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Georgia

42.0N 43.5E · 21 EVENTS · 9 DOMAINS
RESTORATION OF INDEPENDENCE FROM THE SOVIET UNION · 9 APRIL 1991
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1991 – present · Independent Georgia: Conflicts, the Rose Revolution and the Western Turn
4 EVENTS
1992–93 · War in Abkhazia 2 REFS
Aug 2008 · Russia–Georgia war over South Ossetia 2 REFS
1878 – 1991 · Republic, Soviet Conquest and the Georgian SSR
4 EVENTS
26 May 1918 · Democratic Republic of Georgia proclaimed 2 REFS
Feb–Mar 1921 · Red Army conquest 2 REFS
1230 – 1878 · Fragmentation, Foreign Pressure and Russian Annexation
3 EVENTS
1386–1403 · Invasions of Timur 2 REFS
24 July 1783 · Treaty of Georgievsk 2 REFS
1008 – 1230 · The Golden Age of David the Builder and Queen Tamar
4 EVENTS
1121 · Battle of Didgori 2 REFS
1122 · Tbilisi recovered and made capital 2 REFS
337 – 1008 · The Conversion of Iberia and an Early Christian State
3 EVENTS
c. 337 · Iberia adopts Christianity 3 REFS
1008 · Bagrat III unites Georgia 2 REFS
c. 600 BCE – 330 CE · Colchis, Iberia and the Land of the Golden Fleece
3 EVENTS
c. 6th century BCE · Kingdom of Colchis flourishes 2 REFS
c. late 4th century BCE · Kingdom of Iberia founded 2 REFS
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Quick facts · atlas reference
Capital
Tbilisi
Population
4.9 m
Area
69,700 km²
Region
Western Asia
Languages
Georgian
Currency
lari (₾)
Demonym
Georgian
UN member
Yes
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Economy

GDP
$38 B’25 WB-WDI
GDP per capita
$9,692’25 WB-WDI
GDP growth
7.5%’25 WB-WDI
Inflation
3.9%’25 WB-WDI
Trade openness
100.6%’25 WB-WDI

Society

Population
3.9 m’25 WB-WDI
Life expectancy
74.7 yrs’24 WB-WDI
Urban population
61.2%’25 WB-WDI
Fertility rate
1.8’24 WB-WDI
Literacy rate
99.7%’24 WB-WDI

Governance

Voice & accountability
52.4’24 WB-WGI
Political stability
55.4’24 WB-WGI
Government effectiveness
60.2’24 WB-WGI
Regulatory quality
65.1’24 WB-WGI
Rule of law
59.5’24 WB-WGI
Control of corruption
55.6’24 WB-WGI

Health

Health spending
6.9%’23 WB-WHO
Physicians
5.64’23 WB-WHO
Under-5 mortality
8.6’24 WB-UNICEF-WHO
Measles immunisation
90.0%’24 WB-UNICEF-WHO
Safe drinking water
70.5%’24 WB-WHO

Education

Adult literacy
99.7%’24 WB-UNESCO
Education spending
4.0%’24 WB-UNESCO
Primary enrolment
99.4%’24 WB-UNESCO
Secondary enrolment
101.0%’24 WB-UNESCO
Tertiary enrolment
89.5%’25 WB-UNESCO

Technology

R&D spending
0.3%’24 WB-UNESCO
Researchers (per million)
1,896’24 WB-UNESCO
Internet users
83.8%’24 WB-ITU
Mobile subscriptions
161’24 WB-ITU
High-tech exports
3.8%’24 WB-WDI

Geography

Land area
69,490 km²’23 WB-WDI
Forest area
40.6%’23 WB-WDI
Agricultural land
34.1%’23 WB-WDI
CO₂ per capita (t)
3.5’24 WB-WDI
Renewable energy
25.2%’21 WB-WDI

Resources

Resource rents
1.4%’21 WB-WDI
Oil rents
0.0%’21 WB-WDI
Mineral rents
1.3%’21 WB-WDI
Forest rents
0.1%’21 WB-WDI
Electricity access
100.0%’24 WB-WDI

Military

Military burden
1.9%’24 WB-SIPRI
Defense spending
$616 M’24 WB-SIPRI
Armed forces
26,000’20 WB-SIPRI

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