The 2003 CIA World Factbook. United States. Central Intelligence Agency

crops: 4.09%

       other: 84.7% (1998 est.)

      Irrigated land:

       4,700 sq km (1998 est.)

      Natural hazards:

       earthquakes

      Environment - current issues:

       air pollution, particularly in Rust'avi; heavy pollution of Mtkvari

       River and the Black Sea; inadequate supplies of potable water; soil

       pollution from toxic chemicals

      Environment - international agreements:

       party to: Air Pollution, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate

       Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species,

       Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship

       Pollution, Wetlands

       signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements

      Geography - note:

       strategically located east of the Black Sea; Georgia controls much

       of the Caucasus Mountains and the routes through them

      People Georgia

      Population:

       4,934,413 (July 2003 est.)

      Age structure:

       0–14 years: 18.6% (male 466,743; female 449,440)

       15–64 years: 68.4% (male 1,628,757; female 1,744,922)

       65 years and over: 13% (male 252,031; female 392,520) (2003 est.)

      Median age:

       total: 34.8 years

       male: 32.6 years

       female: 37 years (2002)

      Population growth rate:

       −0.52% (2003 est.)

      Birth rate:

       11.79 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)

      Death rate:

       14.71 deaths/1,000 population (2003 est.)

      Net migration rate:

       −2.3 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2003 est.)

      Sex ratio:

       at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female

       under 15 years: 1.04 male(s)/female

       15–64 years: 0.93 male(s)/female

       65 years and over: 0.64 male(s)/female

       total population: 0.91 male(s)/female (2003 est.)

      Infant mortality rate:

       total: 51.24 deaths/1,000 live births

       female: 45.37 deaths/1,000 live births (2003 est.)

       male: 56.83 deaths/1,000 live births

      Life expectancy at birth:

       total population: 64.76 years

       male: 61.33 years

       female: 68.36 years (2003 est.)

      Total fertility rate:

       1.51 children born/woman (2003 est.)

      HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:

       less than 0.1% (2001 est.)

      HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:

       less than 900 (2001 est.)

      HIV/AIDS - deaths:

       less than 100 (2001 est.)

      Nationality:

       noun: Georgian(s)

       adjective: Georgian

      Ethnic groups:

       Georgian 70.1%, Armenian 8.1%, Russian 6.3%, Azeri 5.7%, Ossetian

       3%, Abkhaz 1.8%, other 5%

      Religions:

       Georgian Orthodox 65%, Muslim 11%, Russian Orthodox 10%, Armenian

       Apostolic 8%, unknown 6%

      Languages:

       Georgian 71% (official), Russian 9%, Armenian 7%, Azeri 6%, other 7%

       note: Abkhaz is the official language in Abkhazia

      Literacy:

       definition: age 15 and over can read and write

       total population: 99%

       male: 100%

       female: 98% (1999 est.)

      Government Georgia

      Country name:

       conventional long form: none

       conventional short form: Georgia

       local short form: Sak'art'velo

       former: Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic

       local long form: none

      Government type:

       republic

      Capital:

       T'bilisi

      Administrative divisions:

       9 regions, (mkharebi, singular - mkhare), 9 cities* (k'alak'ebi,

       singular - k'alak'i), and 2 autonomous republics** (avtomnoy

       respubliki, singular - avtom respublika); Abkhazia or Ap'khazet'is

       Avtonomiuri Respublika** (Sokhumi), Ajaria or Acharis Avtonomiuri

       Respublika** (Bat'umi), Chiat'ura*, Gori*, Guria, Imereti, Kakheti,

       K'ut'aisi*, Kvemo Kartli, Mtskheta-Mtianeti, P'ot'i*,

       Racha-Lechkhumi and Kvemo Svaneti, Rust'avi*, Samegrelo and Zemo

       Svaneti, Samtskhe-Javakheti, Shida Kartli, T'bilisi*, Tqibuli*,

       Tsqaltubo*, Zugdidi*

       note: the administrative centers of the 2 autonomous republics are

       shown in parentheses

      Independence:

       9 April 1991 (from Soviet Union)

      National holiday:

       Independence Day, 26 May (1918); note - 26 May 1918 is the date of

       independence from Soviet Russia, 9 April 1991 is the date of

       independence from the Soviet Union

      Constitution:

       adopted 17 October 1995

      Legal system:

       based on civil law system

      Suffrage:

       18 years of age; universal

      Executive branch:

       chief of state: President Nino BURJANADZE (acting president since

       23 November 2003; formerly parliamentary speaker, she assumed the

       presidency upon the resignation of Eduard SHEVARDNADZE); note - the

       president is both the chief of state and head of government

       head of government: President Nino BURJANADZE (acting president

       since 23 November 2003; formerly parliamentary speaker, she assumed

       the presidency upon the resignation of Eduard SHEVARDNADZE); note -

       the president is both the chief of state and head of government

       cabinet: Cabinet of Ministers

       election results: Eduard SHEVARDNADZE reelected president; percent

       of vote - Eduard SHEVARDNADZE 80%; note - following the resignation

       of Eduard SHEVARDNADZE, Nino BURJANADZE became acting president