Georgia

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PROFILE
  • Area: 69,700 sq. km (26,911 sq. mi.)
  • Population: 4,928,052 (2016 est.)
  • Population growth rate: -0.05% (2016 est.)
  • Life expectancy: 76.2 years (2016)
  • Languages: Georgian (official) 71%, Russian 9%, Armenian 7%, Azeri 6%
  • Religions: Orthodox Christian (official) 83.9%, Muslim 9.9%, Armenian-Gregorian 3.9%, Catholic 0.8%, other 0.8%, none 0.7%
  • Alternate names: Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic, Gruzinskaya Sovetskaya Sotsialisticheskaya Respublika, Gruziya, Republic of Georgia, Sak’art’velo, Sak’art’velos Respublika
  • Government type: semi-presidential republic
  • Leaders: chief of state: President Giorgi MARGVELASHVILI; head of government: Prime Minister Giorgi KVIRIKASHVILI
  • Capital: Tbilisi
  • Administrative divisions: 9 regions, 1 city, and 2 autonomous republics
  • GDP per capita (PPP): $9,600 (2015 est.)
  • Exports: vehicles, ferro-alloys, fertilizers, nuts, scrap metal, gold, copper ores
  • Imports: fuels, vehicles, machinery and parts, grain and other foods, pharmaceuticals
  • Currency: lari (GEL)
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