Georgia - Country information


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Population		Top of page

Inhabitants		Life expectancy
4,646,003 (July 2007 est.)		total population: 76.3 years male: 73 years female: 80.07 years (2007 est.)

Ethnic groups		Religions
Georgian 83.8%, Azeri 6.5%, Armenian 5.7%, Russian 1.5%, other 2.5% (2002 census)		Orthodox Christian 83.9%, Muslim 9.9%, Armenian-Gregorian 3.9%, Catholic 0.8%, other 0.8%, none 0.7% (2002 census)

Languages		Literacy
Georgian 71% (official), Russian 9%, Armenian 7%, Azeri 6%, other 7%		definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 100% male: 100% female: 100% (2004 est.)

Government		Top of page

Government type		Capital
republic		T'bilisi

Independance		National day
9 April 1991 (from Soviet Union)		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		Legal system
adopted 24 August 1995		based on civil law system; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction

Economy		Top of page

GDP (purchasing power parity)		Growth rate
$5.272 billion (2006 est.)		8.8% (2006 est.)

GDP per inhabitant		Unemployment rate
$3,800 (2006 est.)		12.6% (2004 est.)

Population below poverty line		Inflation rate
54% (2001 est.)		10% (2006 est.)

Exports		Imports
$1.761 billion (2006 est.)		$3.32 billion (2006 est.)

Reserves of foreign exchange and gold		Currency
$492 million (2006 est.)		lari (GEL)

Military expenditures
0.59% (2005 est.)

Geography		Top of page

Location		Area
Southwestern Asia, bordering the Black Sea, between Turkey and Russia		69,700 sq km

Climate		Natural resources
warm and pleasant; Mediterranean-like on Black Sea coast		forests, hydropower, manganese deposits, iron ore, copper, minor coal and oil deposits; coastal climate and soils allow for important tea and citrus growth

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