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Year Total___Georgians__Abkhaz__Russians_Armenians_Gree ks
1926 186,004___67,494___55,918__12,553___25,677___14,04 5
1939 311,885___91,967___56,197__60,201___49,705___34,62 1
1959 404,738__158,221___61,193__86,715___64,425___9,101
1970 486,959__199,596___77,276__92,889___74,850___13,11 4
1979 486,082__213,322___83,087__79,730___73,350___13,64 2
1989 525,061__239,872___93,267__74,913___76,541___14,66 4
2003 215,972___45,953___94,606__23,420___44,870____1,48 6