Which peoples live in Georgia, and how many Russians are there?
Ethnic composition according to the 2024 census.
Short answer
According to the 2024 census, Georgians make up just over 84 percent of the population, and the largest minorities are Azerbaijanis, about 7 percent, and Armenians, about 4 percent. Russians account for about 1 percent of the population, and some 37,700 Russian citizens live in the country as permanent foreign residents. The census counted 3.93 million people in Georgia in total.
Why
- Azerbaijanis live mainly in Kvemo Kartli, and Armenians in Samtskhe-Javakheti and Tbilisi.
- Ossetians, Yazidis, Ukrainians, Greeks, Kists and others also live in Georgia.
- Georgians themselves include ethnographic groups such as Kakhetians, Imeretians, Megrelians, Svans and Adjarians.
Details
Dato, a name people often ask about, is the Georgian diminutive of David. Georgians belong to the Kartvelian peoples, and their language is related to neither Slavic nor Turkic languages.
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Sources
Information checked on October 3, 2026.
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