Geostat: Number of Emigrants from Georgia Down
By Tea Mariamidze
Wednesday, October 17
Georgia’s National Statistics Office (Geostat) reports that the number of Georgians, emigrating abroad has reduced.
In the recent report on the demographic situation in the country, the provided statistics reflect the data of 2017 and compares it to the 2016 year.
According to the agency, in 2016 98.288 people emigrated from the country. Out of them, 55.255 were male and 43.033 were women.
As for 2017, 85.451 people left Georgia out of them 47.770 were male and 37.681 – female.
Geostat says that the majority of emigrants last year were aged 25-29.
As for the number of immigrants, it has also reduced.
In 2016, their number of immigrants was 90.228 and according to the renewed data of 2017, 83.239 immigrants live in Georgia.
According to all statistical data, the largest number of emigrants from Georgia reside in Russia. The Federal Migration Service of Russia stated in 2016 there were 49,983 registered Georgian citizens in Russia, an increase on the 2015 figure (43,762).
Geostat explains that emigrant is a resident of the country (who had spent at least a cumulate duration of 183 days of residence inside the country during the twelve months before leaving the country) who left the country and has accumulated a minimum of 183 days of residence outside the country during the following twelve months.
As for immigrant, it is a person, not usual resident of the country (who had spent at least a cumulate duration of 183 days of residence outside the country during the twelve months before entering the country), who entered the country and has accumulated a minimum of 183 days of residence in the country during the following twelve months.
