Georgia’s population stood at 3,929,581 people in the 2024 population census, the National Statistics Office (Geostat) said on Monday.
Geostat published updated census data showing that 3.4% of the total population, or 133,857 people, are foreign citizens permanently residing in Georgia. The citizenship of 0.5% of the population was not identified.
Based on the updated figures, the number of Georgian citizens is 3,795,724.
The latest data revises earlier preliminary results released in August 2025, which had estimated the total population at 3,914,000 and the share of foreign citizens at 6.6%, or around 257,000 people.
Geostat said the revision is linked to updated methodological requirements, under which only foreign citizens residing in the country for more than 12 months are included in the permanent population count.
The largest groups of foreign citizens in Georgia are Russian citizens at 37,715, Indian citizens at 23,925, and Ukrainian citizens at 11,542. They are followed by citizens of Azerbaijan, Armenia, Türkiye, Belarus, Iran, Israel, and Jordan.
The agency said the purpose of the census is to determine the number of people living permanently in the country, including both Georgian citizens and foreign nationals.
“The moment of population calculation was set at midnight on November 13–14, and data was collected electronically using modern technologies,” Geostat said, adding that the agricultural census was also conducted between November and December 2024 using a Computer Assisted Personal Interview method.
The 2014 census put Georgia’s population at 3,713,000.
