Georgia

Facts

Population:  4,989,285 (July 2001 est.)
Age structure:  0-14 years:  19.59% (male 498,575; female 478,663) 15-64 years:  67.91% (male 1,632,338; female 1,755,910) 65 years and over:  12.5% (male 241,824; female 381,975) (2001 est.)
Population growth rate:  -0.59% (2001 est.)
Birth rate:  11.18 births/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Death rate:  14.58 deaths/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Net migration rate:  -2.48 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Sex ratio:  at birth:  1.05 male(s)/female under 15 years:  1.04 male(s)/female 15-64 years:  0.93 male(s)/female 65 years and over:  0.63 male(s)/female total population:  0.91 male(s)/female (2001 est.)
Infant mortality rate:  52.37 deaths/1,000 live births (2001 est.)
Life expectancy at birth:  total population:  64.57 years male:  61.04 years female:  68.28 years (2001 est.)
Total fertility rate:  1.45 children born/woman (2001 est.)
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:  less than 0.01% (1999 est.)
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:  less than 500 (1999 est.)
HIV/AIDS - deaths:  less than 100 (1999 est.)
Nationality:  noun:  Georgian(s) adjective:  Georgian
Ethnic groups:  Georgian 70.1%, Armenian 8.1%, Russian 6.3%, Azeri 5.7%, Ossetian 3%, Abkhaz 1.8%, other 5%
Religions:  Georgian Orthodox 65%, Muslim 11%, Russian Orthodox 10%, Armenian Apostolic 8%, unknown 6%
Languages:  Georgian 71% (official), Russian 9%, Armenian 7%, Azeri 6%, other 7% note:  Abkhaz is the official language in Abkhazia
Literacy:  definition:  age 15 and over can read and write total population:  99% male:  100% female:  98% (1989 est.)
GDP:  purchasing power parity - $22.8 billion (2000 est.)
GDP - real growth rate:  1.9% (2000 est.)
GDP - per capita:  purchasing power parity - $4,600 (2000 est.)
GDP - composition by sector:  agriculture:  32% industry:  23% services:  45% (1999 est.)
Population below poverty line:  60% (1999 est.)
Household income or consumption by percentage share:  lowest 10%:  NA% highest 10%:  NA%
Inflation rate (consumer prices):  4.1% (2000 est.)
Labor force:  3.08 million (1997)
Labor force - by occupation:  industry 20%, agriculture 40%, services 40% (1999 est.)
Unemployment rate:  14.9% (1999 est.)
Budget:  revenues:  $437 million expenditures:  $626 million, including capital expenditures of $60 million (1999)
Industries:  steel, aircraft, machine tools, electric locomotives, trucks, tractors, textiles, shoes, chemicals, wood products, wine
Industrial production growth rate:  -0.3% (1998 est.)
Electricity - production:  7.975 billion kWh (1999)
Electricity - production by source:  fossil fuel:  20.38% hydro:  79.62% nuclear:  0% other:  0% (1999)
Electricity - consumption:  7.117 billion kWh (1999)
Electricity - exports:  850 million kWh (1999)
Electricity - imports:  550 million kWh (1999)
Agriculture - products:  citrus, grapes, tea, vegetables, potatoes; livestock
Exports:  $372 million (2000 est.)
Exports - commodities:  citrus fruits, tea, wine, other agricultural products; diverse types of machinery and metals; chemicals; fuel reexports; textiles
Exports - partners:  Russia 19%, Turkey 16%, Azerbaijan 8%, Armenia 6% (1999)
Imports:  $898 million (2000 est.)
Imports - commodities:  fuel, grain and other foods, machinery and parts, transport equipment
Imports - partners:  EU 22%, Russia 19%, Turkey 12%, US 12% (1999)
Debt - external:  $1.9 billion (2000)
Economic aid - recipient:  $212.7 million (1995)
Currency:  lari (GEL)
Currency code:  GEL
Exchange rates:  lari per US dollar - 1.9798 (December 2000), 1.9762 (2000), 2.0245 (1999), 1.3898 (1998), 1.2975 (1997), 1.2628 (1996)
Fiscal year:  calendar year

Statistics: CIA World Factbook.

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