Georgia
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Elders in numbers
- of people are 65 or older
- 16%
- people aged 65 or older
- 629.4K
- will be 65 or older in 2050
- 20.8%
- is how long people live after 60, on average
- 20.2 years
- of people 65+ live alone
- 14.3%
- women 17.3%, men 9.5%
Sources: World Bank, 2025; World Bank projection for 2050; WHO, 2023; UN, 2018
Languages
26 languages, 18 of them endangered
- KrymchakCritically endangered
- BatsSeverely endangered
- Bohtan Neo-AramaicSeverely endangered
- BezhtaDefinitely endangered
- HunzibDefinitely endangered
- Lishán DidánDefinitely endangered
- TsezDefinitely endangered
- UdiDefinitely endangered
- UrumDefinitely endangered
- AbkhazVulnerable
- AvarVulnerable
- ChechenVulnerable
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- IngushVulnerable
- Karachay-BalkarVulnerable
- LakVulnerable
- LazVulnerable
- LezgianVulnerable
- SvanVulnerable
- Eastern Armenian
- Georgian
- Mingrelian
- North Azerbaijani
- Russian
- Tatar
- Turkish
- Georgian Sign Language
Languages and their status: Glottolog v5.3, CC BY 4.0. Names: Wikidata.
UNESCO intangible heritage
- Georgian wheat culture: traditions and rituals2025
- Chidaoba, wrestling in Georgia2018
- Living culture of three writing systems of the Georgian alphabet2016
- Ancient Georgian traditional Qvevri wine-making method2013
- Georgian polyphonic singing2008
List and years: ich.unesco.org
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