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GeorgiaTurkey
Population4,933,674 (July 2021 est.)82,482,383 (July 2021 est.)
Age structure0-14 years: 18.42% (male 472,731/female 435,174)

15-24 years: 10.9% (male 286,518/female 250,882)

25-54 years: 40.59% (male 984,942/female 1,016,353)

55-64 years: 13.24% (male 288,650/female 364,117)

65 years and over: 16.85% (male 326,219/female 504,444) (2020 est.)
0-14 years: 23.41% (male 9,823,553/female 9,378,767)

15-24 years: 15.67% (male 6,564,263/female 6,286,615)

25-54 years: 43.31% (male 17,987,103/female 17,536,957)

55-64 years: 9.25% (male 3,764,878/female 3,822,946)

65 years and over: 8.35% (male 3,070,258/female 3,782,174) (2020 est.)
Median agetotal: 38.6 years

male: 35.9 years

female: 41.4 years (2020 est.)
total: 32.2 years

male: 31.7 years

female: 32.8 years (2020 est.)
Population growth rate0.05% (2021 est.)0.7% (2021 est.)
Birth rate11.26 births/1,000 population (2021 est.)14.54 births/1,000 population (2021 est.)
Death rate10.84 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.)6.02 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.)
Net migration rate0.06 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2021 est.)-1.55 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2021 est.)
Sex ratioat birth: 1.05 male(s)/female

0-14 years: 1.09 male(s)/female

15-24 years: 1.14 male(s)/female

25-54 years: 0.97 male(s)/female

55-64 years: 0.79 male(s)/female

65 years and over: 0.65 male(s)/female

total population: 0.92 male(s)/female (2020 est.)
at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female

0-14 years: 1.05 male(s)/female

15-24 years: 1.04 male(s)/female

25-54 years: 1.03 male(s)/female

55-64 years: 0.98 male(s)/female

65 years and over: 0.81 male(s)/female

total population: 1.01 male(s)/female (2020 est.)
Infant mortality ratetotal: 15.1 deaths/1,000 live births

male: 17.26 deaths/1,000 live births

female: 12.83 deaths/1,000 live births (2021 est.)
total: 19.87 deaths/1,000 live births

male: 21.58 deaths/1,000 live births

female: 18.08 deaths/1,000 live births (2021 est.)
Life expectancy at birthtotal population: 77.25 years

male: 73.18 years

female: 81.52 years (2021 est.)
total population: 75.96 years

male: 73.57 years

female: 78.46 years (2021 est.)
Total fertility rate1.75 children born/woman (2021 est.)1.94 children born/woman (2021 est.)
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate0.3% (2020 est.)NA
Nationalitynoun: Georgian(s)

adjective: Georgian
noun: Turk(s)

adjective: Turkish
Ethnic groupsGeorgian 86.8%, Azeri 6.3%, Armenian 4.5%, other 2.3% (includes Russian, Ossetian, Yazidi, Ukrainian, Kist, Greek) (2014 est.)Turkish 70-75%, Kurdish 19%, other minorities 7-12% (2016 est.)
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS9,100 (2020 est.)NA
ReligionsOrthodox (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.)Muslim 99.8% (mostly Sunni), other 0.2% (mostly Christians and Jews)
HIV/AIDS - deaths<100 (2020 est.)NA
LanguagesGeorgian (official) 87.6%, Azeri 6.2%, Armenian 3.9%, Russian 1.2%, other 1%; note - Abkhaz is the official language in Abkhazia (2014 est.)

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Turkish (official), Kurdish, other minority languages

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Literacydefinition: age 15 and over can read and write

total population: 99.4%

male: 99.4%

female: 99.3% (2017)
definition: age 15 and over can read and write

total population: 96.2%

male: 98.8%

female: 93.5% (2017)
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)total: 15 years

male: 16 years

female: 16 years (2019)
total: 18 years

male: 19 years

female: 18 years (2018)
Education expenditures3.5% of GDP (2018)4.3% of GDP (2015)
Urbanizationurban population: 59.9% of total population (2021)

rate of urbanization: 0.35% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)

note: data include Abkhazia and South Ossetia
urban population: 76.6% of total population (2021)

rate of urbanization: 1.11% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)
Drinking water sourceimproved: urban: 100% of population

rural: 96.2% of population

total: 98.4% of population

unimproved: urban: 0% of population

rural: 3.8% of population

total: 1.6% of population (2017 est.)
improved: urban: 98.6% of population

rural: 100% of population

total: 98.9% of population

unimproved: urban: 1.4% of population

rural: 0% of population

total: 1.1% of population (2017 est.)
Sanitation facility accessimproved: urban: 97% of population

rural: 82.7% of population

total: 91.1% of population

unimproved: urban: 3% of population

rural: 17.3% of population

total: 8.9% of population (2017 est.)
improved: urban: 100% of population

rural: 91.6% of population

total: 97.3% of population

unimproved: urban: 0% of population

rural: 8.4% of population

total: 2.7% of population (2017 est.)
Major cities - population1.079 million TBILISI (capital) (2021)15.190 million Istanbul, 5.118 million ANKARA (capital), 2.993 million Izmir, 1.986 million Bursa, 1.771 million Adana, 1.704 million Gaziantep (2020)
Maternal mortality rate25 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)17 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)
Children under the age of 5 years underweight2.1% (2018)1.5% (2018/19)
Health expenditures7.1% (2018)4.1% (2018)
Physicians density7.12 physicians/1,000 population (2018)1.85 physicians/1,000 population (2017)
Hospital bed density2.9 beds/1,000 population (2014)2.8 beds/1,000 population (2017)
Obesity - adult prevalence rate21.7% (2016)32.1% (2016)
Mother's mean age at first birth25.9 years (2019 est.)

note: data do not cover Abkhazia and South Ossetia
26.4 years (2019 est.)
Contraceptive prevalence rate40.6% (2018)69.8% (2018)
Dependency ratiostotal dependency ratio: 55

youth dependency ratio: 31.3

elderly dependency ratio: 23.6

potential support ratio: 4.2 (2020 est.)
total dependency ratio: 49.1

youth dependency ratio: 35.7

elderly dependency ratio: 13.4

potential support ratio: 7.5 (2020 est.)

Source: CIA Factbook