Rural population — all countries

Rural population — Georgia

Rural population in Georgia in 2025 — 1,527,938 people. Ranked 113 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 26.9%.

2025 1.53M people +2.97% vs 2024
World rank 113of 217
Period maximum 2.24M people1993
Period minimum 1.46M people2023

Trend over time

1960–2025 · people

Rural population — Georgia, 1960–20251.4M1.6M1.8M2M2.2M2.4M19601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 2,091,251 people1962: 2,090,974 people1964: 2,120,937 people1966: 2,129,739 people1968: 2,135,218 people1970: 2,144,237 people1972: 2,160,675 people1974: 2,163,360 people1976: 2,138,721 people1978: 2,132,610 people1980: 2,131,427 people1982: 2,135,455 people1984: 2,142,290 people1986: 2,145,242 people1988: 2,134,721 people1990: 2,154,312 people1992: 2,211,089 people1994: 2,223,737 people1996: 2,093,393 people1998: 2,000,669 people2000: 1,936,898 people2002: 1,893,265 people2004: 1,856,952 people2006: 1,809,817 people2008: 1,761,694 people2010: 1,696,555 people2012: 1,634,427 people2014: 1,598,464 people2016: 1,576,794 people2018: 1,553,829 people2020: 1,526,349 people2022: 1,484,624 people2024: 1,483,872 people2025: 1,527,938 people
Change over the period: −563,313 (−26.94%) Average annual rate: -0.48 %

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Georgia

Georgia 1.53M people
World 3.46B people
Europe & Central Asia 242M people
Western Asia computed 75.19M people
Upper-middle-income countries computed 815M people
Rural population — Georgia, by year Georgia All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2025 1.53M +44,066 +2.97%
2024 1.48M +25,631 +1.76%
2023 1.46M −26,383 −1.78%
2022 1.48M −19,983 −1.33%
2021 1.5M −21,742 −1.42%
2020 1.53M −12,666 −0.82%
2019 1.54M −14,814 −0.95%
2018 1.55M −11,945 −0.76%
2017 1.57M −11,020 −0.7%
2016 1.58M −10,904 −0.69%
2015 1.59M −10,766 −0.67%
2014 1.6M −14,327 −0.89%
2013 1.61M −21,636 −1.32%
2012 1.63M −30,055 −1.81%
2011 1.66M −32,073 −1.89%
2010 1.7M −31,248 −1.81%
2009 1.73M −33,891 −1.92%
2008 1.76M −22,834 −1.28%
2007 1.78M −25,289 −1.4%
2006 1.81M −24,202 −1.32%
2005 1.83M −22,933 −1.23%
2004 1.86M −19,551 −1.04%
2003 1.88M −16,762 −0.89%
2002 1.89M −17,182 −0.9%
2001 1.91M −26,451 −1.37%
2000 1.94M −31,708 −1.61%
1999 1.97M −32,063 −1.6%
1998 2M −39,095 −1.92%
1997 2.04M −53,629 −2.56%
1996 2.09M −63,067 −2.92%
1995 2.16M −67,277 −3.03%
1994 2.22M −19,096 −0.85%
1993 2.24M +31,744 +1.44%
1992 2.21M +30,240 +1.39%
1991 2.18M +26,537 +1.23%
1990 2.15M +8,236 +0.38%
1989 2.15M +11,355 +0.53%
1988 2.13M −5,814 −0.27%
1987 2.14M −4,707 −0.22%
1986 2.15M +590 +0.03%
1985 2.14M +2,362 +0.11%
1984 2.14M +2,875 +0.13%
1983 2.14M +3,960 +0.19%
1982 2.14M +1,745 +0.08%
1981 2.13M +2,283 +0.11%
1980 2.13M +4,618 +0.22%
1979 2.13M −5,801 −0.27%
1978 2.13M −8,777 −0.41%
1977 2.14M +2,666 +0.12%
1976 2.14M −9,280 −0.43%
1975 2.15M −15,359 −0.71%
1974 2.16M −1,788 −0.08%
1973 2.17M +4,473 +0.21%
1972 2.16M +8,625 +0.4%
1971 2.15M +7,813 +0.36%
1970 2.14M +6,591 +0.31%
1969 2.14M +2,428 +0.11%
1968 2.14M +1,965 +0.09%
1967 2.13M +3,514 +0.16%
1966 2.13M +3,536 +0.17%
1965 2.13M +5,266 +0.25%
1964 2.12M +10,827 +0.51%
1963 2.11M +19,136 +0.92%
1962 2.09M +3,353 +0.16%
1961 2.09M −3,630 −0.17%
1960 2.09M

About the indicator

The population living outside urban settlements. In the catalog this quantity was present only as a share, while the absolute number shows what the share does not: the world's rural population stopped growing only in the 2020s and still exceeds three billion people, even though the share has been falling for half a century. Each country defines a city itself, so cross-country comparisons of this series call for caution.

Important: It is computed as the difference between total and urban population, and the criterion for a city is national: in some places it is a settlement of two thousand residents, in others twenty thousand. Comparing the trend within a country is more reliable than comparing countries with each other.

Source: World Population Prospects (UN), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.