Department for Statistics (Georgia)
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The Department of Statistics for Georgia is a governmental body in charge of national statistics and responsible for carrying out a census
Census
A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population. It is a regularly occurring and official count of a particular population. The term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common...

 once in every four years in Georgia (country)
Georgia (country)
Georgia is a sovereign state in the Caucasus region of Eurasia. Located at the crossroads of Western Asia and Eastern Europe, it is bounded to the west by the Black Sea, to the north by Russia, to the southwest by Turkey, to the south by Armenia, and to the southeast by Azerbaijan. The capital of...

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History

The earliest references to the collection of statistics
Statistics
Statistics is the study of the collection, organization, analysis, and interpretation of data. It deals with all aspects of this, including the planning of data collection in terms of the design of surveys and experiments....

 in Georgia date from the thirteenth century. Materials from population censuses made in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries in various regions of the country have survived to the present day.

On November 15, 1918 a temporary Statistical Bureau was formed within the Ministry of Agriculture. The bureau’s functions included development of materials for agricultural census, accounting of the available land and determining of norms for its distribution. On the basis of law enacted by the Constitution Assembly on July 25, 1919, a Republican Statistical Committee was formed within the same ministry. The committee was assigned to manage all types of statistical works of national importance.

Head of Department

The Department is managed by the Chairman Grigol Pantsulaia and by two Secretaries of the Head of Department.

The work and publications

The Department is responsible for carrying out the National General Census once in every four years. The latest NGC dates back to 2002 and the next one is to be carried out in 2010. It is not known why there was no Census in 2006. The principal objectives of 2002 National General Cesus were:






  • Population by Religious Beliefs

http://statistics.ge/_files/english/census/2002/Religious%20beliefs.pdf

  • Population by Sex and Educational Level http://statistics.ge/_files/english/census/2002/Educational%20level.pdf

Office location

The Headoffice of the Department of Statistics is located in the Saburtalo District in Tbilisi
Tbilisi
Tbilisi is the capital and the largest city of Georgia, lying on the banks of the Mt'k'vari River. The name is derived from an early Georgian form T'pilisi and it was officially known as Tiflis until 1936...

, on Gamsakhurdia. The nearest tube station is Politek'nikuri.
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