The graph below ranks each Georgia County by total residents according to the 2012 census estimates.
Georgia total population by county
| County | Total Population |
| Fulton |  977,129 |
| Gwinnett | 840,575 |
| DeKalb | 707,401 |
| Cobb | 707,277 |
| Chatham | 276,832 |
| Clayton | 265,810 |
| Cherokee | 220,973 |
| Henry | 208,622 |
| Augusta - Richmond | 202,672 |
| Muscogee | 198,701 |
| Forsyth | 187,927 |
| Hall | 185,055 |
| Bibb | 156,162 |
| Houston | 146,067 |
| Paulding | 144,920 |
| Douglas | 133,957 |
| Columbia | 131,563 |
| Coweta | 130,918 |
| Athens - Clarke | 120,310 |
| Lowndes | 114,638 |
| Carroll | 111,499 |
| Fayette | 107,442 |
| Whitfield | 103,094 |
| Newton | 101,299 |
| Bartow | 100,480 |
| Floyd | 95,995 |
| Dougherty | 94,267 |
| Rockdale | 85,670 |
| Walton | 84,598 |
| Glynn | 80,923 |
| Bulloch | 72,737 |
| Barrow | 70,165 |
| Troup | 68,469 |
| Walker | 68,107 |
| Liberty | 65,461 |
| Catoosa | 64,979 |
| Spalding | 63,871 |
| Jackson | 60,497 |
| Gordon | 55,688 |
| Effingham | 53,359 |
| Camden | 51,460 |
| Laurens | 48,016 |
| Baldwin | 46,373 |
| Colquitt | 46,045 |
| Thomas | 44,555 |
| Habersham | 43,475 |
| Coffee | 43,151 |
| Polk | 41,160 |
| Tift | 41,010 |
| Murray | 39,371 |
| Ware | 35,798 |
| Oconee | 33,525 |
| Harris | 32,628 |
| Bryan | 32,250 |
| Sumter | 31,595 |
| Lumpkin | 30,708 |
| Wayne | 30,370 |
| Pickens | 29,365 |
| Lee | 28,720 |
| Jones | 28,615 |
| Haralson | 28,388 |
| Gilmer | 28,212 |
| Madison | 27,940 |
| White | 27,601 |
| Peach | 27,571 |
| Decatur | 27,472 |
| Toombs | 27,237 |
| Monroe | 26,737 |
| Upson | 26,648 |
| Stephens | 25,820 |
| Chattooga | 25,632 |
| Hart | 25,547 |
| Grady | 25,336 |
| Tattnall | 25,324 |
| Crisp | 23,679 |
| Butts | 23,480 |
| Fannin | 23,458 |
| Burke | 23,157 |
| Mitchell | 23,104 |
| Emanuel | 22,841 |
| Dawson | 22,395 |
| Franklin | 21,857 |
| Worth | 21,751 |
| McDuffie | 21,650 |
| Union | 21,434 |
| Dodge | 21,381 |
| Meriwether | 21,318 |
| Putnam | 21,184 |
| Washington | 20,863 |
| Elbert | 19,642 |
| Berrien | 19,077 |
| Pierce | 18,848 |
| Brantley | 18,566 |
| Appling | 18,393 |
| Banks | 18,284 |
| Lamar | 18,048 |
| Morgan | 17,827 |
| Pike | 17,809 |
| Ben Hill | 17,545 |
| Cook | 16,909 |
| Dade | 16,523 |
| Jefferson | 16,460 |
| Telfair | 16,362 |
| Rabun | 16,290 |
| Long | 16,170 |
| Greene | 16,167 |
| Brooks | 15,458 |
| Jeff Davis | 15,119 |
| Oglethorpe | 14,637 |
| Dooly | 14,316 |
| Macon | 14,286 |
| Screven | 14,219 |
| McIntosh | 13,866 |
| Jasper | 13,614 |
| Charlton | 13,289 |
| Chattahoochee | 13,183 |
| Bleckley | 12,905 |
| Crawford | 12,618 |
| Pulaski | 11,683 |
| Heard | 11,652 |
| Bacon | 11,174 |
| Candler | 11,107 |
| Evans | 10,691 |
| Early | 10,599 |
| Towns | 10,516 |
| Lanier | 10,458 |
| Wilkes | 10,060 |
| Johnson | 9,876 |
| Irwin | 9,612 |
| Wilkinson | 9,542 |
| Jenkins | 9,149 |
| Terrell | 9,064 |
| Wilcox | 9,013 |
| Hancock | 9,005 |
| Montgomery | 8,948 |
| Seminole | 8,933 |
| Marion | 8,702 |
| Twiggs | 8,518 |
| Taylor | 8,403 |
| Turner | 8,371 |
| Atkinson | 8,257 |
| Wheeler | 7,884 |
| Lincoln | 7,770 |
| Randolph | 7,311 |
| Treutlen | 6,758 |
| Clinch | 6,708 |
| Talbot | 6,534 |
| Calhoun | 6,509 |
| Stewart | 6,050 |
| Miller | 5,975 |
| Warren | 5,561 |
| Schley | 4,994 |
| Echols | 4,027 |
| Baker | 3,377 |
| Glascock | 3,130 |
| Clay | 3,106 |
| Webster | 2,785 |
| Quitman | 2,396 |
| Taliaferro | 1,692 |