Table 1: Ethnic Composition of Georgia and Autonomous Regions
in 1989
|
Georgia SSR |
Abkhazia ASSR |
Adzharia ASSR |
South Ossetia AO |
|
Population |
% of Total |
Population |
% of Total |
Population |
% of Total |
Population |
% of Total |
| Georgians |
3,787,000 |
70.1 |
242,304 |
46.2 |
324,806 |
82.8 |
28,544 |
29.0 |
| Armenians |
437,000 |
8.1 |
76,524 |
14.6 |
15,849 |
4.0 |
|
|
| Russians |
341,000 |
6.3 |
74,416 |
14.2 |
30,042 |
7.7 |
2,128 |
2.2 |
| Azeris |
307,000 |
5.7 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Ossetians |
164,000 |
3.0 |
|
|
|
|
65,195 |
66.2 |
| Abkhazians |
95,000 |
1.8 |
90,713 |
17.3 |
|
|
|
|
| Greeks |
100,000 |
1.9 |
|
|
7,379 |
1.9 |
|
|
| Others |
212,000 |
3.1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Total |
5,443,000 |
100.00 |
524,161 |
|
392,432 |
|
98,527 |
|
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