Georgia is a country in Asia, with about 3.94 million people (2025) and an area of 69,700 square kilometres. Its capital is Tbilisi, and it shares land borders with 4 countries.
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The app teaches each country through short hand written lenses: PLACE for physical geography, STORY for history and identity, NOW for the news, and THREAD for the ties between countries. Here is one of Georgia's 6, in full.
PLACELens 1 of 6
The southern flank of a continental wall
The Greater Caucasus runs 1,200 kilometers between the Black and Caspian seas, and Georgia holds its southern flank. Shkhara reaches 5,193 meters on the Russian frontier, high enough that for most of history armies crossed only at a handful of passes. The range is conventionally read as the boundary between Europe and Asia. West of it Georgia drops to a humid Black Sea coast where tea and citrus grow at the same latitude as Chicago.
More on Shkhara
Shkhara stands at 5,193 meters on the Russian border in the Svaneti region, the highest point in Georgia. The valleys beneath it hold stone defensive towers built between the ninth and thirteenth centuries, some still standing in villages that snow cut off from the rest of the country for months at a time, which is why Svan speech and custom drifted so far from the lowlands.
5 more lenses on Georgia in the app
STORY Thirty-three letters that belong to nothing else
STORY Wine fermented underground for eight thousand years
NOW A fifth of the country under occupation
NOW A constitution pointing one way, a government another
THREAD The only way west that avoids Russia
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Common questions
What is the capital of Georgia?
The capital of Georgia is Tbilisi. Placed in Asia here, following the UN geoscheme (Western Asia). Georgia straddles the Caucasus and is often grouped with Europe. Tbilisi lies at about 41.7 degrees north and 44.8 degrees east. Georgia is in Asia.
What is the population of Georgia?
About 3.94 million people live in Georgia, according to the World Bank figures for 2025. That makes it the 128th most populous of the 195 countries. With an area of 69,700 square kilometres, that is about 56 people per square kilometre.
What countries border Georgia?
Georgia shares land borders with 4 countries: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Russia and Türkiye. The map on this page outlines each of them around Georgia. The count includes only borders on land, not neighbours across a sea or a lake. Borders here follow Natural Earth at the 1:50 million scale, with Crimea shown as part of Ukraine and Western Sahara as a separate territory.
How big is Georgia?
Georgia covers 69,700 square kilometres, or about 26,911 square miles. That makes it the 121st largest of the 195 countries. The figure is total surface area, which includes inland water such as lakes and rivers. Its population of about 3.94 million gives a density of 56 people per square kilometre.
Georgia is a country in Asia, with about 3.94 million people (2025) and an area of 69,700 square kilometres. Its capital is Tbilisi, and it shares land borders with 4 countries.
Capital
Tbilisi
Continent
Asia
Population
3,935,766 2025, World Bank. 128th of 195.
Area
69,700 km² (26,911 sq mi) World Bank, surface area. 121st largest of 195.
Population density
56 people per km²
Land neighbours
4: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Russia, Türkiye
UN status
Member state
PLACE · from the Geography app
The southern flank of a continental wall
The Greater Caucasus runs 1,200 kilometers between the Black and Caspian seas, and Georgia holds its southern flank. Shkhara reaches 5,193 meters on the Russian frontier, high enough that for most of history armies crossed only at a handful of passes. The range is conventionally read as the boundary between Europe and Asia. West of it Georgia drops to a humid Black Sea coast where tea and citrus grow at the same latitude as Chicago.
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