The Georgian diaspora refers to both historical and present emigration from Georgia. The countries with the largest Georgian communities outside Georgia are Turkey and Russia. The Georgian diaspora, or the dispersion of Georgian people outside of Georgia, began to take shape during various historical periods. However, a significant wave of emigration occurred during the 19th and 20th centuries, particularly during times of political upheaval, such as the Russian Empire's expansion into the Caucasus region and the Soviet era.
Country/territory | Ethnic
Georgians |
Ethnic
Georgians |
Ethnic
Georgians |
People born
in Georgia |
Citizens
of Georgia |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Russia | 112,765 (2021 census)[2] | 600,000-800,000[3] 1,000,000[3] |
436,442 (2010)[4] | ||
Greece | 43,272 (2017)[5] | 13,334 (2017)[6] | |||
Ukraine | 34,200 (2001 census)[7] | 71,015 (2001)[8] | |||
Germany | 18,000 (2017)[5] | 24,055 (2017)[6] | |||
Turkey | 19,784 (2016)[6] | ||||
United States | 17,522 (2014)[5] | 9,767 (2017)[6] | |||
France | 16,700 (2019) [9] | ||||
Italy | 14,585 (2017)[5] | 18,272 (2020)[6] | |||
Spain | 10,612 (2017)[5] | 11,078 (2017)[6] | |||
Azerbaijan[a] | 9,900 (2009 census)[11] | ||||
Kazakhstan | 4,990 (2009 census)[12] | ||||
Canada | 4,775 (2016 census)[13] | 2,570 (2016)[14] | |||
Belarus | 2,400 (2009 census)[15] | ||||
Latvia | 1,129 (2011 census)[16] | 1,289 (2017)[5] | |||
Armenia | 617 (2011 census)[17] | 49,322 (2011)[18] | |||
Moldova | 501 (2004 census)[19] | ||||
Lithuania | 372 (2011 census)[20] | ||||
Austria | 3,635 (2017)[5] | 3,406 (2017)[6] | |||
Czech Republic | 1,340 (2012)[5] | ||||
United Kingdom | 2,187 (2013)[21] |
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Sweden | 1,437 (2017)[5] | ||||
Switzerland | 935 (2017)[5] | ||||
Estonia | 910 (2017)[5] | ||||
Ireland | 746 (2016)[5] | 429 (2016)[6] | |||
Australia | 670 (2017)[5] | ||||
Belgium | 530 (2017)[5] | 2,120 (2017)[6] | |||
Portugal | 447 (2020) | ||||
Norway | 325 (2017)[5] | ||||
Hungary | 302 (2017)[5] | ||||
Denmark | 229 (2017)[5] | ||||
Luxembourg | 98 (2017)[5] | ||||
Finland | 91 (2017)[5] | ||||
Slovakia | 85 (2017)[5] | ||||
Slovenia | 35 (2017)[5] | ||||
Iceland | 25 (2017)[5] | ||||
Poland | 10,000[22] | 436 (2003)[5] | 138 (2010)[6] | ||
New Zealand | 60 (2014)[5] | ||||
Mexico | 45 (2016)[5] | ||||
For instance, Badri Kutelia, a Georgian sociologist currently living Russia, wrote that: "The number of Georgians living in Russia is somewhere between 600 thousand and 800 thousand." Mikheil Khubutia, President of the Georgian Union in the Russian Federation, asserts that the official figures estimate the number of Georgians living in Russia atone million.
The membership of small ethnic minorities living in various places across thenational territory is as follows: • Georgians − 501