Note: This page is about how to call the country of Georgia (located on the Black Sea and bordering Russia, Azerbaijan, Armenia, and Turkey). For instructions on how to call the state of Georgia (in the United States), please see our page on “How to call the United States.”
Note: The partially recognized regions of Abkhazia and South Ossetia are currently accessed through the Russian phone network. Calling information for these regions have been moved to their own pages.
Calling to Georgia
- Do not dial a leading ‘0’ in the international call sequence – it is only used in Georgia for domestic long distance calls and domestic calls to a mobile phone.
- A leading '+' in the phone number means 'dial your country's exit code'.
- Calling from a mobile phone: dial from on the country where you're currently located.
- Calling from a VoIP or satellite phone: dial from on the country where the phone is registered.
Georgia’s country code may be mislabeled:
- Country code 00995 (exit code of ’00’ used in many European, Asian, and African nations followed by Georgia’s country code of ‘995’).
- Country code 011995 (exit code of ‘011’ used in the United States and Canada followed by Georgia’s country code of ‘995’).
When calling to a mislabeled country code, remove the exit code from the call sequence and replace it with the exit code of the country the call is dialed .
… to a mobile (cellular) phone or text (SMS)
Use the same call sequence.
Mobile phone numbers are on area codes beginning with ‘5’ or ‘7’.
When calling a mobile phone user, dial to the country where the mobile phone is registered, regardless of where the person is currently roaming.
… to a VoIP phone
Use the same call sequence.
When calling a VoIP phone user, dial to the country where the VoIP phone is registered, regardless of where the person is currently roaming.
… to a satellite phone
Georgia does not have a country-specific satellite phone system.
Most satellite phones operate on their country code – calls to these satellite phones follow their call sequence.
… sending a fax
Use the same call sequence.
Calling within Georgia (domestic dialing)
‘0’ is used as a trunk prefix when calling to a different area (geographic) code in Georgia.
Local calling (within the same area code)
Dial only the local phone number. Do not dial the trunk prefix ‘0’ or the area code.
| six to seven digits |
| local phone number |
Long distance calling (to a different area code)
Dial the trunk prefix ‘0’ as well as the area code before dialing the local phone number
| 0 | two to three digits | six to seven digits |
| trunk prefix | area code | local phone number |
Georgia phone numbers explained
Number details
Georgia phone numbers are nine digits.
The first two to three digits are an area code. Two digit area codes have seven-digit local phone numbers, and three-digit area codes have six digit local phone numbers.
Mobile numbers use area codes beginning with ‘5’ or ‘7’.
An example of a Georgian phone number
The Hotel Demi lists its phone number in Tbilisi as +995 32 222 06 19.
Number explanation
| 995 | 32 | 222 06 19 |
| country code for Georgia | geographic (area) code for Tbilisi | local phone number in Tbilisi |
Local example – calling from another location in Tbilisi
Dial only the local phone number when calling within the same area code.
| 222 06 19 |
| local phone number in Tbilisi |
Long distance example – calling from Senaki, Georgia (on the other side of the country)
Dial the trunk prefix ‘0’, followed by the area code, followed by the local phone number.
| 0 | 32 | 222 06 19 |
| trunk prefix | geographic (area) code for Tbilisi | local phone number in Tbilisi |
Mobile example – calling from a mobile phone (including a foreign mobile phone roaming in Georgia)
Dial the trunk prefix ‘0’, followed by the area code, followed by the local phone number.
| 0 | 32 | 222 06 19 |
| trunk prefix | geographic (area) code for Tbilisi | local phone number in Tbilisi |
International example – calling from outside Georgia
To call from outside Georgia, dial the exit code of the country the call is dialed from, followed by Georgia’s country code of ‘995’, followed by the local phone number.
Do not include a leading ‘0’ in the call when calling from outside Georgia.
| exit code | 995 | 32 | 222 06 19 |
| exit code of the country the call is dialed from | Georgian country code | geographic (area) code for Tbilisi | local phone number in Tbilisi |
Calling from Georgia
’00’ is used as an exit code when dialing an international call from Georgia.
Phone Books and directories
- Yell.ge (Georgian Yellow Pages) – The primary business directory for Georgia, with listings by name, phone number, or proximity to a location.
- Codna.ge web directory – An independent web directory for Georgian businesses.
Sources and more resources
- Georgian National Communications Commission – Georgia’s telephone systems regulator.
- ITU (International Telecommunications Union) – United Nations specialized agency for information and communications technologies.
- International Telecommunications Union – DIALLING PROCEDURES (INTERNATIONAL PREFIX, NATIONAL (TRUNK) PREFIX AND NATIONAL (SIGNIFICANT) NUMBER) (IN ACCORDANCE WITH ITU-T RECOMMENDATION E.164 (11/2010)) – A collection of dialing procedures for all countries and regions of the world. Retrieved 16 September 2016.
- International Telecommunications Union – Georgia (country code +995) Communication of 22.XII.2010 – Details of Georgia’s telephone numbering plan as submitted to the ITU. Retrieved 20 November 2016.
- Georgian National Communications Commission – Numbering Resources – Details of Georgia’s telephone numbering resources from Georgia’s national telecommunications regulator.
- Wikipedia – Telephone numbers in Georgia (country) – Wikipedia entry for telephone number data for Georgia. Includes specific number ranges for each city as well as detail on calling procedures.
- BT – The Phonebook – Georgia – Entry for Georgia in the British Telecom international directory.