspecified/no answer 1.2% (2014 est.) |
Population: | 4.003 million (July 2018 est.) |
Age structure: | 0-14 years: 18.23% (male 469,163 /female 428,734) 15-24 years: 11.45% (male 299,362 /female 264,456) 25-54 years: 40.89% (male 984,275 /female 1,029,902) 55-64 years: 13.17% (male 289,337 /female 359,444) 65 years and over: 16.27% (male 314,467 /female 486,947) (2018 est.) |
Dependency ratios: | total dependency ratio: 50 (2015 est.) youth dependency ratio: 28.1 (2015 est.) elderly dependency ratio: 21.9 (2015 est.) potential support ratio: 4.6 (2015 est.) |
Median age: | total: 38.3 years male: 35.5 years female: 41.1 years (2018 est.) |
Population growth rate: | 0.01% (2018 est.) |
Birth rate: | 12.1 births/1,000 population (2018 est.) |
Death rate: | 10.9 deaths/1,000 population (2018 est.) |
Net migration rate: | -1.1 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2018 est.) |
Urbanization: | urban population: 58.6% of total population (2018) rate of urbanization: 0.42% annual rate of change (2015-20 est.) note: data include Abkhazia and South Ossetia |
Major urban areas - population: | 1.077 million TBILISI (capital) (2018) |
Sex ratio: | at birth: 1.06 male(s)/female 0-14 years: 1.09 male(s)/female 15-24 years: 1.13 male(s)/female 25-54 years: 0.96 male(s)/female 55-64 years: 0.8 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.65 male(s)/female total population: 0.92 male(s)/female (2018 est.) Mother's mean age at first birth: 24.5 years (2014 est.) note: data do not cover Abkhazia and South Ossetia |
Maternal mortality rate: | 36 deaths/100,000 live births (2015 est.) |
Infant mortality rate: | total: 14.7 deaths/1,000 live births male: 16.8 deaths/1,000 live births female: 12.5 deaths/1,000 live births (2018 est.) |
Life expectancy at birth: | total population: 76.6 years male: 72.5 years female: 80.9 years (2018 est.) |
Total fertility rate: | 1.76 children born/woman (2018 est.) |
Contraceptive prevalence rate: | 53.4% (2010) note: percent of women aged 15-44 |
Physicians density: | 5.1 physicians/1,000 population (2015) |
Hospital bed density: | 2.6 beds/1,000 population (2013) |
Drinking water source: | improved: urban: 100% of population rural: 100% of population total: 100% of population unimproved: urban: 0% of population rural: 0% of population total: 0% of population (2015 est.) |
Sanitation facility access: | improved: urban: 95.2% of population (2015 est.) rural: 75.9% of population (2015 est.) total: 86.3% of population (2015 est.) unimproved: urban: 4.8% of population (2015 est.) rural: 24.1% of population (2015 est.) total: 13.7% of population (2015 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: | 0.4% (2017 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: | 11,000 (2017 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - deaths: | <500 (2017 est.) |
Obesity - adult prevalence rate: | 21.7% (2016) |
Children under the age of 5 years underweight: | 1.1% (2009) |
Education expenditures: | 3.8% of GDP (2017) |
Literacy: | definition: age 15 and over can read and write (2015 est.) total population: 99.8% male: 99.8% female: 99.7% (2015 est.) |
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education): | total: 15 years male: 15 years female: 16 years (2017) Unemployment, youth ages 15-24: total: 30.5% male: 26.3% female: 32.7% (2017 est.) |
^Back to Top | |
Government | |
![]() | |
Country name: | conventional long form: none conventional short form: Georgia local long form: none local short form: Sak'art'velo former: Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic etymology: the Western name may derive from the Persian designation "gurgan" meaning "Land of the Wolves"; the native name "Sak'art'velo" means "Land of the Kartvelians" and refers to the core central Georgian region of Kartli |
Government type: | semi-presidential republic |
Capital: | name: Tbilisi geographic coordinates: 41 41 N, 44 50 E time difference: UTC+4 (9 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time) etymology: the name in Georgian means "warm place," referring to the numerous sulfuric hot springs in the area |
Administrative divisions: | 9 regions (mkharebi, singular - mkhare), 1 city (kalaki), and 2 autonomous republics (avtomnoy respubliki, singular - avtom respublika) regions: Guria, Imereti, Kakheti, Kvemo Kartli, Mtskheta Mtianeti, Racha-Lechkhumi and Kvemo Svaneti, Samegrelo and Zemo Svaneti, Samtskhe-Javakheti, Shida Kartli; note - the breakaway region of South Ossetia consists of the northern part of Shida Kartli, eastern slivers of the Imereti region and Racha-Lechkhumi and Kvemo Svaneti, and part of western Mtskheta-Mtianeti; city: Tbilisi; autonomous republics: Abkhazia or Ap'khazet'is Avtonomiuri Respublika (Sokhumi), Ajaria or Acharis Avtonomiuri Respublika (Bat'umi) note: the administrative centers of the two autonomous republics are shown in parentheses note: the United States recognizes the breakaway regions of Abkhazia and South Ossetia to be part of Georgia |
Independence: | 9 April 1991 (from the Soviet Union); notable earlier date: A.D. 1008 (Georgia unified under King BAGRAT III) |
National holiday: | Independence Day, 26 May (1918); note - 26 May 1918 was the date of independence from Soviet Russia, 9 April 1991 was the date of independence from the Soviet Union |
Constitution: | history: previous 1921, 1978 (based on 1977 Soviet Union constitution); latest approved 24 August 1995, effective 17 October 1995 amendments: proposed as a draft law supported by more than one-half of the Parliament membership or by petition of at least 200,000 voters; passage requires support by at least three-fourths of the Parliament membership in two successive sessions three months apart and the signature and promulgation by the president of Georgia; amended several times, last in 2018 (2019) |
Legal system: | civil law system |
Suffrage: | 18 years of age; universal |
Executive branch: | chief of state: President Salome ZOURABICHVILI (since 16 December 2018) head of government: Prime Minister Mamuka BAKHTADZE (since 20 June 2018); Deputy Prime Minister Giorgi GAKHARIA cabinet: Cabinet of Ministers elections/appointments: president directly elected by absolute majority popular vote in 2 rounds if needed for a 5-year term (eligible for a second term); election last held on 28 November 2018 (next to be held in 2024); prime minister nominated by Parliament, appointed by the president note - 2017 constitutional amendments made the 2018 election the last where the president was directly elected; future presidents will be elected by a 300-member College of Electors; in light of these changes, ZOURABICHVILI was allowed a six-year term election results: Salome ZOURABICHVILI elected president in runoff; percent of vote - Salome ZOURABICHVILI (independent, backed by Georgian Dream) 59.5%, Grigol VASHADZE (UNM) 40.5%; Mamuka BAKHTADZE approved as prime minister by Parliamentary vote 99-6 |
Legislative branch: | description: unicameral Parliament or Sakartvelos Parlamenti (150 seats; 77 members directly elected in a single nationwide constituency by closed, party-list proportional representation vote and 73 directly elected in single-seat constituencies by simple majority vote; members serve 4-year terms) elections: last held on 8 October and 30 October 2016 (next to be held in 2020) election results: percent of vote by party - Georgian Dream 48.7%, UNM 27.1%, Alliance of Patriots 5%, other 19.2%; seats by party - Georgian Dream 115, UNM 27, Alliance of Patriots 6, IWSG 1, independent 1; composition - men 126, women 24, percent of women 16%; note - European Georgia split from UNM in January 2017 taking 20 of 27 parliamentary seats; composition as of 1 July 2019: Georgian Dream 106, European Georgia 20, UNM 7, Alliance of Patriots 7, independent 10 |
Judicial branch: | highest courts: Supreme Court (consists of 28 judges organized into several specialized judicial chambers; number of judges determined by the president of Georgia); Constitutional Court (consists of 9 judges); note - the Abkhazian and Ajarian Autonomous republics each have a supreme court and a hierarchy of lower courts judge selection and term of office: Supreme Court judges nominated by the High Council of Justice (a 14-member body consisting of the Supreme Court chairperson, common court judges, and appointees of the president of Georgia) and appointed by Parliament; judges appointed for life; Constitutional Court judges appointed 3 each by the president, by Parliament, and by the Supreme Court judges; judges appointed for 10-year terms subordinate courts: Courts of Appeal; regional (town) and district courts |
Political parties and leaders: | Alliance of Patriots [Irma INASHVILI] Democratic Movement-United Georgia [Nino BURJANADZE] Development Movement [Davit USPASHVILI] European Georgia [Davit BAKRADZE] (split from UNM) For Justice Party [Eka BESELIA] Free Democrats or FD [Shalva SHAVGULIDZE] Georgian Dream-Democratic Georgia [Bidzina IVANISHVILI] Girchi (Pinecone) [Zurab JAPARIDZE] Industry Will Save Georgia (Industrialists) or IWSG [Giorgi TOPADZE] Labor Party [Shalva NATELASHVILI] New Georgia [Giorgi VASHADZE] Republican Party [Khatuna SAMNIDZE] United National Movement or UNM [Grigol VASHADZE] |
International organization participation: | ADB, BSEC, CD, CE, CPLP (associate), EAPC, EBRD, FAO, G-11, GCTU, GUAM, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC (national committees), ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO (correspondent), ITSO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), MIGA, OAS (observer), OIF (observer), OPCW, OSCE, PFP, SELEC (observer), UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO |
National symbol(s): | Saint George, lion; national colors: red, white |
National anthem: | name: "Tavisupleba" (Liberty) lyrics/music: Davit MAGRADSE/Zakaria PALIASHVILI (adapted by Joseb KETSCHAKMADSE) note: adopted 2004; after the Rose Revolution, a new anthem with music based on the operas "Abesalom da Eteri" and "Daisi" was adopted |
Diplomatic representation in the US: | chief of mission: Ambassador David BAKRADZE (since 18 January 2017) chancery: 1824 R Street NW, Washington, DC 20009 telephone: [1] (202) 387-2390 FAX: [1] (202) 387-0864 consulate(s) general: New York |
Diplomatic representation from the US: | chief of mission: Ambassador (vacant); Charge d'Affaires Elizabeth ROOD (since 13 May 2019) embassy: 29 Georgian-American Friendship Avenue, Didi Dighomi, Tbilisi 0131 mailing address: 7060 T'bilisi Place, Washington, DC 20521-7060 telephone: [995] (32) 227-70-00 FAX: [995] (32) 253-23-10 |
^Back to Top | |
Economy | |
Georgia's main economic activities include cultivation of agricultural products such as grapes, citrus fruits, and hazelnuts; mining of manganese, copper, and gold; and producing alcoholic and nonalcoholic beverages, metals, machinery, and chemicals in small-scale industries. The country imports nearly all of its needed supplies of natural gas and oil products. It has sizeable hydropower capacity that now provides most of its electricity needs. Georgia has overcome the chronic energy shortages and gas supply interruptions of the past by renovating hydropower plants and by increasingly relying on natural gas imports from Azerbaijan instead of from Russia. Construction of the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan oil pipeline, the South Caucasus gas pipeline, and the Baku-Tbilisi-Kars railroad are part of a strategy to capitalize on Georgia's strategic location between Europe and Asia and develop its role as a transit hub for gas, oil, and other goods. Georgia's economy sustained GDP growth of more than 10% in 2006-07, based on strong inflows of foreign investment, remittances, and robust government spending. However, GDP growth slowed following the August 2008 conflict with Russia, and sank to negative 4% in 2009 as foreign direct investment and workers' remittances declined in the wake of the global financial crisis. The economy rebounded in the period 2010-17, but FDI inflows, the engine of Georgian economic growth prior to the 2008 conflict, have not recovered fully. Unemployment remains persistently high. The country is pinning its hopes for faster growth on a continued effort to build up infrastructure, enhance support for entrepreneurship, simplify regulations, and improve professional education, in order to attract foreign investment and boost employment, with a focus on transportation projects, tourism, hydropower, and agriculture. Georgia had historically suffered from a chronic failure to collect tax revenues; however, since 2004 the government has simplified the tax code, increased tax enforcement, and cracked down on petty corruption, leading to higher revenues. The government has received high marks from the World Bank for improvements in business transparency. Since 2012, the Georgian Dream-led government has continued the previous administration's low-regulation, low-tax, free market policies, while modestly increasing social spending and amending the labor code to comply with International Labor Standards. In mid-2014, Georgia concluded an association agreement with the EU, paving the way to free trade and visa-free travel. In 2017, Georgia signed Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with China as part of Tbilisi’s efforts to diversify its economic ties. Georgia is seeking to develop its Black Sea ports to further facilitate East-West trade. | |
GDP (purchasing power parity): | $39.85 billion (2017 est.) $37.96 billion (2016 est.) $36.91 billion (2015 est.) note: data are in 2017 dollars |
GDP (official exchange rate): | $15.16 billion (2017 est.) |
GDP - real growth rate: | 5% (2017 est.) 2.8% (2016 est.) 2.9% (2015 est.) |
GDP - per capita (PPP): | $10,700 (2017 est.) $10,300 (2016 est.) $9,900 (2015 est.) note: data are in 2017 dollars |
Gross national saving: | 23% of GDP (2017 est.) 19.9% of GDP (2016 est.) 19.5% of GDP (2015 est.) GDP - composition, by end use: household consumption: 62.8% (2017 est.) government consumption: 17.1% (2017 est.) investment in fixed capital: 29.5% (2017 est.) investment in inventories: 2.4% (2017 est.) exports of goods and services: 50.4% (2017 est.) imports of goods and services: -62.2% (2017 est.) GDP - composition, by sector of origin: agriculture: 8.2% (2017 est.) industry: 23.7% (2017 est.) services: 67.9% (2017 est.) |
Agriculture - products: | citrus, grapes, tea, hazelnuts, vegetables; livestock |
Industries: | steel, machine tools, electrical appliances, mining (manganese, copper, gold), chemicals, wood products, wine |
Industrial production growth rate: | 6.7% (2017 est.) |
Labor force: | 1.998 million (2016 est.) |
Labor force - by occupation: | agriculture: 55.6% industry: 8.9% services: 35.5% (2006 est.) |
Unemployment rate: | NA% (2017 est.) 11.8% (2016 est.) |
Population below poverty line: | 9.2% (2010 est.) |
Household income or consumption by percentage share: | lowest 10%: 2% highest 10%: 31.3% (2008) |
Distribution of family income - Gini index: | 40.1 (2014) 46 (2011) |
Budget: | revenues: 4.352 billion (2017 est.) expenditures: 4.925 billion (2017 est.) |
Taxes and other revenues: | 28.7% (of GDP) (2017 est.) Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-): -3.8% (of GDP) (2017 est.) |
Public debt: | 44.9% of GDP (2017 est.) 44.4% of GDP (2016 est.) note: data cover general government debt and include debt instruments issued (or owned) by government entities other than the treasury; the data include treasury debt held by foreign entities; the data include debt issued by subnational entities; Georgia does not maintain intragovernmental debt or social funds |
Fiscal year: | calendar year |
Inflation rate (consumer prices): | 6% (2017 est.) 2.1% (2016 est.) |
Current account balance: | -$1.348 billion (2017 est.) -$1.84 billion (2016 est.) |
Exports: | $3.566 billion (2017 est.) $2.831 billion (2016 est.) |
Exports - commodities: | vehicles, ferro-alloys, fertilizers, nuts, scrap metal, gold, copper ores |
Exports - partners: | Russia 14.5%, Azerbaijan 10%, Turkey 7.9%, Armenia 7.7%, China 7.6%, Bulgaria 6.6%, Ukraine 4.6%, US 4.5% (2017) |
Imports: | $7.415 billion (2017 est.) $6.747 billion (2016 est.) |
Imports - commodities: | fuels, vehicles, machinery and parts, grain and other foods, pharmaceuticals |
Imports - partners: | Turkey 17.2%, Russia 9.9%, China 9.2%, Azerbaijan 7.6%, Ukraine 5.6%, Germany 5.4% (2017) |
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold: | $3.039 billion (31 December 2017 est.) $2.756 billion (31 December 2016 est.) |
Debt - external: | $16.99 billion (31 December 2017 est.) $14.08 billion (31 December 2016 est.) |
Stock of direct foreign investment - at home: | $17.47 billion (31 December 2017 est.) $14.66 billion (31 December 2016 est.) |
Stock of direct foreign investment - abroad: | $2.477 billion (31 December 2017 est.) $2.185 billion (31 December 2016 est.) |
Market value of publicly traded shares: | $1.155 billion (31 December 2015 est.) $943.4 million (31 December 2012 est.) $795.7 million (31 December 2011 est.) |
Exchange rates: | laris (GEL) per US dollar - 2.535 (2017 est.) 2.3668 (2016 est.) 2.3668 (2015 est.) 2.2694 (2014 est.) 1.7657 (2013 est.) |
^Back to Top | |
Energy | |
![]() | |
Electricity - production: | 13.24 billion kWh (2016 est.) |
Electricity - consumption: | 12.37 billion kWh (2016 est.) |
Electricity - exports: | 560 million kWh (2016 est.) |
Electricity - imports: | 1.329 billion kWh (2016 est.) |
Electricity - installed generating capacity: | 4.641 million kW (2016 est.) |
Electricity - from fossil fuels: | 35% of total installed capacity (2016 est.) |
Electricity - from nuclear fuels: | 0% of total installed capacity (2017 est.) |
Electricity - from hydroelectric plants: | 65% of total installed capacity (2017 est.) |
Electricity - from other renewable sources: | 0% of total installed capacity (2017 est.) |
Crude oil - production: | 400 bbl/day (2017 est.) |
Crude oil - exports: | 3,006 bbl/day (2017 est.) |
Crude oil - imports: | 2,660 bbl/day (2015 est.) |
Crude oil - proved reserves: | 35 million bbl (1 January 2018 est.) |
Refined petroleum products - production: | 247 bbl/day (2017 est.) |
Refined petroleum products - consumption: | 27,000 bbl/day (2016 est.) |
Refined petroleum products - exports: | 2,052 bbl/day (2015 est.) |
Refined petroleum products - imports: | 28,490 bbl/day (2015 est.) |
Natural gas - production: | 7.363 million cu m (2017 est.) |
Natural gas - consumption: | 2.294 billion cu m (2017 est.) |
Natural gas - exports: | 0 cu m (2017 est.) |
Natural gas - imports: | 2.294 billion cu m (2017 est.) |
Natural gas - proved reserves: | 8.495 billion cu m (1 January 2018 est.) |
Carbon dioxide emissions from consumption of energy: | 9.912 million Mt (2017 est.) |
^Back to Top | |
Communications | |
![]() | |
Cellular Phones in use: | total subscriptions: 5,730,625 subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 116 (2017 est.) |
Telephone system: | general assessment: fixed-line telecommunications network has limited coverage outside Tbilisi; multiple mobile-cellular providers provide services to an increasing subscribership throughout the country; broadband subscribers steadily increasing; with the recent investment in infrastructure customers are moving from copper to fiber networks (2018) domestic: fixed-line 14 per 100, cellular telephone networks cover the entire country; mobile-cellular teledensity roughly 116 per 100 persons; intercity facilities include a fiber-optic line between T'bilisi and K'ut'aisi (2018) international: country code - 995; the Georgia-Russia fiber-optic submarine cable provides connectivity to Russia; international service is available by microwave, landline, and satellite through the Moscow switch; international electronic mail and telex service are available |
Broadcast media: | The Tbilisi-based Georgian Public Broadcaster (GPB) includes Channel 1, Channel 2 as well as the Batumi-based Adjara TV, and the State Budget funds all three; there are also a number of independent commercial television broadcasters, such as Imedi, Rustavi 2, Pirveli TV, Maestro, Kavkasia, Georgian Dream Studios (GDS), Obiektivi, and a small Russian language operator TOK TV; Tabula and Post TV are web-based television outlets; all of these broadcasters and web-based television outlets, except GDS, carry the news; the Georgian Orthodox Church also operates a satellite-based television station called Unanimity; there are 26 regional television broadcasters across Georgia that are members of the Georgian Association of Regional Broadcasters and/or the Alliance of Georgian Broadcasters; the broadcaster organizations seek to strengthen the regional media's capacities and distribution of regional products: a nationwide digital switchover occurred in 2015; there are several dozen private radio stations; GPB operates 2 radio stations (2019) |
Internet country code: | .ge |
Internet users: | total: 2,464,107 percent of population: 50% (July 2016 est.) |
^Back to Top | |
Transportation | |
![]() | |
Airports: | 22 (2013) |
Airports (paved runways): | total 18 (2017) over 3,047 m: 1 (2017) 2,438 to 3,047 m: 7 (2017) 1,524 to 2,437 m: 3 (2017) 914 to 1,523 m: 5 (2017) under 914 m: 2 (2017) |
Airports (unpaved runways): | total 4 (2013) 1,524 to 2,437 m: 1 (2013) 914 to 1,523 m: 2 (2013) under 914 m: 1 (2013) |
Heliports: | 2 (2013) |
Pipelines: | 1596 km gas, 1175 km oil (2013) |
Railways: | total 1,363 km (2014) narrow gauge: 37 km 0.912-m gauge (37 km electrified) (2014) broad gauge: 1,326 km 1.520-m gauge (1,251 km electrified) (2014) |
Roadways: | total 20,295 km (2018) |
Merchant marine: | total 82 by type: bulk carrier 1, general cargo 24, oil tanker 2, other 55 (2018) |
Ports and terminals: | major seaport(s): Black Sea - Bat'umi, P'ot'i |
^Back to Top | |
Military | |
![]() | |
Georgia does not have any military stationed in the separatist territories of Abkhazia and South Ossetia, but large numbers of Russian servicemen have been stationed in these regions since the 2008 Russia-Georgia War | |
Military branches: | Georgian Defense Forces: Land Forces (include Air and Air Defense Forces); separatist Abkhazia Armed Forces: Ground Forces, Air Forces; separatist South Ossetia Armed Forces (2019) note: Georgian naval forces have been incorporated into the Coast Guard, which is part of the Ministry of Internal Affairs rather than the Ministry of Defense |
Military service age and obligation: | 18 to 27 years of age for compulsory and voluntary active duty military service; conscript service obligation is 12 months (2017) |
Military expenditures: | 2.1% of GDP (2018) 2% of GDP (2017) 2.23% of GDP (2016) 2.34% of GDP (2015) 2.26% of GDP (2014) |
^Back to Top | |
Transnational Issues | |
![]() | |
Disputes - International: | Russia's military support and subsequent recognition of Abkhazia and South Ossetia independence in 2008 continue to sour relations with Georgia |
Refugees and internally displaced persons: | IDPs: 293,000 (displaced in the 1990s as a result of armed conflict in the breakaway republics of Abkhazia and South Ossetia; displaced in 2008 by fighting between Georgia and Russia over South Ossetia) (2018) stateless persons: 566 (2018) |
Illicit drugs: | limited cultivation of cannabis and opium poppy, mostly for domestic consumption; used as transshipment point for opiates via Central Asia to Western Europe and Russia |
^Back to Top |
«
![](https://cdn.boardhost.com/flags/et.png)
![](https://cdn.boardhost.com/flags/tz.png)
Source: CIA - The World Factbook