As of January 1, 2023, the population of Georgia equals 3, 736,400 persons, registering a 1.3% increase from the previous year, - according to the National Statistics Office of Georgia(Geostat).
According to the statistics, the only reason for population growth in Georgia was unprecedented scale migration, 180 thousand immigrants entered the country.
As of January 1, 2023, 60.4% of the population lives in urban settlements. At the same time, almost one third of total population lives in Tbilisi. The number of Tbilisi population increased by 40 thousand. According to Geostat, Imereti ranks the second by the population increase, followed by Kvemo Kartli.
● Tbilisi - 1,241,700 people,an increase of 39,900 y-o-y
● Imereti - 463,100 people, an increase of 3,500 y-o-y
● Kvemo Kartli - 442,800 people, an increase of 8,300 y-o-y
● Adjara - 361,400 people, an increase of 5,900 y-o-y
● Kakheti - 306,200 people, an increase of 1,300 y-o-y
● Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti - 299,300 people, an increase of 1,900 y-o-y
● Shida Kartli - 249,800 people, an increase of 700 y-o-y
● Samtskhe-Javakheti - 147,400 people, an increase of 900 y-o-y
● Guria - 104,300 people, an increase of 1,000 y-o-y
● Mtskheta-Mtianeti - 93,300 people, an increase of 900 y-o-y
● Racha-Lechkhumi and Kvemo Svaneti - 27,100 people, an increase of 500 y-o-y.
