<table>
<thead>
<tr>
<th>Ethnicity</th>
<th>1926 census</th>
<th>1939 census</th>
<th>1959 census</th>
<th>1970 census</th>
<th>1979 census</th>
<th>1989 census</th>
<th>2007 estimate</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>Ossetians</td>
<td>60,351 (69.1%)</td>
<td>72,266 (68.1%)</td>
<td>63,698 (65.8%)</td>
<td>66,073 (66.5%)</td>
<td>65,077 (66.4%)</td>
<td>65,200 (65.9%)</td>
<td>47,000 (67.1%)</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Georgians</td>
<td>23,538 (26.9%)</td>
<td>27,525 (25.9%)</td>
<td>26,584 (27.5%)</td>
<td>28