Editing Demographics of Armenia (section)

== Languages ==
{{main|Languages of Armenia}}
[[Armenian language|Armenian]] is the sole official language.

As per 2022 census data, [[Armenian language|Armenian]] is the most widely spoken language at 99%, [[Kurdish language|Kurdish]] at 1%, [[Russian language|Russian]] at 65% and [[English language|English]] at 5%.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Main Results of RA Census 2022 / Statistical Committee of the Republic of Armenia |url=https://www.armstat.am/en/?nid=82&id=2623 |access-date=2024-02-28 |website=www.armstat.am}}</ref>

Armenia is a member of [[La Francophonie]], and hosted its annual summit in 2018.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://en.168.am/2018/10/08/28632.html|title=La Francophonie Ministerial Conference kicks off with moment of silence in honor of late Charles Aznavour|date=n.d.}}</ref>

The largest communities of the [[Armenian diaspora]], are fluent in Russian and English.

{| class="wikitable"
|+Population of Armenia by Native Language
!Year
! colspan="2" |2001<ref>{{Cite report |url=https://armstat.am/census2001/pdfs/52.pdf |title=De Jure Population (Urban, Rural*) by Ethnicity and Languages |date=2001 |publisher=Statistical Committee of Armenia |access-date=2025-03-16}}</ref>
! colspan="2" |2011<ref>{{Cite report |url=https://armstat.am/file/doc/99478358.pdf |title=Աղյուսակ 5.2-1 Բնակչությունը (քաղաքային, գյուղական) ըստ ազգության, սեռի և մայրենի լեզվի |trans-title=Table 5.2-1 Population (urban, rural) by ethnicity, gender and native language |date=2011 |publisher=Statistical Committee of Armenia |language=Armenian |access-date=2025-03-16}}</ref>
|-
!Language
!Number
!%
!Number
!%
|-
|Armenian
|3,139,152
|97.70
|2,956,615
|97.94
|-
|Yezidi
|31,799
|0.99
|30,973
|1.03
|-
|Russian
|29,563
|0.92
|23,484
|0.78
|-
|Ukrainian
|818
|0.03
|733
|0.02
|-
|Assyrian
|
|
|2,402
|0.08
|-
|Kurdish
|
|
|2,030
|0.07
|-
|English
|
|
|491
|0.02
|-
|Others
|11,679
|0.36
|2,126
|0.07
|-
!Total
! colspan="2" |3,213,011
! colspan="2" |3,018,854
|}
{| class="wikitable"
|+Population of Armenia by Proficient Language, 2011<ref>{{Cite report |url=https://armstat.am/file/doc/99478363.pdf |title=Աղյուսակ 5.2-2 Բնակչությունը (քաղաքային, գյուղական) ըստ ազգության, սեռի և այլ լեզվի, որին ազատ տիրապետում է |trans-title=Table 5.2-2 Population (urban, rural) by ethnicity, gender and other language fluently spoken |date=2011 |publisher=Statistical Committee of Armenia |language=Armenian |access-date=2025-03-16}}</ref>
!Language
!Native
!Non-Native
!Total % Proficient 
|-
|Armenian
|2,956,615
|43,420
|99.45
|-
|Yezidi
|30,973
|5,370
|1.2
|-
|Russian
|23,484
|1,591,246
|53.53
|-
|Ukrainian
|733
|1,151
|0.06
|-
|Assyrian
|2,402
|1,468
|0.13
|-
|Kurdish
|2,030
|1,309
|0.11
|-
|English
|491
|107,922
|3.59
|-
|French
|
|10,106
|0.33
|}