Georgia: Regions, Major Cities & Towns - Population Statistics in Maps and Charts

The areas of Abkhazia and South Ossetia declared themselves as independent states; they are not under control of the central government.

Regions

The population of the regions in Georgia according to census results.

Name	Abbr.	Status	Native	Capital	Area A (km²)	Population Census (C) 1989-01-12	Population Census (C) 2002-01-17	Population Census (C) 2014-11-05
Georgia	GEO	Rep	საქართველო	Tbilisi	69,700	5,400,841	4,658,000	4,010,000
Abkhazia	AB	ARep		Sukhumi	8,670	525,061	215,972	240,705	867000
Ajara [Adjara]	AJ	ARep	აჭარა	Batumi	2,900	392,432	376,016	333,953	290000
Guria	GU	Reg	გურია	Ozurgeti	2,040	158,053	143,357	113,350	204000
Imeriti	IM	Reg	იმერეთი	Kutaisi	6,380	766,892	699,666	533,906	638000
Jugo Osetija [South Ossetia]	JO	AArea		Tskhinvali	3,860	86,454	70,000	53,559	386000
Kakheti	KA	Reg	კახეთი	Telavi	11,350	441,045	407,182	318,583	1135000
Kvemo Kartli	KK	Reg	ქვემო ქართლი	Rustavi	6,280	608,491	497,530	423,986	628000
Mtskheta-Mtianeti	MM	Reg	მცხეთა-მთიანეთი	Mtskheta	5,700	133,864	125,443	94,573	570000
Racha-Lochkhumi & Kvemo Svaneti	RL	Reg	რაჭა-ლეჩხუმი და ქვემო სვანეთი	Ambrolauri	4,690	59,757	50,969	32,089	469000
Samegrelo-Zemo Svateni	SZ	Reg	სამეგრელო-ზემო სვანეთი	Zugdidi	7,520	424,746	466,100	330,761	752000
Samtskhe-Javakheti	SJ	Reg	სამცხე-ჯავახეთი	Akhaltsikhe	6,420	235,512	207,598	160,504	642000
Shida Kartli	SK	Reg	შიდა ქართლი	Gori	3,370	321,598	314,039	263,382	337000
Tbilisi	TB	Cap	თბილისი	Tbilisi	510	1,246,936	1,081,679	1,108,717	51000

State Department for Statistics of Georgia (web).
Area figures of regions are calculated by using OSM data.

The 2002 population of Abkhazia refers to the disputed Abkhazian census of 2003, which does not include 1,956 people living in Kodori Ravine (2002 census). The 2014 population figure refers the revised results of the 2011 census that took place from 21 to 28 February 2011. About 250,000 Georgians are migrated from Abkhazia into the remaining area of Georgia because of the civil war 1992/93.
The 2014 population of South Ossetia refers to the preliminary result of the 2015 census that began in October 2015. Because of the 2008 South Ossetia war about 15,000 Georgians fled to the mainland.
In 2008, the population of Tbilisi increased by 29,900 by including areas of Kvemo Kartli and Mtskheta-Mtianeti.

Major Cities

	Name	Adm.	Population Census (C) 2014-11-05
1	Tbilisi	TB	1,062,282
2	Batumi	AJ	152,839
3	Kutaisi	IM	147,635
4	Rustavi	KK	125,103
5	Sukhumi	AB	62,914
6	Gori	SK	48,143
7	Zugdidi	SZ	42,998
8	Poti	SZ	41,465
9	Tskhinvali	JO	30,456

Contents: Cities & Towns

The population of all Georgian cities and towns with more than 7,500 inhabitants according to census results.

Name	Native	Adm.	Population Census (C) 1979-01-17	Population Census (C) 1989-01-12	Population Census (C) 2002-01-17	Population Census (C) 2014-11-05	Area
Akhalkalaki	ახალქალაქი	SJ	13,405	15,192	9,802	8,295	0
Akhaltsikhe	ახალციხე	SJ	19,742	24,650	18,452	17,903	0
Akhmeta	ახმეტა	KA	9,018	8,850	8,571	7,105	0
Ambrolauri	ამბროლაური	RL	2,639	2,935	2,541	2,047	0
Batumi	ბათუმი	AJ	122,815	136,930	121,806	152,839	0
Bolnisi	ბოლნისი	KK	12,442	14,889	9,944	8,967	0
Borjomi	ბორჯომი	SJ	18,059	17,664	14,445	10,546	0
Chiatura	ჭიათურა	IM	26,715	28,920	13,835	12,803	0
Dedoplistskaro	დედოფლისწყარო	KA	9,460	10,110	7,724	5,940	0
Gagra		AB	24,409	24,061	...	12,364	0
Gali		AB	14,706	15,763	...	7,605	0
Gardabani	გარდაბანი	KK	13,661	17,035	11,858	10,753	0
Gori	გორი	SK	55,984	67,787	49,516	48,143	0
Gudauta		AB	14,164	14,864	...	8,514	0
Gulripshi		AB	9,487	10,697	...	3,910	0
Gurjaani	გურჯაანი	KA	10,954	12,594	10,029	8,024	0
Kaspi	კასპი	SK	13,824	17,138	15,233	13,423	0
Khashuri	ხაშური	SK	28,638	31,717	28,560	26,135	0
Khoni (Culukidze)	ხონი	IM	14,549	14,298	11,315	8,987	0
Kobuleti	ქობულეთი	AJ	18,283	20,637	18,556	16,546	0
Kutaisi	ქუთაისი	IM	194,297	232,510	185,965	147,635	6770
Kvaisa		JO	1,641	2,264	...	...	0
Kvareli	ყვარელი	KA	10,600	11,171	9,045	7,739	0
Marneuli	მარნეული	KK	19,568	27,065	20,065	20,211	0
Mtskheta	მცხეთა	MM	6,860	8,912	7,718	7,940	0
Ochamchire		AB	17,898	20,078	...	5,280	0
Ozurgeti (Macharadze)	ოზურგეთი	GU	22,393	23,279	18,705	14,785	0
Pitsunda		AB	10,339	10,146	...	4,198	0
Poti	ფოთი	SZ	48,508	50,569	47,149	41,465	6580
Rustavi	რუსთავი	KK	129,084	159,016	116,384	125,103	6060
Sagarejo	საგარეჯო	KA	11,661	14,439	12,566	10,871	0
Samtredia	სამტრედია	IM	33,999	34,255	29,761	25,318	0
Senaki	სენაკი	SZ	27,030	28,938	28,082	21,596	0
Sukhumi		AB	114,373	119,150	43,716	62,914	0
Surami	სურამი	SK	7,239	6,442	9,773	7,492	0
Tbilisi	თბილისი	TB	1,066,022	1,243,150	1,073,345	1,062,282	0
Telavi	თელავი	KA	25,272	27,848	21,805	19,629	0
Tkibuli	ტყიბული	IM	21,821	21,994	14,464	9,770	0
Tkvarcheli		AB	21,805	21,744	...	5,013	0
Tsalenjikha	წალენჯიხა	SZ	2,632	9,317	8,956	3,847	0
Tskaltubo	წყალტუბო	IM	17,658	17,393	16,841	11,281	0
Tskhinvali		JO	34,794	42,934	...	30,456	0
Zestaphoni	ზესტაფონი	IM	21,101	25,891	24,158	20,814	0
Zugdidi	ზუგდიდი	SZ	45,170	49,614	68,894	42,998	0

(1979) Institute of Geography, Moscow (web).
(1989) (2002) (2014) State Department for Statistics of Georgia (web).
(Abkhazia) pop-stat.mashke.org. The 2002 population of Sukhumi refers to the disputed Abkhazian census of 2003. The 2014 population refers to the revised results of the 2011 census.
(South Ossetia) south-ossetia.info. The 2014 figures refer to the preliminary results of the 2015 census.