The latest officially reported population of Georgia was 3,699,557 in 2024 vs 143,533,851 people in Russia in 2024. In 2026, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Georgia's population is 3,696,618 people compared to 142,120,553 in Russia.
Population statistics:
- Russia's population is 38.4 times bigger than Georgia's.
- Georgia is ranked the 130th most populous country in the world, while Russia is the 9th.
- The countries together account for 1.76% of the world: 0.04% for Georgia vs 1.72% for Russia.
- For the last 10 years, Georgia has had an average growth rate of -0.04% per year vs -0.02% in Russia.
- Since 2006, the population of Georgia has decreased from 3.88M people to 3.7M (4.73% decline), while Russia has declined from 143M to 142M (0.65% decline).
- Both countries are in a period of decline and in 50 years are projected to lose 12.7% of the population in Georgia and 10.5% in Russia.
Georgia vs Russia: live population counter
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| Current population |
3696618
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142120553
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| Population rank | 130/197 | 9/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.04% | 1.72% |
| One net population change |
33 minutes
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1.8 minutes
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| One birth every |
12.3 minutes
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25.5 seconds
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| One death every |
11.9 minutes
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18.1 seconds
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| One migration net change every |
5.02 hours
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2.95 minutes
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| Annual migration change | +1,745 | -178,042 |
| Daily growth/decline | -44 | -801 |
| Annual growth/decline | -15,926 | -292,279 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | -0.43% | -0.2% |
| Population growth rate rank | 184/197 | 178/197 |
Georgia and Russia: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 3,645,600 | 119,897,000 | - | - |
| 1961 | 3,703,600 | 121,236,000 | 1.59% | 1.12% |
| 1962 | 3,760,300 | 122,591,000 | 1.53% | 1.12% |
| 1963 | 3,816,100 | 123,960,000 | 1.48% | 1.12% |
| 1964 | 3,870,300 | 125,345,000 | 1.42% | 1.12% |
| 1965 | 3,921,600 | 126,745,000 | 1.33% | 1.12% |
| 1966 | 3,966,700 | 127,468,000 | 1.15% | 0.57% |
| 1967 | 4,005,800 | 128,196,000 | 0.99% | 0.57% |
| 1968 | 4,042,300 | 128,928,000 | 0.91% | 0.57% |
| 1969 | 4,080,300 | 129,664,000 | 0.94% | 0.57% |
| 1970 | 4,119,900 | 130,404,000 | 0.97% | 0.57% |
| 1971 | 4,163,000 | 131,155,000 | 1.05% | 0.58% |
| 1972 | 4,205,300 | 131,909,000 | 1.02% | 0.57% |
| 1973 | 4,242,500 | 132,669,000 | 0.88% | 0.58% |
| 1974 | 4,279,500 | 133,432,000 | 0.87% | 0.58% |
| 1975 | 4,311,200 | 134,200,000 | 0.74% | 0.58% |
| 1976 | 4,342,400 | 135,147,000 | 0.72% | 0.71% |
| 1977 | 4,372,100 | 136,100,000 | 0.68% | 0.71% |
| 1978 | 4,397,700 | 137,060,000 | 0.59% | 0.71% |
| 1979 | 4,430,200 | 138,027,000 | 0.74% | 0.71% |
| 1980 | 4,467,700 | 139,010,000 | 0.85% | 0.71% |
| 1981 | 4,504,500 | 139,941,000 | 0.82% | 0.67% |
| 1982 | 4,542,800 | 140,823,000 | 0.85% | 0.63% |
| 1983 | 4,582,900 | 141,668,000 | 0.88% | 0.6% |
| 1984 | 4,622,200 | 142,745,000 | 0.86% | 0.76% |
| 1985 | 4,662,900 | 143,858,000 | 0.88% | 0.78% |
| 1986 | 4,704,500 | 144,894,000 | 0.89% | 0.72% |
| 1987 | 4,743,500 | 145,908,000 | 0.83% | 0.7% |
| 1988 | 4,790,700 | 146,857,000 | 1% | 0.65% |
| 1989 | 4,803,300 | 147,721,000 | 0.26% | 0.59% |
| 1990 | 4,802,000 | 147,969,406 | -0.03% | 0.17% |
| 1991 | 4,835,900 | 148,394,216 | 0.71% | 0.29% |
| 1992 | 4,873,500 | 148,538,197 | 0.78% | 0.1% |
| 1993 | 4,911,100 | 148,458,777 | 0.77% | -0.05% |
| 1994 | 4,836,076 | 148,407,912 | -1.53% | -0.03% |
| 1995 | 4,657,722 | 148,375,787 | -3.69% | -0.02% |
| 1996 | 4,491,699 | 148,160,129 | -3.56% | -0.15% |
| 1997 | 4,349,913 | 147,915,361 | -3.16% | -0.17% |
| 1998 | 4,243,607 | 147,670,784 | -2.44% | -0.17% |
| 1999 | 4,157,192 | 147,214,776 | -2.04% | -0.31% |
| 2000 | 4,077,131 | 146,596,869 | -1.93% | -0.42% |
| 2001 | 4,014,373 | 145,976,482 | -1.54% | -0.42% |
| 2002 | 3,978,515 | 145,306,497 | -0.89% | -0.46% |
| 2003 | 3,951,736 | 144,648,618 | -0.67% | -0.45% |
| 2004 | 3,927,340 | 144,067,316 | -0.62% | -0.4% |
| 2005 | 3,902,469 | 143,518,814 | -0.63% | -0.38% |
| 2006 | 3,880,347 | 143,049,637 | -0.57% | -0.33% |
| 2007 | 3,860,158 | 142,805,114 | -0.52% | -0.17% |
| 2008 | 3,848,449 | 142,742,366 | -0.3% | -0.04% |
| 2009 | 3,814,419 | 142,785,348 | -0.88% | 0.03% |
| 2010 | 3,786,695 | 142,849,468 | -0.73% | 0.04% |
| 2011 | 3,756,441 | 143,018,195 | -0.8% | 0.12% |
| 2012 | 3,728,874 | 143,378,447 | -0.73% | 0.25% |
| 2013 | 3,717,668 | 143,805,638 | -0.3% | 0.3% |
| 2014 | 3,719,414 | 144,237,223 | 0.05% | 0.3% |
| 2015 | 3,725,276 | 144,640,716 | 0.16% | 0.28% |
| 2016 | 3,727,505 | 145,015,460 | 0.06% | 0.26% |
| 2017 | 3,728,004 | 145,293,260 | 0.01% | 0.19% |
| 2018 | 3,726,549 | 145,398,106 | -0.04% | 0.07% |
| 2019 | 3,720,161 | 145,453,291 | -0.17% | 0.04% |
| 2020 | 3,722,716 | 145,245,148 | 0.07% | -0.14% |
| 2021 | 3,708,610 | 144,746,762 | -0.38% | -0.34% |
| 2022 | 3,712,502 | 144,236,933 | 0.1% | -0.35% |
| 2023 | 3,715,483 | 143,826,130 | 0.08% | -0.28% |
| 2024 | 3,699,557 | 143,533,851 | -0.43% | -0.2% |
| 2025 | 3,698,586 | 142,718,132 | -0.03% | -0.57% |
| 2026 | 3,696,618 | 142,120,553 | -0.05% | -0.42% |
| 2027 | 3,693,885 | 141,773,330 | -0.07% | -0.24% |
| 2028 | 3,690,857 | 141,402,326 | -0.08% | -0.26% |
| 2029 | 3,687,259 | 141,021,009 | -0.1% | -0.27% |
| 2030 | 3,682,920 | 140,628,883 | -0.12% | -0.28% |
| 2031 | 3,678,026 | 140,218,596 | -0.13% | -0.29% |
| 2032 | 3,673,036 | 139,807,207 | -0.14% | -0.29% |
| 2033 | 3,668,310 | 139,414,947 | -0.13% | -0.28% |
| 2034 | 3,663,031 | 139,034,543 | -0.14% | -0.27% |
| 2035 | 3,657,325 | 138,666,694 | -0.16% | -0.26% |
| 2036 | 3,651,079 | 138,311,757 | -0.17% | -0.26% |
| 2037 | 3,644,546 | 137,968,177 | -0.18% | -0.25% |
| 2038 | 3,638,348 | 137,643,032 | -0.17% | -0.24% |
| 2039 | 3,632,643 | 137,336,299 | -0.16% | -0.22% |
| 2040 | 3,626,873 | 137,053,347 | -0.16% | -0.21% |
| 2041 | 3,621,276 | 136,795,588 | -0.15% | -0.19% |
| 2042 | 3,616,274 | 136,558,692 | -0.14% | -0.17% |
| 2043 | 3,610,906 | 136,335,849 | -0.15% | -0.16% |
| 2044 | 3,605,178 | 136,124,845 | -0.16% | -0.15% |
| 2045 | 3,598,834 | 135,933,758 | -0.18% | -0.14% |
| 2046 | 3,591,534 | 135,756,848 | -0.2% | -0.13% |
| 2047 | 3,583,899 | 135,574,181 | -0.21% | -0.13% |
| 2048 | 3,576,091 | 135,372,557 | -0.22% | -0.15% |
| 2049 | 3,568,192 | 135,156,911 | -0.22% | -0.16% |
| 2050 | 3,559,980 | 134,923,391 | -0.23% | -0.17% |
From 2006 to 2016, the population of Georgia decreased by 152,842 people (a 3.94% decline), while Russia gained 1,965,823 people (a 1.37% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Georgia lost -30,887 (a 0.83% decline), while Russia's population decreased by -2,894,907 (a 2% decline).
Georgia was ranked 124th most populous country in 2006 and is 130th in 2026. Russia was ranked 9th in 2006 and still ranked 9th now.
The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) Georgia's population will shrink by 3.7% to 3,559,980 people with a rank change from 130th to 135th. The population of Russia will decrease by 5.06% to 134,923,391 people and rank change from 9th to 13th.
Biggest cities by population
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| City | Population |
| Tbilisi | 1.12M |
| Batumi | 169K |
| Kutaisi | 148K |
| Rustavi | 132K |
| Sukhumi | 64.4K |
| Gori | 44.5K |
| Marneuli | 24.9K |
| Khashuri | 24.6K |
| Senaki | 21.6K |
| Gardabani | 12K |
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| City | Population |
| Moscow | 13.3M |
| Saint Petersburg | 5.65M |
| Novosibirsk | 1.64M |
| Yekaterinburg | 1.47M |
| Kazan | 1.33M |
| Nizhny Novgorod | 1.2M |
| Chelyabinsk | 1.18M |
| Krasnodar | 1.15M |
| Samara | 1.15M |
| Ufa | 1.14M |
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Population differences between Georgia and Russia
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| Life expectancy | 75 years | 73.7 years |
| Average age | 38.6 years | 40.8 years |
| Median age | 38 years | 40.9 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 46.6:53.4 | 46.4:53.6 |
| Fertility rate | 1.81 births per woman | 1.41 births per woman |
| Population density | 137.9 ppl/mi² | 22.7 ppl/mi² |
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