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.
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.
CIA World Factbook demographic statistics
- Data from CIA World Factbook, unless indicated otherwise.
Population
- 2,967,004 (July 2009 est.)
- country comparison to the world: 138
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.)
Median age
- Total: 31.5 years
- Male: 28.8 years
- Female: 34.4 years (2009 est.)
Population growth rate
- -0.03% (2009 est.)
- country comparison to the world: 207
Birth rate
- 12.65 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)
- country comparison to the world: 160
Death rate
- 8.34 deaths/1,000 population (2008 est.)
- country comparison to the world: 100
Net migration rate
- -4.65 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.)
- country comparison to the world: 162
Urbanization
- Urbanization population: 64% of population (2008)
- Rate of urbanization: -0.3% annual rate of change (2005-10 est.)
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.)
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.)
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.)
Total fertility rate
- 1.36 children born/woman (2009 est.)
- country comparison to the world: 201
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
Nationality
- Noun: Armenian(s)
- Adjective: Armenian
Ethnic groups
- Armenians 97.9%, Yazidi (Kurd) 1.3%, Russians 0.5%, other 0.3% (2001 census)
Religions
- 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.
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.
Literacy
- Definition: age 15 and over can read and write
- Total population: 99.4%
- Male: 99.7%
- Female: 99.2% (2001 census)
Education expenditures
- 3.2% of GDP (2001)
- country comparison to the world: 139
References
This article incorporates public domain material from the CIA World Factbook document "2006 edition".
See also
