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The Demographics of Armenia is about the demographic features of the population of Armenia, including population growth, population density, ethnicity, education level, health, economic status, religious affiliations, and other aspects of the population.

Demographics of Armenia.
Data of Demoscope[1], NSSRA[2] ; Number of inhabitants in thousands.

[edit] Demographics trends

After registering a steady increase all through the Soviet period, the population of Armenia declined from 3.3 million in 1989 to less than 3.1 million in 2003.

Armenia is the only republic of the former Soviet Union that boasts a nearly-homogeneous population. It is also the second-most densely populated post-Soviet state after Moldova. Ethnic minorities include Russians, Assyrians, Ukrainians, Yazidi Kurds, Greeks, Georgians, and Belarusians. There are also smaller communities of Vlachs, Mordvins, Ossetians, Udis, and Tats. Minorites of Poles and Caucasus Germans also exist though they are heavily Russified. ^[1]

Most Armenians are Christian, primarily of Oriental Orthodox rite. Armenia is considered the first nation to adopt Christianity, which was first preached in Armenia by two Apostles of Jesus, St. Bartholomew and St. Thaddeus in the 1st century. The Armenian Apostolic Church can trace its roots back to the 3rd and 4th centuries. The country formally adopted the Christian faith in 301 A.D. Over 90% of Armenians belong to the Armenian Apostolic Church, a form of Oriental (Non-Chalcedonian) Orthodoxy, which is a very ritualistic, conservative church, roughly comparable to the Coptic and Syrian churches. Armenia also has a population of Catholics and evangelical Protestants.

There has been a problem of population decline due to elevated levels of emigration after the break-up of the USSR. The rates of emigration and population decline, however, have decreased drastically in the recent years, and a moderate influx of Armenians returning to Armenia have been the main reasons for the trend, which is expected to continue. In fact Armenia is expected to resume its positive population growth by 2010.

[edit] CIA World Factbook demographic statistics

Population pyramid

Data from CIA World Factbook, unless indicated otherwise.

[edit] Population

Main article: Censuses of Armenia

2,967,004 (July 2009 est.)

country comparison to the world: 138

[edit] Age structure

0-14 years: 18.2% (male 289,119/female 252,150)

15-64 years: 71.1% (male 986,764/female 1,123,708)

65 years and over: 10.6% (male 122,996/female 192,267) (2009 est.)

[edit] Median age

Total: 31.5 years

Male: 28.8 years

Female: 34.4 years (2009 est.)

[edit] Population growth rate

-0.03% (2009 est.)

country comparison to the world: 207

[edit] Birth rate

12.65 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)

country comparison to the world: 160

[edit] Death rate

8.34 deaths/1,000 population (2008 est.)

country comparison to the world: 100

[edit] Net migration rate

-4.65 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.)

country comparison to the world: 162

[edit] Urbanization

Urbanization population: 64% of population (2008)

Rate of urbanization: -0.3% annual rate of change (2005-10 est.)

[edit] Sex ratio

At birth: 1.15 male(s)/female

Under 15 years: 1.14 male(s)/female

15-64 years: 0.88 male(s)/female

65 years and over: 0.65 male(s)/female

Total population: 0.89 male(s)/female (2008 est.)

[edit] Infant mortality rate

Total: 20.21 deaths/1,000 live births

country comparison to the world: 106

Male: 24.97 deaths/1,000 live births

Female: 14.77 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

[edit] Life expectancy at birth

Total population: 72.68 years

country comparison to the world: 116

Male: 69.06 years

Female: 76.81 years (2009 est.)

[edit] Total fertility rate

1.36 children born/woman (2009 est.)

country comparison to the world: 201

[edit] HIV/AIDS

Adult prevalence rate: 0.1% (2007 est.)

country comparison to the world: 114

People living with HIV/AIDS: 2,400 (2007 est.)

country comparison to the world: 135

Deaths: less than 200 (2007 est.)

country comparison to the world: 104

[edit] Nationality

Noun: Armenian(s)

Adjective: Armenian

[edit] Ethnic groups

Main article: Censuses of Armenia

Armenians 97.9%, Yazidi (Kurd) 1.3%, Russians 0.5%, other 0.3% (2001 census)

[edit] Religions

Main article: Religion in Armenia

Armenian Apostolic 94.7%, other Christian 4% (mostly Armenian Catholic and Russian Orthodox), Yazidi (monotheist with elements of nature worship) 1.3%, and small Muslim and Jewish populations.

[edit] Languages

Armenian 97.7%, Yazidi 1%, Russian 0.9%, and other 0.4% (2001 census). Armenia is an observant member of the La Francophonie due to a small percentage of people studying enough French and the largest communities of the ethnic Armenian diaspora are fluent in English.

[edit] Literacy

Definition: age 15 and over can read and write

Total population: 99.4%

Male: 99.7%

Female: 99.2% (2001 census)

[edit] Education expenditures

3.2% of GDP (2001)

country comparison to the world: 139

[edit] References

This article incorporates public domain material from the CIA World Factbook document "2006 edition".

^ Garnik Asatryan and Victoria Arakelova, The Ethnic Minorities of Armenia, Routledge, part of the OSCE, 2002

[edit] See also

[minorities-0] Garnik Asatryan and Victoria Arakelova, The Ethnic Minorities of Armenia, Routledge, part of the OSCE, 2002

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