Europe & Central Asia

A life that begins in Georgia

One in every 3,019 babies in the world is born here: about 44,431 a year, 0.084 a minute.

Population: 3,935,766
Births a year: 44,431
Life expectancy: 74.5
Children who die before 5 (per 1,000): 8.6

Health and survival

Life expectancy, women (years)
79.2
World: 75.9
Life expectancy, men (years)
69.8
World: 71
Babies who die before 1 (per 1,000)
7.5
World: 27.8
Children who die before 5 (per 1,000)
8.6
World: 37.6
Mothers who die in childbirth (per 100,000 births)
20
World: 189
Adults living with HIV (%)
0.4
World: 0.7
Adults who smoke (%)
33
World: 20
Alcohol per adult (litres a year)
14.4
World: 4.6
Road deaths (per 100,000)
12.4
World: 17
Homicides (per 100,000)
2
World: 4.7

Family and school

Children per woman
1.8
World: 2.85
Women married before 18 (%)
9
World: 18
Children in primary school (%)
96
World: 89
Secondary school enrolment (%)
100
World: 81
Higher education enrolment (%)
89
World: 48
Children aged 7–14 who work (%)
31.8
World: 11.9

Money and work

Income per person (PPP)
$25,136
World: $21,797
Income inequality (Gini, 0–100)
34
World: 34
Living on under $3 a day (%)
4.2
World: 9.9
Unemployment (%)
12.1
World: 5.1
Jobs in farming (%)
34
World: 27
Women in the workforce (%)
57
World: 48
Health costs paid out of pocket (%)
59
World: 37

Home and connection

Living in cities (%)
61
World: 58
Access to electricity (%)
100
World: 92
Safe drinking water (%)
97
World: 91
Internet users (%)
84
World: 72

Peace and wellbeing

Life satisfaction (0–10)
5.52
World: 5.4
Deaths in armed conflict (per 100,000 a year)
0.01
World: 2.43
Refugees abroad (% of population)
0.44
World: 0.34

From 1960 to 2050

How life here has changed, and where UN projections expect it to go. The dashed part is a projection.

Life expectancy

1960: 61.3 → 2026: 74.6 → 2050: 78.6

World

Children who die before 5 (per 1,000)

1960: 118 → 2026: 7 → 2050: 2

World

Children per woman

1960: 2.9 → 2026: 1.8 → 2050: 1.7

World

Living in cities (%)

1960: 43 → 2026: 61 → 2050: 62

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Nobody chooses where they are born

In the game, the country is drawn by the real share of births: Georgia comes up about once in every 3,019 lives.

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Sources: World Bank (WDI), UN World Population Prospects, Our World in Data, World Happiness Report, UCDP and PRIO. Updated 2026-10-18.