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Georgians
ქართველები
Kartvelebi
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Total population
c. 4.3[1] — 5 million
Regions with significant populations
Image Georgia 3,956,000[2]
Image Russia198,944[3]
European Union European Union250,000 [source?]
Image United States200,000 [source?]
Image Israel72,000[4]
Image Turkey91,500[1]
Image Ukraine34,199[5]
Image Greece23,159[6]
Image Brazil20,750[source?]
Image Azerbaijan14,900[7]
Image Japan14,000
Image Italy12,670
Image Kazakhstan4,990[8]
Image Singapore3,500
Image France2,500
Image Canada2,500
Image Armenia1,105
Image Argentina1,050
Image Mexico1,000
Image United Kingdom3,500
Languages
Georgian, Mingrelian, Svan
Religion
Predominantly † Eastern Orthodox Christianity
(Georgian Orthodox Church) (83.9%)

also some Georgiano-Latin, Greek, and Armenian rites of the Roman Catholic Church (0.8%). Muslim minority (9.9%), chiefly Sunnis of the Hanafi school.[9] In diaspora (Chveneburis, Saingilo and Fereydanians) mainly Islam
Related ethnic groups
Laz

The Georgians are a Caucasian ethnic group that come from Georgia. Large Georgian communities are also present throughout Russia, European Union, United States, and South America.

The majority of Georgians are Eastern Orthodox Christian. They mostly go by the national autocephalous Georgian Orthodox Church, which started in the 4th century. There are also Georgian Catholic and Muslim communities in Tbilisi and Adjara. Located in Caucasus at the edge of Europe, the Georgian people have tried to keep their Christian identity. There is a lot of pressure from the neighboring Muslim empires.

The Georgian language is the official language of the country.

References

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  1. 1 2 Ethnologue: Georgian
  2. ↑ Central Intelligence Agency of United States (May 17, 2011). "CIA World Factbook:Georgia". The World Factbook (CIA). Archived from the original on October 16, 2015. Retrieved May 27, 2011.
  3. ↑ Russian Census 2002: Population by ethnicity(in Russian)
  4. ↑ Ethnic Groups of Israel
  5. ↑ Ukrainian Census 2001
  6. ↑ "2001 Greek census" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2012-05-08.
  7. ↑ "Azerbaijan Census 1999". Archived from the original on 2011-08-23. Retrieved 2012-05-08.
  8. ↑ "Kazakhstan Census 2009". Archived from the original on 2012-05-01. Retrieved 2012-05-08.
  9. ↑ "CIA — The World Factbook — Georgia — People — Religions — 2002 Census". Archived from the original on 2015-10-16. Retrieved 2012-05-08.


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