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The number of Armenians living in Georgia has reduced by close to 81 thousand, or 32 percent, from 2002 to 2014, and it dropped by more than 60 percent, as compared to 1989.

The recently publicized statistics on the 2014 population census in the country attest to this, informed the Armenian Community of Georgia.

To compare, the number of Azerbaijanis in Georgia has decreased by 18 percent, from 2002 to 2014, and by 24 percent, as compared to 1989.

Accordingly, outflow from Georgia did not stop ever since the country’s independence in 1991.

According to official data, a total of 248,929 Armenians were living in Georgia in 2002; that is to say, the number of Armenians living in Georgia has reduced by 80,829 in twelve years. 

Also, in 2002, a total of 235,531 residents of Georgia had considered Armenian as their mother tongue, whereas in 2014, Armenian was the mother tongue for 144,812 inhabitants of Georgia.

Separately, in 2002, a total of 171,139 people lived in Georgia who considered themselves a part of the Armenian Apostolic Church. In 2014, however, the parishioners of the Georgian Diocese of the Armenian Apostolic Church have reduced by 62,098, or virtually 34 percent.

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