Rustavi: population and official figures
In depth
- Economy, jobs and prices in Rustavi: Businesses in Rustavi had a combined turnover of 3.5 billion lari in 2024, 39% of the total for Kvemo Kartli; that is about 26,977 lari per resident.
- Education in Rustavi: Rustavi had 33 general education schools with 24,244 pupils at the start of the 2025/26 school year.
- Government budget and revenue in Rustavi: The municipal budget of Rustavi spent 172.75 million lari in 2025, about 1,348 lari per resident, the third highest among the four largest cities.
What is the population of Rustavi?
Rustavi had 128,200 residents at the beginning of 2025, according to the Statistical Yearbook of Georgia, compared with 125,100 in 2014 and 116,400 at the 2002 census.
Source: National Statistics Office of Georgia (Geostat) · saved copyMore figures
- The yearbook figure for Rustavi was published before Geostat revised its population estimates to the results of the 2024 population census, so it is not directly comparable with the regional figures for 2026. Source: National Statistics Office of Georgia (Geostat) · saved copy
Who runs Rustavi?
In Georgia, cities and towns are run by municipalities: Mayor directly elected (needs over 50%, otherwise a run-off); sakrebulo elected by a mixed proportional and majoritarian system for four years. Local roads, water, waste, kindergartens, planning, local property, municipal budget.
How local power works in Georgia
Cities of a similar size in Georgia
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Sources
- National Statistics Office of Georgia (Geostat): Regional Statistics: population and vital statistics, regional GDP, labour force, earnings, household incomes and expenditures, health care and social protection, schools and universities, household infrastructure, hotels and foreign direct investment by region (the eleven Excel files offered on the page, saved unmodified in one archive with a manifest of their download links), read 24 October 2026 · saved copy (SHA-256 a38acfadfe56…)
- Ministry of Finance of Georgia: Republican budgets of the autonomous republics and budgets of municipalities by functional classification, 2025 (thousand lari), read 24 October 2026 · saved copy (SHA-256 8e0d187c398c…)
- National Statistics Office of Georgia (Geostat): Statistical Yearbook of Georgia 2024 (published December 2025): population of cities and active entities by administrative-territorial unit, read 24 October 2026 · saved copy (SHA-256 75cc83526308…)
- National Statistics Office of Georgia (Geostat): Regional Statistics, Business Sector: turnover, value added, employment, pay and investment of businesses by region, city and municipality, 2014-2024, read 24 October 2026 · saved copy (SHA-256 f87cc320c757…)
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