Migration trends in Georgia

Middle East

496.5K people from Georgia have built lives abroad. That's 13.4% of the country population, spread across 39 different countries

3.7M

Population

78.4K

Immigrants

496.5K

Emigrants

−418.1K

Outflow

Every 8th person born in Georgia now lives abroad

The #108 largest source of emigrants worldwide

Top corridors

The largest migration routes in Georgia

Where people move to

139.3K28.1%

90.4K18.2%

66.4K13.4%

Where people come from

38.3K48.9%

13.1K16.8%

12.5K16.0%

Key moments

How migration has changed since 1990

1990

289.2K immigrants · 1.1M emigrants

2000

Immigration contracted — the foreign-born population fell 51%

Today

Since 1990: 210.8K fewer foreign-born residents and 561.2K fewer citizens living abroad

Data source: International Migrant Stock 2024 (UN DESA, Population Division)

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