Georgia had 37,867 live births in 2025, the lowest figure since 1994, the earliest year for which official data is publicly available.
According to figures published by the National Statistics Office of Georgia on March 27, the number of live births declined by 4.1% from 2024. A total of 19,856 boys and 18,011 girls were born. Deaths rose 0.8% to 44,319, leaving the country with 6,452 more deaths than births in 2025.
The population decline persisted across all regions except Tbilisi, Adjara, and Kvemo Kartli. The most births were recorded in Tbilisi (14,334), Adjara (4,551), and Guria (807). The fewest were in Racha-Lechkhumi and Kvemo Svaneti region (191).
Tbilisi also had the highest number of deaths (12,743), while Racha-Lechkhumi and Kvemo Svaneti had the fewest (585).
Geostat data shows a modest increase in first-order births, rising to 36.6% from 35.9% in 2024. Second children accounted for 32.9%, while third and subsequent births remained largely unchanged at 29.1%.
Births among women aged 25-39 increased to 70.4% from 69.5%, while births among women under 25 declined to 21.9% from 23.2%. Births among women aged 40 and older rose slightly to 7.7%. The mean age of mothers at first birth was 27.4 years.
Infant mortality stood at 7.6 per 1,000 live births, while the under-five mortality rate reached 9.1 per 1,000.
A total of 22,285 marriages were registered in 2025, up 2.9% from the previous year. The average age at first marriage was 30.1 for women and 32.4 for men. Divorces declined by 2.6% to 13,173.
Georgian Dream leaders have attributed the declining birth rate to what they call “ideological” factors. GD Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze, speaking during a February 18 interpellation session in the disputed parliament, described the current demographic trends as “one of the most painful and important topics” facing Georgia. He argued the decline stems from “grave ideological and worldview-related processes” rather than socio-economic reasons.
He said the country had “largely freed itself from these [processes] only last year,” despite what he described as “immense foreign pressure.” As an example, he cited the backlash that followed the adoption of the anti-LGBT legislation “On Protection of Family Values and Minors.”
He added that the government is ready to “engage in a more in-depth discussion on demographic issues” and on potential “incentive measures” to address the trends.
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Case of Georgia’s former defence minister
Georgia’s Prosecutor’s Office has charged former defence minister Bacho Akhalaia with calling for the violent overthrow of the government and undermining the country’s constitutional order.
According to prosecutors, the case relates to an open hearing at Tbilisi City Court on 16 February 2026, where Akhalaia publicly called for the overthrow of Georgia’s informal leader Bidzina Ivanishvili.
Prosecutors said the statement constitutes a criminal offence under Article 317 of Georgia’s criminal code, which carries a prison sentence of up to three years.
The charge centres on the phrase “Ivanishvili must be overthrown”, which Akhalaia voiced at Tbilisi City Court. The State Security Service launched an investigation the same day.
A video recording featuring the statement appeared on social media. It was published by the former minister’s wife, Ana Nadareishvili.
“I believe Ivanishvili must be overthrown by all possible means. If force is required, then he should be overthrown by force. Together with Ivanishvili, we will overthrow Russia’s tentacles in Georgia.
This is the only solution. This is the only way to end this hell in which Russia has kept us for more than 200 years. We will overthrow Ivanishvili. We will definitely overthrow him,” Akhalaia says in the recording.
Case of Georgia’s former defence minister