Georgian people

Georgians
ქართველები
*Kartvelebi*
Total population
	c. 4.3 — 5 million
Regions with significant populations
	Georgia 3,956,000
Russia	198,944
European Union	250,000[source?]
United States	200,000[source?]
Israel	72,000
Turkey	91,500
Ukraine	34,199
Greece	23,159
Brazil	20,750[source?]
Azerbaijan	14,900
Japan	14,000
Italy	12,670
Kazakhstan	4,990
Singapore	3,500
France	2,500
Canada	2,500
Armenia	1,105
Argentina	1,050
Mexico	1,000
United Kingdom	3500
Languages
	Georgian (including Mingrelian and Svan), Russian (about 10% of the population)
Religion
	Predominantly † Eastern Orthodox Christianity; (Georgian Orthodox Church) (83.9%); ; also some Georgiano-Latin, Greek, and Armenian rites of the Roman Catholic Church (0.8%). Muslim minority (9.9%), chiefly Sunnis of the Hanafi school. In diaspora (Chveneburis, Saingilo and Fereydanians) mainly Islam
Related ethnic groups
	Laz

The Georgians are a Caucasian ethnic group that come from Georgia. Large Georgian communities are also present throughout Russia, European Union, United States, and South America.

The majority of Georgians are Eastern Orthodox Christian. They mostly go by the national autocephalous Georgian Orthodox Church, which started in the 4th century. There are also Georgian Catholic and Muslim communities in Tbilisi and Adjara. Located in Caucasus at the edge of Europe, the Georgian people have tried to keep their Christian identity. There is a lot of pressure from the neighboring Muslim empires.

Georgian People Media

Gelati fresco.
A Georgian, by Cesare Vecellio.
Georgians presenting gifts to the Byzantine emperor. The Skylitzes Chronicle.
Georgian language is written in its own unique alphabet since the early 5th century.
Jvari Monastery, one of the oldest churches in Georgia, located in country's ancient capital city of Mtskheta.
Georgian Tamada making a toast at Supra, by Niko Pirosmani.
Svan peasant in Mestia, c. 1888