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Demography of FSU Country Study: Georgia

Demography of FSU Country Study: Georgia. Erin Pappas 3 March 2010. Historical Background. Ancient kingdoms of Colchis and Kartli-Iberia. Roman influence in the first centuries A.D. Domination by Persians, Arabs, and Turks

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Demography of FSU Country Study: Georgia

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  1. Demography of FSUCountry Study: Georgia Erin Pappas 3 March 2010

  2. Historical Background • Ancient kingdoms of Colchis and Kartli-Iberia. • Roman influence in the first centuries A.D. • Domination by Persians, Arabs, and Turks • Ottoman and Persian empires competed for influence in the region. • Georgian kingdom reached its height between the 10th and 13th centuries • Absorbed into the Russian Empire in the 19th century. Independent for three years (1918-1921) following the Russian revolution, • In 1936 Georgia became a constituent (union) republic incorporated into the USSR until the Soviet Union dissolved in 1991. • Georgia declared sovereignty on Nov. 19, 1989, and independence on April 9, 1991. • Coup d’etat and resulting civil war (1991-1995) • Rose Revolution (2003) • New elections in early 2004 swept Mikhail Saakashvili into power along with his National Movement party. Progress has been complicated by Russian assistance and support to the breakaway regions of Abkhazia and South Ossetia. • Military action in South Ossetia led to a Russian military response that not only occupied the breakaway areas, but large portions of Georgia proper as well. Russian troops pulled back from most occupied Georgian territory, but in late August 2008 Russia unilaterally recognized the independence of Abkhazia and South Ossetia. CIA World FactBook, NationMaster.com

  3. Geographic Position • Middle East/ Southwestern Asia, bordering the Black Sea, between Turkey and Russia • Shared borders with Armenia, Azerbaijan, Russia, Turkey • Size 69,700 sq km (120th in the world), slightly smaller than South Carolina • 310 km of coastline • Mediterranean-like climate on Black Sea coast, mostly mountainous terrain. • Resources include: forests, hydropower, manganese deposits, iron ore, copper, minor coal and oil deposits • Strategically located east of the Black Sea; Georgia controls much of the Caucasus Mountains and the routes through them • Oil and gas pipelines planned CIA World FactBook

  4. Contested Regions < 300,000 total population in Abkhasia and S. Ossetia Statistical Yearbook of Georgia

  5. Ethnic Composition CIA World FactBook

  6. Population Structure Population 4,615,807 (July 2009 est.) Age Structure 0-14 years: 16.1% (male 395,929/female 345,071) 15-64 years: 67.6% (male 1,503,360/female 1,616,234) 65 +: 16.4% (male 302,103/female 453,110) (2009 est.) Median Age 38.6 (total) 36.1 (male) 41 (female) CIA World FactBook

  7. Total Population, 1991-2010 US Census Bureau, International Database

  8. Georgian Department of Statistics

  9. Georgian Department of Statistics

  10. Georgian Department of Statistics

  11. Births per Woman US Census Bureau, International Database

  12. Contraception and Abortion Demography of Russia and the Former Soviet Union, Lecture 5.

  13. Reproductive health indicators in 1996-2001, FSU Demography of Russia and the Former Soviet Union, Lecture 5.

  14. Crude Birth and Death Rates US Census Bureau, International Database

  15. Georgian Department of Statistics

  16. Population Pyramid, 1991 US Census Bureau, International Database

  17. Population Pyramid, 1995

  18. Population Pyramid, 2000 US Census Bureau, International Database

  19. Population Pyramid, 2005 US Census Bureau, International Database

  20. Population Pyramid, 2010 US Census Bureau, International Database

  21. Population Decreases Between 2000 and 2025

  22. Proportion of Population Aged 65+

  23. Statistical Yearbook of Georgia

  24. Statistical Yearbook of Georgia

  25. Centenarians in the Caucasus? Garson. (1991). The Centenarian Question

  26. Net Migration Rate (per 1,000) US Census Bureau, International Database

  27. Sources Georgia. (2010). Encyclopædia Britannica Online: http://search.eb.com/eb/article-44307 Leonid Gavrilov, Natalia Gavrilova. (2010) Demography of Russia and the Former Soviet Union, Lecture 5. National Statistics Office of Georgia . (2010) http://www.geostat.ge/index.php?lang=eng US Census Bureau, International Data Base (IDB) http://www.census.gov/ipc/www/idb/ NationMaster.com http://www.nationmaster.com/country/gg-georgia Statistical Yearbook of Georgia (2009). Ministry of Economic Development of Georgia, Department of Statistics World Bank. (2007). “From Red to Grey: The ‘Third Transition of Aging Populations in Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union.” Mukesh Chawla, Gordon Betcherman, Arup Banerji, authors. Lea Keil Garson. (1991). The Centenarian Question: Old-Age Mortality in the Soviet Union, 1897 to 1970. Population Studies, Vol. 45 (2): 265-278

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