Editing Demographics of Armenia (section)

=== Reproduction indicators ===
In 2016, natural increase of population comprised 12,366 persons and the crude rate of natural increase reached 4.1%, per 1000 population, decreasing by 0.4 percent compared to the previous year.<ref name=":0" />

After double-digit crude natural increase rates between 1982 and 1992, rates did not exceed 5.5 after 1998. At a regional level, slightly better rates were recorded in the capital [[Yerevan]], where the value of 5.5 is consistently being surpassed since 2009. Particularly weak is natural increase in [[Tavush Province|Tavush]] and [[Syunik Province|Syunik]] provinces, not much better off are [[Lori Province|Lori]] and [[Vayots Dzor Province|Vayots Dzor]] provinces.<ref name=":0" />

Fertility Rate (TFR) (Wanted Fertility Rate) and CBR (Crude Birth Rate):<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dhsprogram.com/|title=The DHS Program – Quality information to plan, monitor and improve population, health, and nutrition programs|website=dhsprogram.com}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! rowspan=2| Year
! colspan=2| Total
! colspan=2| Urban
! colspan=2| Rural
|-
! CBR !! TFR
! CBR !! TFR
! CBR !! TFR
|-
| 2000
| style="text-align:right;" | 13.9
| style="text-align:right;" | 1.7 (1.5)
| style="text-align:right;" | 12.1
| style="text-align:right;" | 1.5 (1.3)
| style="text-align:right;" | 16.3
| style="text-align:right;" | 2.1 (1.7)
|-
| 2005
| style="text-align:right;" | 14.6
| style="text-align:right;" | 1.7 (1.6)
| style="text-align:right;" | 14.5
| style="text-align:right;" | 1.6 (1.6)
| style="text-align:right;" | 14.9
| style="text-align:right;" | 1,8 (1,6)
|-
| 2010
| style="text-align:right;" | 14.0
| style="text-align:right;" | 1.7 (1.6)
| style="text-align:right;" | 12.8
| style="text-align:right;" | 1.6 (1.5)
| style="text-align:right;" | 16.2
| style="text-align:right;" | 1.8 (1.8)
|-
| 2015–2016
| style="text-align:right;" | 12.9
| style="text-align:right;" | 1.7 (1.7)
| style="text-align:right;" | 12.7
| style="text-align:right;" | 1.7 (1.6)
| style="text-align:right;" | 13.2
| style="text-align:right;" | 1.8 (1.8)
|-
|}
Armenia's Total Fertility Rate at 1.6 was lowest in the [[Caucasus]] region in 2017.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.worldpopdata.org/map|title=Map|access-date=7 February 2018}}</ref> TFR is expected to stay at 1.6 between 2015 and 2020, less from 1.7 in years 2010–2015.<ref name=":5" />

The mean age of mothers at birth was 26.8 years and at first birth it was 24.7 years in 2016.<ref name=":0" /> Adolescent birth rate, as well as, share of women married aged 18 was lowest in Armenia compared to its neighbouring countries.<ref name=":5" />

In 2016, infant mortality rate (in the first year of their life) was 8.6 per 1,000 live births.<ref name=":0" />

A study revealed that population growth rate ''changes'' were more favourable in Armenia than in its surrounding countries between 2005 and 2015.


Since the 1960s, Armenia has the highest share of urban population among [[South Caucasus]] countries.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-P3uzxXDAWe8/XAfBuRQOSfI/AAAAAAAAOgY/bhpiNYkyhO8JdTNW9RxJnTxacBTHXW4JACLcBGAs/s1600/_RuralPopulationEurope.gif|title=Share of rural population in Europe (animation)|date=n.d.|access-date=9 December 2018}}</ref>