Countries
Key facts
- Capital
- Tbilisi
- Region
- Asia, Western Asia
- Population
- 3,935,766 (2025)
- Area
- 69,700 km²
- Currency
- lari (GEL)
- Languages
- Georgian, Russian, Armenian, Azerbaijani
- Calling code
- +995
- Internet domain
- .ge
- ISO codes
- GE, GEO, 268
- Time zone
- UTC+4:00
- United Nations
- Member state
- Postal code pattern
- #### (# = digit, @ = letter)
Land and position
Georgia covers about 69,700 square kilometres. By area it ranks 123rd among the 250 countries and territories on this site. It is a little smaller than Ireland and a little larger than Sri Lanka. It shares a land border with 4 neighbours: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Russia, Türkiye. Its centre lies at about 42° north, 44° east, in the northern hemisphere.
Neighbours
People
About 3.94 million people live in Georgia (World Bank, 2025). That makes it the 130th most populous of the 246 places on this site with a figure. On average there are 56 people to each square kilometre. About 61 percent of people live in towns and cities (World Bank, 2025). A baby born there can expect to live about 75 years (World Bank, 2024). Languages listed for it: Georgian, Russian, Armenian, Azerbaijani. A person from Georgia is called Georgian.
Money and economy
The currency is the lari (code GEL, symbol ₾). The World Bank puts the size of its economy (GDP) at about US$ 38.1 billion (2025), which is about US$ 9,692 for each person (2025).
Time
Georgia uses one time zone, UTC+4:00 (Asia/Tbilisi). Clocks stay the same all year: there is no daylight saving time.
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Offsets are for January 2026. See Time Zones for a converter.
Largest cities
| City | People |
|---|---|
| Tbilisi | 1,049,498 |
| Batumi | 186,949 |
| Kutaisi | 135,201 |
| Rustavi | 128,249 |
| Sokhumi | 65,439 |
| Gori | 41,933 |
City figures are from GeoNames and count the city itself, not the wider urban area. They can be some years old, so use them to see the order of size.
More in Western Asia
Bahrain, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Palestine. See the whole region.
Figures were collected on 11 November 2026 from the World Bank, GeoNames and the open countries data set. See About and data sources. Borders and names follow those sources and do not express any view on disputed territory.