The Georgian diaspora refers to both historical and present emigration from Georgia. The countries with the largest Georgian communities outside Georgia are Turkey and Russia. The Georgian diaspora, or the dispersion of Georgian people outside of Georgia, began to take shape during various historical periods. However, a significant wave of emigration occurred during the 19th and 20th centuries, particularly during times of political upheaval, such as the Russian Empire's expansion into the Caucasus region and the Soviet era.
Country/territory | Ethnic Georgians | Ethnic Georgians | Ethnic Georgians | People born in Georgia | Citizens of Georgia |
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Russia | 112,765(2021 census) [2] | 600,000-800,000 [3] 1,000,000 [3] | 436,442(2010) [4] | ||
Greece | 43,272(2017) [5] | 13,334(2017) [6] | |||
Ukraine | 34,200(2001 census) [7] | 71,015(2001) [8] | |||
Germany | 18,000(2017) [5] | 46,500(2023) [9] | |||
Turkey | 19,784(2016) [6] | ||||
United States | 17,522(2014) [5] | 9,767(2017) [6] | |||
France | 16,700(2019) [10] | ||||
Italy | 14,585(2017) [5] | 18,272 (2020) [6] | |||
Spain | 10,612(2017) [5] | 11,078(2017) [6] | |||
Azerbaijan [lower-alpha 1] | 9,900(2009 census) [12] | ||||
Kazakhstan | 4,990(2009 census) [13] | ||||
Canada | 4,775(2016 census) [14] | 2,570(2016) [15] | |||
Belarus | 2,400(2009 census) [16] | ||||
Latvia | 1,129(2011 census) [17] | 1,289(2017) [5] | |||
Armenia | 617(2011 census) [18] | 49,322(2011) [19] | |||
Moldova | 501(2004 census) [20] | ||||
Lithuania | 372(2011 census) [21] | ||||
Austria | 3,635(2017) [5] | 3,406(2017) [6] | |||
Czech Republic | 1,765(2022) [5] | ||||
United Kingdom | 2,187(2013) [22] | ||||
Sweden | 1,437(2017) [5] | ||||
Switzerland | 935(2017) [5] | ||||
Estonia | 910(2017) [5] | ||||
Ireland | 1,180(2022) [23] | 3,782 [23] | |||
Australia | 670(2017) [5] | ||||
Belgium | 530(2017) [5] | 2,120(2017) [6] | |||
Portugal | 490 (2022) [24] | ||||
Norway | 325(2017) [5] | ||||
Hungary | 302(2017) [5] | ||||
Denmark | 229(2017) [5] | ||||
Luxembourg | 98(2017) [5] | ||||
Finland | 91(2017) [5] | ||||
Slovakia | 85(2017) [5] | ||||
Slovenia | 35(2017) [5] | ||||
Iceland | 25(2017) [5] | ||||
Poland | 10,000 [25] | 436(2003) [5] | 138(2010) [6] | ||
New Zealand | 60(2014) [5] | ||||
Mexico | 45(2016) [5] | ||||
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The demographic features of the population of Georgia include population growth, population density, ethnicity, education level, health, economic status, religious affiliations, and other aspects of the population.
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Armenians are an ethnic group and nation native to the Armenian highlands of West Asia. Armenians constitute the main population of Armenia and constituted the main population of the breakaway Republic of Artsakh until the 2023 Azerbaijani offensive in Nagorno-Karabakh and the subsequent flight of Nagorno-Karabakh Armenians. There is a wide-ranging diaspora of around five million people of full or partial Armenian ancestry living outside modern Armenia. The largest Armenian populations today exist in Russia, the United States, France, Georgia, Iran, Germany, Ukraine, Lebanon, Brazil, Argentina, Syria, and Turkey. The present-day Armenian diaspora was formed mainly as a result of the Armenian genocide with the exceptions of Iran, former Soviet states, and parts of the Levant.
Artsakh, officially the Republic of Artsakh or the Republic of Nagorno-Karabakh, was a breakaway state in the South Caucasus whose territory was internationally recognised as part of Azerbaijan. Between 1991 and 2023, Artsakh controlled parts of the former Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast of the Azerbaijani Soviet Socialist Republic, including its capital Stepanakert. It had been an enclave within Azerbaijan from the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war until the 2023 Azerbaijani offensive, when the Azerbaijani military took control over the remaining territory controlled by Artsakh. Its only overland access route to Armenia after the 2020 war was via the five kilometres (3.1 mi)–wide Lachin corridor, which was placed under the supervision of Russian peacekeeping forces.
The Abkhazians or Abkhazes are a Northwest Caucasian ethnic group, mainly living in Abkhazia, a disputed region on the northeastern coast of the Black Sea. A large Abkhaz diaspora population resides in Turkey, the origins of which lie in the Caucasian War in the late 19th century. Many Abkhaz also live in other parts of the former Soviet Union, particularly in Russia and Ukraine.
The Ukrainian diaspora comprises Ukrainians and their descendants who live outside Ukraine around the world, especially those who maintain some kind of connection to the land of their ancestors and maintain their feeling of Ukrainian national identity within their own local community. The Ukrainian diaspora is found throughout numerous regions worldwide including other post-Soviet states as well as in Canada and other countries such as Poland, the United States, the UK and Brazil.
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The population of Armenia includes various significant minority ethnic groups.
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Demographic features of the population of Artsakh include population density, ethnicity, education level, health of the populace, economic status, religious affiliations, and other aspects.
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For instance, Badri Kutelia, a Georgian sociologist currently living Russia, wrote that: "The number of Georgians living in Russia is somewhere between 600 thousand and 800 thousand." Mikheil Khubutia, President of the Georgian Union in the Russian Federation, asserts that the official figures estimate the number of Georgians living in Russia atone million.
The membership of small ethnic minorities living in various places across thenational territory is as follows: • Georgians − 501