As of January 1, 2021, the population of Georgia equals 3 728.6 thousand persons, registering a 0.3% increase from the previous year, - show the preliminary data of Geostat.
Is should be mentioned that 2020 resulted in the negative natural increase (-4,017) and positive net migration (15,732).
In 2020, the number of emigrants totals 74,264 persons decreasing by 29.3% compared to the previous year. The number of immigrants decreased by 7.1%, amounting to 89 996 persons. In the same time period, 85.8% of immigrants and 86.2% of emigrants represent the working age population (15-64 year age group).
Compared to previous year, in 2020 the life expectancy at birth has decreased by 0.7 unit and equals 73.4 years, including 69.1 years for males and 77.7 years for females.
