ACOG - Georgia  - IBM

Geography

Location: Southwestern Asia, bordering the Black Sea, between Turkey and Russia

Area:
total area: 69,700 sq km
land area: 69,700 sq km
comparative area: slightly larger than South Carolina

Land boundaries: total 1,461 km, Armenia 164 km, Azerbaijan 322 km, Russia 723 km, Turkey 252 km

Coastline: 310 km


People

Population: 5,725,972 (July 1995 est.)

Age structure:
0-14 years: 24% (female 674,331; male 707,355)
15-64 years: 64% (female 1,894,681; male 1,791,847)
65 years and over: 12% (female 410,703; male 247,055)

Population growth rate: 0.77% (1995 est.)

Birth rate: 15.77 births/1,000 population

Death rate: 8.73 deaths/1,000 population

Net migration rate: 0.66 migrant(s)/1,000 population

Infant mortality rate: 22.6 deaths/1,000 live births

Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 73.1 years
male: 69.43 years
female: 76.95 years

Total fertility rate: 2.16 children born/woman

Ethnic divisions: Georgian 70.1%, Armenian 8.1%, Russian 6.3%, Azeri 5.7%, Ossetian 3%, Abkhaz 1.8%, other 5%

Religions: Georgian Orthodox 65%, Russian Orthodox 10%, Muslim 11%, Armenian Orthodox 8%, unknown 6%

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

Literacy: age 15 and over can read and write (1989)
total population: 99%
male: 100%
female: 98%


Government

Names:
conventional long form: Republic of Georgia
conventional short form: Georgia

Type: republic

Capital: T'bilisi

Independence: 9 April 1991 (from Soviet Union)

Constitution: adopted 21 February 1921; currently amending constitution for Parliamentary and popular review by late 1995


Economy

National product: GDP - purchasing power parity - $6 billion

National product real growth rate: -30%

National product per capita: $1,060

Inflation rate (consumer prices): 40.5%

Unemployment rate:

Electricity:
capacity: 4,410,000 kW
production: 9.1 billion kWh
consumption per capita: 1,526 kWh



Olympic Factoid
The Mother Nature was kind to Olympic athletes and spectators. The average high temperature during the Games was 89 degrees with an average low of 72 degrees. Highest temperature registered (20 July) - 99 degrees. Lowest high temperature registered is 79 degrees (28 July).