Birth, Death, Marriage & Divorce Stats for 2017

The data of the National Statistics Office of Georgia (Geostat) reads that the number of live births as well as deaths decreased in the country last year.

According to Geostat, the number of live births equaled 53,293 in 2017, a 5.8 % decrease compared to the previous year (56,569 births). The sex ratio at birth (male births per 100 female births) equaled 107.9 in 2017.

Of the total 53,293 births, 27.658 were males and 25,635 were female.

The highest rate of birth was registered in Tbilisi (14,906) followed by Imereti region (7,784), Kvemo Kartli (6,892) and Adjara (5,977) while the lowest rate was observed in the Racha-Lechkhumi and Kvemo Svaneti region (341 births).

Geostat says that compared to 2016, in 2017 the share of the first child in total births decreased from 40.6% to 38.9%. Consequently, the share of the third and next order child increased from 21.3% to 22.6%, while the share of the second child remained practically unchanged.

Moreover, compared to 2016, in 2017 the share of births for women aged under 25 declined from 35.6% to 32.7%, while increasing for women aged 25-39 (from 61.6% to 64.6%), and remaining unchanged for women aged 40 years and over.

As for the deaths, in 2017 the number of deaths decreased by 5.8 % compared to 2016 (50,771 deaths) and totaled 47,822 persons. The largest number of deaths was recorded in Tbilisi (11,976) while the lowest rate was recorded in Racha-Lechkhumi and Kvemo Svaneti Region (736).

The number of infant deaths equaled 512 in 2017. Accordingly, the infant mortality rate (per 1,000 live births) equaled 9.6, a 0.6% increase from the previous year. The under-5 mortality rate (per 1,000 live births) remained practically unchanged and totaled 11.1%.

As for marriages and divorces, last year a total of 23,684 marriages were registered throughout the country, posting a 5.6% decrease from the previous year.

The average age of first marriage was 27.4 years for females and 30.2 for males.

The number of divorces also decreased in 2017, with a total of 10,222 divorces, 7.2% fewer compared to the previous year.

Thea Morrison