Georgia (country)

42°00′N 43°30′E / 42.000°N 43.500°E / 42.000; 43.500

Georgia საქართველო  (Georgian) Sakartvelo
Flag Coat of arms
Motto:  ძალა ერთობაშია Dzala ertobashia "Strength is in Unity"
Anthem:  თავისუფლება Tavisupleba "Freedom"
Georgian territory under central control in dark green; uncontrolled territory in light green
Capital and largest city	Tbilisi 41°43′N 44°47′E / 41.717°N 44.783°E / 41.717; 44.783
Official languages	Georgian (nationwide) Abkhaz (Abkhazian AR)[1][2]
Ethnic groups (2014[a])	86.8% Georgians 6.2% Azerbaijanis 4.5% Armenians 0.7% Russians 2.1% Others
Religion (2014)	88.1% Christianity —83.4% Georgian Orthodoxy —5.7% Other Christian 10.7% Islam 1.2% Others / None[3]
Demonym(s)	Georgian
Government	Unitary parliamentary republic
• President	Salome Zourabichvili
• Prime Minister	Irakli Kobakhidze
• Chairperson of the Parliament	Shalva Papuashvili
Legislature	Parliament
Establishment history
• Colchis and Iberia	13th c. BC – 580 AD
• Kingdom of Abkhazia and Kingdom of the Iberians	786–1008
• Unification of the Georgian realm	1008
• The Tripartite division	1463–1810
• Russian annexation	12 September 1801
• Independence from the Russian Empire	26 May 1918
• Red Army invasion	25 February 1921
• Independence from the Soviet Union  • Declared  • Finalized	9 April 1991 25 December 1991
• Current constitution	24 August 1995
Area
• Total	69,700 km2 (26,900 sq mi) (119th)
Population
• 2022 estimate	3,688,647[a][4] 4,012,104[b] (128th)
• 2014 census	3,713,804[a][5]
• Density	57.6/km2 (149.2/sq mi) (137th)
GDP (PPP)	2021 estimate
• Total	$61.58 billion[a][6] (110th)
• Per capita	$16,590[a][6] (83rd)
GDP (nominal)	2021 estimate
• Total	$17.85 billion[a][6] (124th)
• Per capita	$4,808[a][6] (125th)
Gini (2020)	34.5[a][7] medium
HDI (2019)	0.812[a][8] very high · 61st
Currency	Georgian lari (₾) (GEL)
Time zone	UTC+4 (Georgia Time GET)
Date format	dd.mm.yyyy
Driving side	right
Calling code	+995
ISO 3166 code	GE
Internet TLD	.ge, .გე
Website www.gov.ge
^ Data not including occupied territories. ^ Data including occupied territories.

Georgia is a country in the Caucasus region of West Asia and Eastern Europe. It is situated on the coast of the Black Sea and borders Russia to the north, Turkey and Armenia to the south, and Azerbaijan to the southeast. It is largely encircled by the Greater and Lesser Caucasus mountain ranges. During 1918–1921, and 1991–1995 its full name was the Republic of Georgia. Since 1995 it is Georgia, as written in the Constitution. It was part of the Russian Empire and later Soviet Union between 1921 and 1991, but now it is an independent republic. The capital city is Tbilisi. Almost 4 million people live there.

1. ↑ "Article 8", Constitution of Georgia. In Abkhazian AR, also Abkhazian.
2. ↑ "Constitution of Georgia" (PDF). Parliament of Georgia. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 December 2017.
3. ↑ "საქართველოს მოსახლეობის საყოველთაო აღწერის საბოლოო შედეგები" (PDF). National Statistics Office of Georgia. 28 April 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 October 2017. Retrieved 29 April 2016.
4. ↑ "Demographic Portal". Retrieved 7 May 2022.
5. ↑ "2014 General Population Census Main Results General Information — National Statistics Office of Georgia" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 August 2016. Retrieved 2 May 2016.
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3} "World Economic Outlook Database, October 2021". IMF.org. International Monetary Fund. Retrieved 6 March 2022.
7. ↑ "GINI index (World Bank estimate) - Georgia". data.worldbank.org. World Bank. Archived from the original on 20 July 2018. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
8. ↑ "Human Development Report 2020" (PDF). United Nations Development Programme. 15 December 2020. Retrieved 15 December 2020.
9. ↑ "Living conditions". GeoStat. Archived from the original on 3 February 2017. Retrieved 26 January 2017.