data on the population in South Ossetia

South Ossetia hit by population crisis as birth rate drops 20% in five years

By | February 22nd, 2018|Categories: News|Tags: |

TBILISI, DFWatch–South Ossetia’s population is dwindling, and the de facto authorities will have to do something to address the problem, local media report. In 2017, there were born 513 babies in the breakaway region, which has experienced a 20% drop in its birth rate […]

Census shows only 7% Georgians living in South Ossetia

By | August 13th, 2016|Categories: News|Tags: |

TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia’s breakaway region South Ossetia has published results of a census showing that only 7 percent of the population there are ethnic Georgians. The region from which tens of thousands fled in the 2008 war today has only 3,966 Georgian residents […]