Editing Demographics of Armenia

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{{Infobox place demographics
| place              = [[Armenia]]
| image              = [[File:Armenia single age population pyramid 2020.png|350px]]
| caption            = Armenia [[population pyramid]] in 2020
| size_of_population = 3,075,800 (January 1, 2025)<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.armstat.am/file/article/sv_12_24r_510.pdf|title= Socio-economic situation of RA, January - December 2024|date=n.d.}}</ref>
| density            = 107/km<sup>2</sup>
| growth             = 0.27/1,000 population (2016 est.)
| birth              = 12.3 births/1,000 population (2023)
| death              = 8.2 deaths/1,000 population (2023)
| nation             = [[Armenians|Armenian(s)]]
| major_ethnic       = Armenian
| minor_ethnic       = [[Russians|Russian]], [[Yazidis]], [[Kurds]], [[Assyrian people|Assyrians]]
| official           = [[Armenian language|Armenian]]
| spoken             = Armenian, English, Russian, French, Greek, Kurdish, and others
}}

After registering steady increases during the Soviet period, the [[Censuses of Armenia|population of Armenia]] declined from its peak value of 3.633 million in 1992 to 3.075 million in 2025.<ref name=":0"/>

Whilst the country's population increased steadily during the [[Soviet Union]] as a result of periods of repatriation and low emigration rates, it has declined in recent times due to the exodus of peoples following the [[Dissolution of the Soviet Union|Soviet break-up]]. The rates of emigration and population decline, however, have decreased in recent years, and there has been a moderate influx of [[Armenians]] returning to [[Armenia]].

== Historical statistics ==
{{historical populations
|align=right|percentages=pagr|cols=2
|title=Census population and average annual growth rate
|1831|161747|1873|496140|1886|635833|1897|797853|1904|877322|1914|1014255|1916|993782|1919|961677|1920|720000|1922|782052|1926|878929|1931|1050633|1939|1282338|1959|1763048|1970|2491873|1979|3037259|1989|3304776|2001|3213011|2011|3018854|2022|2932731|2024 |3039700|footnote=For 1831–1931{{sfn|Korkotyan|1932|pp=164–167}} {{better source needed|date=March 2023}}{{sfn|Allerton Kilbourne Matossian|1962|p=12}}{{sfn|Sarkisyanz|1975|p=61}}{{efn|The population in 1926 was later reported as 881,290 due to territorial adjustments that took place from 1926–1931.}}<br />For 1920{{sfn|Herzig|Kurkchiyan|2005|p=113}}<br />For 1926<ref>{{in lang|ru}} [http://demoscope.ru/weekly/ssp/sng_nac_26.php?reg=2314 The All-Union Population Census of 1926]. ''Demoscope.ru''</ref><br />For 1939–1989<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://armstat.am/file/doc/171.pdf |title=1. BRIEF HISTORICAL REVIEW OF THE CENSUSES CONDUCTED PREVIOUSLY IN ARMENIA |publisher=Hayastani vichakagrakan komite |year=2001 |location=Yerevan |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220320130832/https://armstat.am/file/doc/171.pdf |archive-date=20 March 2022}}</ref>{{efn|The population in 1989 was later reported as 3,448,600.<ref>{{Cite web |title=PART 8: POPULATION CENSUS |url=https://www.armstat.am/file/article/demog_2015_8.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160705112134/https://www.armstat.am/file/article/demog_2015_8.pdf |archive-date=5 July 2016 |access-date=7 August 2022 |website=Statistical Committee of the Republic of Armenia}}</ref>}}<br />For 2001<ref>[http://docs.armstat.am/census/pdfs/51.pdf Information from the 2001 Armenian National Census]</ref><br />For 2011<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.armstat.am/en/?nid=81&id=1512|title=THE RESULTS OF 2011 POPULATION CENSUS OF THE REPUBLIC OF ARMENIA (FIGURES OF THE REPUBLIC OF ARMENIA), trilingual / Armenian Statistical Service of Republic of Armenia|website=www.armstat.am|access-date=2018-01-10}}</ref>}}

Citing Armenia's conquest and occupation by the [[Seljuks]] (11th century) and [[Mongol Empire|Mongols]] (13th–15th centuries), historians [[Edmund Herzig]] and Marina Kurkchiyan write "the combination of progressive Turkish (and Kurdish) immigration and Armenian decline, through massacre, famine and emigration, changed the demographic balance in a way that Arab immigration had never done".{{sfn|Herzig|Kurkchiyan|2005|p=46}}

As a result of "deliberate relocation policies employed by both the [[Ottoman Empire|Ottomans]] and [[Safavids]]" during the [[Ottoman–Safavid War (1603–1618)|Ottoman–Safavid War]], there was a large-scale displacement of Armenians; Armenians also emigrated "to escape the insecurity and hardship of life in war-torn Armenia". Whilst [[Shah Abbas I]] [[Great Surgun|relocated]] Armenians to [[Isfahan]] and "Armenian colonies in other parts of Iran" in 1604–1605, "the Ottomans also removed Armenian artisans to their capital".{{sfn|Herzig|Kurkchiyan|2005|p=47}}

Following the [[Treaty of Turkmenchay|Russian annexation]], 45,000 Armenians from [[Persia]] and 100,000 from the [[Ottoman Empire]] migrated to [[Eastern Armenia]], with another 25,000 migrating following the [[Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878)|1878 Russo-Turkish war]]. As a result of the repatriation, Armenians had regained a majority in their homeland "for the first time in several hundred years".{{sfn|Herzig|Kurkchiyan|2005|p=66}} As a result of persecution and massacres in the Ottoman Empire, some 100,000 Armenians immigrated to Eastern Armenia between 1870 and 1910.{{sfn|Bloxham|2005|p=48}} The areas with Armenian-majorities would later "form the nucleus in the twentieth century of an independent Armenian state".{{sfn|Herzig|Kurkchiyan|2005|p=66}}

Historian Sen Hovhannisian writes that during the 80 years of peace during which Eastern Armenia was part of [[Russian Empire|Russia]], there was "unprecedented" population growth: it tripled from 161,700 to 496,100 between 1831 and 1873, and doubled in the following forty years until it reached 1,000,100 in 1913. The population between 1831 and 1913 increased 6.18 times, yielding an average annual growth rate of 10,200 people. Following the outbreak of [[World War I]], the population, which was 1,014,300 in 1914, fell by 20,500 in 1916 due to the [[Christians|Christian]] population being drafted. As a result of "wars and civil clashes, hunger and diseases" of 1918–1920, 432,000 people (35.8 percent of the population) were "exterminated".{{sfn|Hovhannisian|2019|p=242}}

Upon its [[Sovietization of Armenia|sovietisation]], the territory of modern-day Armenia had a population of some 720,000, a decline of nearly 30 percent—"almost half" consisted of refugees.{{sfn|Herzig|Kurkchiyan|2005|p=113}} American historian [[Richard Pipes]] states that "according to Soviet estimates, the Armenian population of Transcaucasia declined between 1914 and 1920 by one half million: 200,000 in consequence of Turkish, and, presumably, Communist, massacres, and 300,000 from other causes, mostly famine and disease".{{sfn|Pipes|1959|p=48}}

The drastic decline of the population was addressed by the [[Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic|Soviet Armenian]] government by repatriating displaced Azerbaijanis to districts where they had formed a significant population in Armenia. The Azerbaijani population of Armenia which numbered some 10,000 in 1920 (attributed to the [[Armenian Revolutionary Federation|ARF]] government's expulsion of at least 200,000 Turks and Kurds) rose to 72,596 in 1922 as a result of the return of 60,000 refugees.{{sfn|Korkotyan|1932|p=183}} {{better source needed|date=March 2023}} In addition to this, the Soviet government welcomed 44,000 Armenian refugees from [[Greece]], [[Iraq]], [[Turkey]], and elsewhere throughout the 1920s and 1930s.{{sfn|Herzig|Kurkchiyan|2005|pp=115–117}} In 1946–1948, 86,000 Armenians were repatriated to Soviet Armenia to offset the country's [[Great Patriotic War|wartime]] losses.{{sfn|Mirzoyan|2009|p=138}} At the same time, by agreement of Armenian and Azerbaijani Soviet leaderships, tens of thousands of Azerbaijanis in Armenia were resettled to Azerbaijan to make room for the repatriates.{{sfn|Постановление N 754 Совета министров СССР «О мероприятиях по переселению колхозников и другого азербайджанского населения из Армянской ССР в Кура-Араксинскую низменность Азербайджанской ССР» от 10 марта 1948 г.}}

[[File:Population growth rates in Armenia in years 1980-2016.jpg|thumb|262px|Population growth rates in Armenia in years 1980–2016. Data from World Bank.|alt=]]

{{External media|image1=[https://i.redd.it/1enk67k83yt21.png Population growth rates in 2010–2015 vs. 2005–2010] A study revealed that population growth rates were more positive in Armenia, compared to surrounding countries in the specified period.|title=Global map of changes in population growth rates}}

== Population size and structure==
{{original research|section|date=January 2021}}

According to the 2018 [[Human Development Index|HDI]] statistical update (with data for 2017), compared to all its neighbouring countries Armenia has:<ref name=":5">{{Cite web |date= |title=Human Development Indices and Indicators: 2018 Statistical Update |url=http://hdr.undp.org/sites/default/files/2018_human_development_statistical_update.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180914165751/http://hdr.undp.org/sites/default/files/2018_human_development_statistical_update.pdf |archive-date=14 September 2018 |website=[[United Nations Development Programme]] [[Human Development Report]]s}}</ref>

* the lowest coefficient of human inequality,
* the lowest gender inequality (ranked 55th on [[Gender Inequality Index]]), 
* highest percentage of men and highest percentage of women with at least some secondary education,
* highest share of seats in parliament held by women,
* highest share of women who reported to feel safe,
* highest GDP growth rate.

Since 1990, Armenia recorded steady growth of average annual [[Human Development Index|HDI]] scores in every reported period (1990–2000, 2000–2010, 2010–2017).<ref name=":5" />

According to the 2016 [[Sustainable Society Index]], Armenia has a higher rank of Human Wellbeing than all its neighbours. At the same time its Economic Wellbeing rank is below neighbouring countries.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ssfindex.com/results/ranking-all-countries/|title=Ranking all countries – Sustainable Society Index|access-date=2 December 2019|archive-date=4 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191204094653/http://www.ssfindex.com/results/ranking-all-countries/}}</ref>

The 2011 census counted 539,394 persons (19.4 percent of the population above 6 years of age) with higher professional education.<ref name=":4">{{Cite web|url=https://www.armstat.am/file/article/1._bajin_5_583-664.pdf |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/https://www.armstat.am/file/article/1._bajin_5_583-664.pdf |archive-date=2022-10-09 |url-status=live|title=Armenian 2011 census data, chapter 5|date=n.d.}}</ref>

=== Structure of the population ===
The median age in 2020 was 36.6 years (male: 35.1, female: 38.3).<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.indexmundi.com/armenia/demographics_profile.html |title=Armenia Demographics Profile |access-date=2022-10-30 |website=indexmundi.com}}</ref>

36.3 percent of women who gave birth in 2016 had higher education.<ref name=":0" />[[File:Pyramid armenia.jpg|thumb|450x450px|Pyramid Armenia 2012 <br/>http://www.armstat.am|alt=]]
Population by Sex and Age Group (Census 12.10.2011):<ref>{{cite web|url=http://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/products/dyb/dyb2.htm|title=United Nations Statistics Division – Demographic and Social Statistics|publisher=United Nations}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! width="80pt" |Age Group
! width="80pt" |Male
! width="80pt" |Female
! width="80pt" |Total
! width="80pt" |%
|-
| align="right" | Total
| align="right" | 1,398,052
| align="right" | 1,620,802
| align="right" | 3,018,854
| align="right" | 100
|-
| align="right" | 0–4
| align="right" | 105 565
| align="right" | 102 007
| align="right" | 207 572
| align="right" | 6.88
|-
| align="right" | 5–9
| align="right" | 91 429
| align="right" | 88 500
| align="right" | 179 929
| align="right" | 5.96
|-
| align="right" | 10–14
| align="right" | 90 458
| align="right" | 88 179
| align="right" | 178 637
| align="right" | 5.92
|-
| align="right" | 15–19
| align="right" | 107 938
| align="right" | 125 137
| align="right" | 233 075
| align="right" | 7.72
|-
| align="right" | 20–24
| align="right" | 133 897
| align="right" | 158 337
| align="right" | 292 234
| align="right" | 9.68
|-
| align="right" | 25–29
| align="right" | 122 109
| align="right" | 149 820
| align="right" | 271 929
| align="right" | 9.01
|-
| align="right" | 30–34
| align="right" | 103 114
| align="right" | 119 891
| align="right" | 223 005
| align="right" | 7.39
|-
| align="right" | 35–39
| align="right" | 89 073
| align="right" | 98 348
| align="right" | 187 421
| align="right" | 6.21
|-
| align="right" | 40–44
| align="right" | 82 502
| align="right" | 94 462
| align="right" | 176 964
| align="right" | 5.86
|-
| align="right" | 45–49
| align="right" | 98 064
| align="right" | 112 996
| align="right" | 211 060
| align="right" | 6.99
|-
| align="right" | 50–54
| align="right" | 109 294
| align="right" | 125 238
| align="right" | 234 532
| align="right" | 7.77
|-
| align="right" | 55–59
| align="right" | 80 989 
| align="right" | 96 769
| align="right" | 177 758
| align="right" | 5.89
|-
| align="right" | 60–64
| align="right" | 56 189
| align="right" | 71 410
| align="right" | 127 599
| align="right" | 4.23
|-
| align="right" | 65–69
| align="right" | 28 020
| align="right" | 37 353
| align="right" | 65 373
| align="right" | 2.17
|-
| align="right" | 70–74
| align="right" | 44 041
| align="right" | 63 637
| align="right" | 107 678
| align="right" | 3.57
|-
| align="right" | 75–79
| align="right" | 30 734
| align="right" | 44 643
| align="right" | 75 377
| align="right" | 2.50
|-
| align="right" | 80–84
| align="right" | 18 662
| align="right" | 30 244
| align="right" | 48 906
| align="right" | 1.62
|-
| align="right" | 85+
| align="right" | 5 974
| align="right" | 13 831
| align="right" | 19 805
| align="right" | 0.66
|-
! width="80pt" |Age Group
! width="80pt" |Male
! width="80pt" |Female
! width="80pt" |Total
! width="80pt" |%
|-
| align="right" | 0–14
| align="right" | 287 452
| align="right" | 278 686
| align="right" | 566 138
| align="right" | 18.75
|-
| align="right" | 15–64
| align="right" | 983 169
| align="right" | 1 152 408
| align="right" | 2 135 577
| align="right" | 70.74
|-
| align="right" | 65+
| align="right" | 127 431
| align="right" | 189 708
| align="right" | 317 139
| align="right" | 10.51
|-
|}

Population Estimates by Sex and Age Group (01.VII.2019):<ref>h{{cite web |url=https://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic-social/products/dyb/dyb_2020/ |title=Demographic Yearbook – 2020 |publisher=[[United Nations Statistics Division]] |place=New York |access-date=2022-05-18}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! width="80pt"|Age Group
! width="80pt"|Male
! width="80pt"|Female
! width="80pt"|Total
! width="80pt"|%
|-
| align="right" | Total
| align="right" | 1 399 368
| align="right" | 1 563 114
| align="right" | 2 962 482
| align="right" | 100
|-
| align="right" | 0–4
| align="right" | 102 588
| align="right" | 92 078
| align="right" | 194 666
| align="right" | 6.57
|-
| align="right" | 5–9
| align="right" | 111 879
| align="right" | 98 348
| align="right" | 210 227
| align="right" | 7.10
|-
| align="right" | 10–14
| align="right" | 103 991
| align="right" | 90 955
| align="right" | 194 946
| align="right" | 6.58
|-
| align="right" | 15–19
| align="right" | 88 582
| align="right" | 77 838
| align="right" | 166 420
| align="right" | 5.62
|-
| align="right" | 20–24
| align="right" | 90 776
| align="right" | 88 311
| align="right" | 179 087
| align="right" | 6.05
|-
| align="right" | 25–29
| align="right" | 115 826
| align="right" | 127 910
| align="right" | 243 736
| align="right" | 8.23
|-
| align="right" | 30–34
| align="right" | 124 127
| align="right" | 138 753
| align="right" | 262 880
| align="right" | 8.87
|-
| align="right" | 35–39
| align="right" | 111 345
| align="right" | 123 527
| align="right" | 234 872
| align="right" | 7.93
|-
| align="right" | 40–44
| align="right" | 87 619
| align="right" | 100 891
| align="right" | 188 510
| align="right" | 6.36
|-
| align="right" | 45–49
| align="right" | 74 528
| align="right" | 90 316
| align="right" | 164 844
| align="right" | 5.56
|-
| align="right" | 50–54
| align="right" | 73 562
| align="right" | 93 943
| align="right" | 167 505
| align="right" | 5.65
|-
| align="right" | 55–59
| align="right" | 91 952
| align="right" | 116 734
| align="right" | 208 686
| align="right" | 7.04
|-
| align="right" | 60–64
| align="right" | 81 199
| align="right" | 105 827
| align="right" | 187 026
| align="right" | 6.31
|-
| align="right" | 65–69
| align="right" | 55 578
| align="right" | 76 627
| align="right" | 132 205
| align="right" | 4.46
|-
| align="right" | 70–74
| align="right" | 29 945
| align="right" | 46 812
| align="right" | 76 757
| align="right" | 2.59
|-
| align="right" | 75–79
| align="right" | 23 192
| align="right" | 37 510
| align="right" | 60 702
| align="right" | 2.05
|-
| align="right" | 80–84
| align="right" | 21 287
| align="right" | 37 958
| align="right" | 59 245
| align="right" | 2.00
|-
| align="right" | 85+
| align="right" | 11 392
| align="right" | 18 776
| align="right" | 30 168
| align="right" | 1.02
|-
! width="50"|Age group 
! width="80pt"|Male
! width="80"|Female
! width="80"|Total
! width="50"|Percent
|-
| align="right" | 0–14
| align="right" | 318 458
| align="right" | 281 381
| align="right" | 599 839
| align="right" | 20.25
|-
| align="right" | 15–64
| align="right" | 939 516
| align="right" | 1 064 050
| align="right" | 2 003 566
| align="right" | 67.63
|-
| align="right" | 65+
| align="right" | 141 394
| align="right" | 217 683
| align="right" | 359 077
| align="right" | 12.12
|-
|}

|-
|}
In 2016, households with up to four members prevailed in urban areas throughout Armenia, with the share of such households coming to 70.2 percent in urban communities compared to 60.1 percent in rural communities.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.armstat.am/file/article/poverty_2017_english_2.pdf |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/https://www.armstat.am/file/article/poverty_2017_english_2.pdf |archive-date=2022-10-09 |url-status=live|title=Social Snapshot and Poverty in Armenia, 2017, Part 1: Poverty Profile in 2008–2016|date=n.d.}}</ref>


== Vital statistics ==

=== Life expectancy ===
[[File:Life expectancy in Armenia.svg|thumb|262px|Life expectancy in Armenia since 1950]]
[[File:Life expectancy by WBG -Armenia -diff.png|thumb|262px|Life expectancy in Armenia since 1960 by gender]]

According to the 2018 [[Human Development Index|HDI]] statistical update, compared to all its neighbouring countries Armenia has the highest health expenditures as percentage of its GDP and the highest [[healthy life expectancy|healthy life expectancy at birth]].<ref name=":5" />

In 2016, the average life expectancy at birth for males was 71.6 years and for females was 78.3 years, with the average at 75.0 years.<ref name=":0" />

After a setback during 1986–1996, mostly due to the [[1988 Armenian earthquake|Spitak earthquake]], and the [[First Nagorno-Karabakh War]], Armenia regained its position and was consistently among the top three former Soviet republics during 1997–2016, topping the list in 2007.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.google.com/publicdata/explore?ds=d5bncppjof8f9_&ctype=c&strail=false&bcs=d&nselm=s&met_y=sp_dyn_le00_in&scale_y=lin&ind_y=false&idim=country:AZE:GEO:EST:KAZ:LVA:MDA:RUS:TJK:TKM:UKR:LTU:KGZ:BLR:ARM:XKX&ifdim=country:region:ECS&tunit=Y&pit=1193079600000&hl=en&dl=en&ind=false&icfg|title=World Development Indicators – Google Public Data Explorer|date=n.d.|access-date=23 October 2018}}</ref>

During the [[Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic|Soviet period]], life expectancy was traditionally high in Armenia and topped all other republics of the [[Soviet Union|USSR]], and most other countries in [[Eastern Europe]] between 1978 and 1980.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.google.com/publicdata/explore?ds=d5bncppjof8f9_&ctype=c&strail=false&bcs=d&nselm=s&met_y=sp_dyn_le00_in&scale_y=lin&ind_y=false&idim=country:AZE:GEO:EST:KAZ:LVA:MDA:RUS:TJK:TKM:UKR:LTU:KGZ:BLR:ARM&ifdim=country:region:ECS&tunit=Y&pit=277934400000&hl=en&dl=en&ind=false&icfg|title=World Development Indicators – Google Public Data Explorer|date=n.d.|access-date=23 October 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://d-zykin.livejournal.com/275731.html|title=Продолжительность жизни по республикам СССР|last=d_zykin|date=2 January 2016|website=Журнал Летучего Мыша: каждому свое и подобное к подобному|access-date=23 October 2018}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
!Period
!Life expectancy in<br />Years
!Period
!Life expectancy in<br />Years
|-
|1950–1955
|62.8
|1985–1990
|68.4
|-
|1955–1960
|64.9
|1990–1995
|68.1
|-
|1960–1965
|67.0
|1995–2000
|70.2
|-
|1965–1970
|69.2
|2000–2005
|72.4
|-
|1970–1975
|70.8
|2005–2010
|72.7
|-
|1975–1980
|70.6
|2010–2015
|74.0
|-
|1980–1985
|70.9
|
|
|}
Source: UN<ref>{{cite web|title=World Population Prospects – Population Division – United Nations|url=https://esa.un.org/unpd/wpp/DataQuery/|access-date=16 July 2017|date=n.d.}}</ref>

=== 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>

===Vital statistics summary data===
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| yAxisTitle= million
| yAxisMin=
| yGrid= 0,1
| xGrid= 10
| legend=
| type = line
| x = 1950,1951,1952,1953,1954,1955,1956,1957,1958,1959,1960,1961,1962,1963,1964,1965,1966,1967,1968,1969,1970,1971,1972,1973,1974,1975,1976,1977,1978,1979,1980,1981,1982,1983,1984,1985,1986,1987,1988,1989,1990,1991,1992,1993,1994,1995,1996,1997,1998,1999,2000,2001,2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022

| y1= 1.35, 1.38, 1.42, 1.45, 1.5, 1.56, 1.62,1.67, 1.73, 1.8, 1.87, 1.94, 2, 2.06, 2.13, 2.21, 2.27, 2.34, 2.4, 2.46, 2.52, 2.58, 2.64, 2.71, 2.77, 2.83, 2.88, 2.94, 3, 3.05,3.1, 3.14, 3.19,3.24, 3.29, 3.34, 3.39, 3.44, 3.45, 3.48, 3.55,3.6, 3.55, 3.41, 3.31, 3.26, 3.25, 3.24, 3.24, 3.23, 3.22, 3.21, 3.21, 3.19, 3.17, 3.16, 3.14, 3.12, 3.11, 3.09, 3.07, 3.06, 3.04, 3.02, 3.01, 3.01, 3, 2.99, 2.97, 2.97, 2.96, 2.96

| y1Title= population (million)

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| height = 150
| xAxisTitle=years
| yAxisTitle= ‰
| yAxisMin=
| yGrid= 0,1
| xGrid= 10
| hAnnotatonsLine=0
| hAnnotatonsLabel=
| legend=
| type = line
| x = 1950,1951,1952,1953,1954,1955,1956,1957,1958,1959,1960,1961,1962,1963,1964,1965,1966,1967,1968,1969,1970,1971,1972,1973,1974,1975,1976,1977,1978,1979,1980,1981,1982,1983,1984,1985,1986,1987,1988,1989,1990,1991,1992,1993,1994,1995,1996,1997,1998,1999,2000,2001,2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022

| y1= 23.6,27.1,28.9,25.5,30.4,29.2,30.8,31.6,33.0,32.4,33.3,30.8,28.0,26.8,24.4,22.9,21.6,19.0,18.9,17.6,17.0,17.7,17.2,16.8,16.7,16.8,17.1,17.0,16.7,17.3,17.2,18.1,17.8,17.9,18.4,18.2,18.2,17.1,11.3,15.6,16.3,15.1,12.6,9.2,8.0,7.4,7.1,6.2,5.0,3.8,3.2,2.5,2.1,3.1,3.7,3.5,3.3,4.3,4.4,5.5,5.5,5.0,4.9,4.8,5.3,4.6,4.2,3.5,3.7,3.3,0.1,0.6,3.2

| y2= ,-9.7,-2.8,1.4,2.7,9.1,1.2,1.3,2.2,3.2,4.7,7.8,3.4,1.8,8,9.8,8.3,8.4,7.8,7.1,5.2,6.3,7,6.8,5.7,3.1,2.6,3.4,2.6,-0.9,14.4,-2.9,-2.1,-2.8,-3.6,-4.1,-4.1,-3.1,4.1,-7.3,1.4,16.2,-28.1,-50,-38.5,-24,-9.6,-7.7,-7.2,-5.4,-6,-4.7,-4.9,-8.4,-8.8,-5.7,-8.4,-9.7,-9.6,-11,-10.7,-10.6,-11.2,-9.8,-8,-6.9,-7.1,-7.5,-8,-6,-2.1,1.1,-1.5

| y1Title=Natural change (per 1000)
| y2Title=Crude migration change (per 1000)
}}
{{GraphChart
| width = 550
| height = 150
| xAxisTitle=years
| yAxisTitle= TFR
| yAxisMin=
| yGrid= 0,1
| xGrid= 10
| hAnnotatonsLine=2.1
| hAnnotatonsLabel=
| legend=
| type = line
| x = 1950,1951,1952,1953,1954,1955,1956,1957,1958,1959,1960,1961,1962,1963,1964,1965,1966,1967,1968,1969,1970,1971,1972,1973,1974,1975,1976,1977,1978,1979,1980,1981,1982,1983,1984,1985,1986,1987,1988,1989,1990,1991,1992,1993,1994,1995,1996,1997,1998,1999,2000,2001,2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022

| y1= ,,,,,,,,,,4.63,4.27,4.17,4.11,3.98,3.91,3.69,3.55,3.46,3.20,3.17,3.18,3.07,2.92,2.82,2.79,2.72,2.61,2.46,2.38,2.33,2.31,2.26,2.35,2.44,2.56,2.58,2.55,2.49,2.61,2.63,2.60,2.44,2.14,1.878,1.842,1.834,
1.680,1.509,1.388,1.305,1.239,1.207,1.349,1.383,1.366,1.348,1.417,1.444,1.551,1.556,1.499,1.583,1.573,1.652,1.645,1.647,1.576,1.573,1.599,1.656,1.709

| y1Title=Total Fertility Rate
}}
<ref>B.R. Mitchell. International historical statistics 1750–2005: Africa. Asia and Oceania</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/products/dyb/dyb2.htm |title=Demographic Yearbook |website=[[United Nations Statistics Division]]}}{{nonspecific|date=May 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.armstat.am/en/|title=Statistical Committee of Armenia|website=armstat.am}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.demoscope.ru/weekly/ssp/ussr_ed_1935.php?year=1957|title=Демоскоп Weekly – Приложение. Справочник статистических показателей.|website=demoscope.ru}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.armstat.am/en/?nid=82&id=2225|title=The Demographic Handbook of Armenia, 2019 / Statistical Committee of Armenia|website=armstat.am}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: right;"
|-
! rowspan=2 |
! rowspan=2 width="70pt" |Average population
! rowspan=2 width="70pt" |Live births
! rowspan=2 width="70pt" |Deaths
! rowspan=2 width="70pt" |Natural change
! rowspan=2 width="70pt" |Crude birth rate (per 1000)
! rowspan=2 width="70pt" |Crude death rate (per 1000)
! rowspan=2 width="70pt" |Natural change (per 1000)
! rowspan=2 width="70pt" |Crude migration rate (per 1000)
! rowspan=2 width="70pt" |Total fertility rate
! rowspan=2 width="70pt" |Infant mortality rate (per 1000 births)
! colspan=3 width="70pt" |Life expectancy
|-
! males
! females
! total
|-
|1950
|1,354,000
|43,414
| align="right" style="color: blue" |11,525
|31,889
|32.1
|8.5
|23.6
|
|-
|1951
|1,378,000
|49,790
|12,482
|37,308
|36.1
|9.1
|27.1
| -9.4
|-
|1952
|1,415,000
|53,845
|12,916
|40,929
|38.1
|9.1
|28.9
| -2.0
|-
|1953
|1,454,000
|51,025
|14,007
|37,018
|35.1
|9.6
|25.5
| 2.1
|-
|1954
|1,504,000
|57,995
|12,301
|45,900
|38.6
|8.2
|30.4
| 4.0
|-
|1955
|1,564,000
|59,477
|13,763
|45,714
|38.0
|8.8
|29.2
| 10.7
|-
|1956
|1,616,000
|62,119
|12,286
|50,000
|38.5
|7.6
|30.8
| 2.4
|-
|1957
|1,671,000
|66,862
|14,101
|52,761
|40.0
|8.4
|31.6
| 2.4
|-
|1958
|1,732,000
|71,213
|14,089
|57,124
|style="color: blue"|41.1
|8.1
|33.0
| 3.5
|-
|1959
|1,796,000
|72,211
|13,968
|58,243
|40.2
|7.8
|32.4
| 4.6
|-
|1960
|1,867,000
|74,825
|12,675
|style="color: blue"|62,150
|40.1
|6.8
|style="color: blue"|33.3
| 6.2
| align="right" style="color: blue" |4.63
|-
|1961
|1,942,000
|72,377
|12,496
|59,881
|37.3
|6.4
|30.8
| 9.4
| align="right" style="color: blue" |4.27
|-
|1962
|2,005,000
|69,505
|13,297
|56,208
|34.7
|6.6
|28.0
| 4.4
| align="right" style="color: blue" |4.17
|-
|1963
|2,064,000
|67,382
|12,046
|55,336
|32.6
|5.8
|26.8
| 2.6
| align="right" style="color: blue" |4.11
|-
|1964
|2,133,000
|64,454
|12,415
|52,039
|30.2
|5.8
|24.4
| 9.0
| align="right" style="color: blue" |3.98
|-
|1965
|2,205,000
|62,969
|12,582
|50,387
|28.6
|5.7
|22.9
| 10.9
| align="right" style="color: blue" |3.91
|-
|1966
|2,273,000
|61,594
|12,445
|49,149
|27.1
|5.5
|21.6
| 9.2
| align="right" style="color: blue" |3.69
|-
|1967
|2,337,000
|57,031
|12,622
|44,409
|24.4
|5.4
|19.0
| 9.2
| align="right" style="color: blue" |3.55
|-
|1968
|2,401,000
|57,503
|12,231
|45,272
|23.9
|5.1
|18.9
| 8.5
| align="right" style="color: blue" |3.46
|-
|1969
|2,462,000
|56,203
|12,782
|43,421
|22.8
|5.2
|17.6
| 7.8
| align="right" style="color: blue" |3.20
|-
|1970
|2,518,000
|55,694
|12,844
|42,850
|22.1
|5.1
|17.0
| 5.7
| align="right" style="color: blue" |3.17
|-
|1971
|2,580,000
|58,188
|12,518
|45,670
|22.6
|style="color: blue"|4.9
|17.7
| 6.9
| align="right" style="color: blue" |3.18
|-
|1972
|2,644,000
|59,313
|13,730
|45,583
|22.4
|5.2
|17.2
| 7.6
| align="right" style="color: blue" |3.07
|-
|1973
|2,708,000
|59,593
|14,102
|45,491
|22.0
|5.2
|16.8
| 7.4
| align="right" style="color: blue" |2.92
|-
|1974
|2,770,000
|60,419
|14,276
|46,143
|21.8
|5.2
|16.7
| 6.2
| align="right" style="color: blue" |2.82
|-
|1975
|2,826,000
|62,866
|15,498
|47,368
|22.2
|5.5
|16.8
| 3.4
| align="right" style="color: blue" |2.79
|-
|1976
|2,883,000
|65,065
|15,688
|49,377
|22.6
|5.4
|17.1
| 3.1
| align="right" style="color: blue" |2.72
|-
|1977
|2,943,000
|65,830
|15,813
|50,017
|22.4
|5.4
|17.0
| 3.8
| align="right" style="color: blue" |2.61
|-
|1978
|3,001,000
|66,698
|16,465
|50,233
|22.2
|5.5
|16.7
| 3.0
| align="right" style="color: blue" |2.46
|-
|1979
|3,051,000
|69,786
|17,125
|52,661
|22.9
|5.6
|17.3
| -0.6
| align="right" style="color: blue" |2.38
|-
|1980
|3,096,000
|70,324
|17,124
|53,200
|22.7
|5.5
|17.2
| -2.5
| align="right" style="color: blue" |2.33
|-
|1981
|3,144,000
|73,682
|16,659
|57,023
|23.4
|5.3
|18.1
| -2.1
| align="right" style="color: blue" |2.31
|-
|1982
|3,194,000
|74,225
|17,469
|56,756
|23.2
|5.5
|17.8
| -1.9
| align="right" style="color: blue" |2.26
|-
|1983
|3,243,000
|76,436
|18,369
|58,067
|23.6
|5.7
|17.9
| -2.6
| align="right" style="color: blue" |2.35
|-
|1984
|3,292,000
|79,767
|19,043
|60,724
|24.2
|5.8
|18.4
| -3.3
| align="right" style="color: blue" |2.44
|-
|1985
|3,339,000
|80,306
|19,581
|60,725
|24.1
|5.9
|18.2
| -3.9
| align="right" style="color: blue" |2.56
|-
|1986
|3,387,000
| align="right" style="color: blue" |81,192
|19,410
|61,782
|24.0
|5.7
|18.2
| --3.8
| align="right" style="color: blue" |2.58
|-
|1987
|3,435,000
|78,492
|19,727
|58,765
|22.9
|5.7
|17.1
| -2.9
| align="right" style="color: blue" |2.55
|-
|1988
|3,453,000
|74,707
|35,567
|39,140
|21.6
|10.3
|11.3
| -6.1
| align="right" style="color: blue" |2.49
|-
|1989
|3,482,000
|75,250
|20,853
|54,397
|21.6
|6.0
|15.6
| -7.2
| align="right" style="color: blue" |2.61
|-
|1990
|3,545,000
|79,882
|21,993
|57,889
|22.5
|6.2
|16.3
| 1.8
| align="right" style="color: blue" |2.63
|-
|1991
| align="right" style="color: blue" |3,604,000
|77,825
|23,425
|54,400
|21.6
|6.5
|15.1
| 1.5
| align="right" style="color: blue" |2.60
|-
|1992
| align="right" style="color: red" |3,549,000
|70,581
|25,824
|44,757
|19.9
|7.3
|12.6
| -27.9
| align="right" style="color: blue" |2.44
|-
|1993
| align="right" style="color: red" |3,410,000
|59,041
|27,500
|31,541
|17.3
|8.1
|9.2
| -48.4
| align="right" style="color: blue" |2.14
|-
|1994
| align="right" style="color: red" |3,309,000
|51,143
|24,648
|26,495
|15.5
|7.4
|8.0
| -37.6
|1.878
|-
|1995
| align="right" style="color: red" |3,255,000
|48,960
|24,842
|24,118
|15.0
|7.6
|7.4
| -23.7
|1.842
|-
|1996
| align="right" style="color: red" |3,247,000
|48,134
|24,936
|23,198
|14.8
|7.7
|7.1
| -9.6
|1.834
|-
|1997
| align="right" style="color: red" |3,242,000
|43,929
|23,985
|19,944
|13.5
|7.4
|6.2
| -7.7
|1.680
|-
|1998
| align="right" style="color: red" |3,235,000
|39,366
|23,210
|16,156
|12.2
|7.2
|5.0
| -7.2
|1.509
|-
|1999
| align="right" style="color: red" |3,230,000
|36,502
|24,087
|12,415
|11.3
|7.5
|3.8
| -5.3
|1.388
|-
|2000
| align="right" style="color: red" |3,221,000
|34,276||24,025||10,251
|10.6||7.5||3.2
| -6.0
|1.305
|-
|2001
| align="right" style="color: red" |3,214,000
| align="right" style="color: red" |32,065||24,003||8,062
|style="color: red"|10.0||7.5||2.5
| -4.7
|1.239
|-
|2002
| align="right" style="color: red" |3,205,000
|32,229||25,554||6,675
|10.1||8.0||2.1
| -4.9 
| style="color: red" |1.207
|-
|2003
| align="right" style="color: red" |3,188,000
|35,793||26,014||9,779
|11.2||8.2||3.1
| -8.4
|1.349
|-
|2004
| align="right" style="color: red" |3,172,000
|37,520||25,679||11,841
|11.8||8.1||3.7
| -8.7
|1.383
|-
|2005
| align="right" style="color: red" |3,155,000
|37,499||26,379||11,120
|11.9||8.4||3.5
| -8.9
|1.366
|-
|2006
| align="right" style="color: red" |3,139,000
|37,639||27,202||10,437
|12.0||8.7||3.3
| -8.4
|1.348
|13.9
|69.8||76.0||72.9
|-
|2007
| align="right" style="color: red" |3,122,000
|40,105||26,830||13,275
|12.8||8.6||4.3
| -9.7
|1.417
|10.9
|69.8||76.1||73.0
|-
|2008
| align="right" style="color: red" |3,106,000
|41,185||27,412||13,773
|13.3||8.8||4.4
| -9.5
|1.444
|10.8
|70.0||76.3||73.2
|-
|2009
| align="right" style="color: red" |3,089,000
|44,466||27,528||16,938
|14.4||8.9||5.5
| -11.0
|1.551
|10.4
|70.0||76.3||73.2
|-
|2010
| align="right" style="color: red" |3,073,000
|44,825||27,921||16,904
|14.6||9.1||5.5
| -10.7
|1.556
|11.4
|70.1||76.4||73.3
|-
|2011
| align="right" style="color: red" |3,056,000
|43,340||27,963||15,377 
|14.2||9.1||5.0
| -10.5
|1.499
|11.6
|70.5||77.3||74.0
|-
|2012<sup>3</sup>
| align="right" style="color: red" |3,037,000
|42,480||27,599||14,881
|14.0||9.1||4.9
| -11.1
|1.583
|10.8
|70.9||77.5||74.3
|-
|2013
| align="right" style="color: red" |3,022,000
|41,770||27,165||14,605
|13.8||9.0||4.8
| -9.7
|1.573
|9.7
|71.5||77.9||74.8
|-
|2014
| align="right" style="color: red" |3,014,000
|43,183||27,196||15,987
|14.3||9.0||5.3
| -7.9
|1.652
|8.8
|71.8||78.1||75.0
|-
|2015
| align="right" style="color: red" |3,007,000
|41,763||27,878||13,885
|13.9||9.3||4.6
| -6.9
|1.645
|8.8
|71.7||78.2||75.0
|-
|2016
| align="right" style="color: red" |2,998,000
|40,592||28,226||12,366
|13.5||9.4||4.2
| -7.2
|1.647
|8.6
|71.6||78.3||75.0
|-
|2017
| align="right" style="color: red" |2,986,000
|37,700||27,157||10,543
|12.7||9.2||3.5
| -7.5
|1.576
|8.2
|71.9||78.7||75.4
|-
|2018
| align="right" style="color: red" |2,973,000
|36,574||25,751||10,823
|12.3||8.7||3.6
| -8.0
|1.573
|7.1
|72.4||79.0||75.9
|-
|2019
| align="right" style="color: red" |2,965,000
|36,041||26,186||9,855
|12.2||8.8||3.4
| -6.1
|1.599
|6.1
|73.1||79.5
|76.5
|-
|2020
| align="right" style="color: red" |2,959,000
||36,353||style="color: red"|36,433|| style="color: red" |-80
|12.3||style="color: red"|12.3|| style="color: red" |-0.0
| -2.0
|1.656
|7.3
|68.4||78.6
|73.5
|-
|2021
|2,964,000
|36,623||34,388||2,235
|12.4||11.6||0.8
| 0.9
|1.710
|6.9
|67.4||77.4
|72.4
|-
|2022
|2,969,000
|36,375||26,692||9,683
|12.3||9.0||3.3
| -1.6
|1.738
|6.7
|71.4
|78.3
|75.1
|-
|2023
|2,991,200
|36,590||24,313||12,277
|12.3||8.2||4.1
| 3.4
|1.885
|6.6
|74.1
|81.0
|77.7
|-
|2024
|3,075,800
|33,648||25,576||8,072
|11.1||8.4||2.7
| 
|
|
|
|
|
|}

<sup>1</sup> The numbers of life births and deaths until 1959 were calculated from the birth rate and death rate, respectively

<sup>2</sup> The high number of deaths in 1988 is related to the [[Spitak earthquake]], while in the rest of the 20th century the death rate was equal to the rate of other European countries (excluding England).<ref>{{cite book|author=Baten, Jörg |title=A History of the Global Economy. From 1500 to the Present.|date=2016|publisher=Cambridge University Press|page=265|isbn=978-1-107-50718-0}}</ref>

<sup>3</sup> The population estimate for 2012 has been recalculated on the basis of the 2011 Census.

2024: https://armstat.am/file/article/population_01_07_24.pdf

===Current vital statistics===
<ref>{{cite web|title=Socio-Economic Situation of RA, January-March 2025 (in Armenian and Russian)|url=https://www.armstat.am/en/?nid=82&id=2702}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"  style="text-align:center;"
|+
|-
! Period
! Live births
! Deaths
! Natural increase
|-
| '''January—March 2024'''
| 8,004
| 6,963
| +1,041
|-
| '''January—March 2025'''
| 7,302
| 7,121
| +181
|-
| '''Difference'''
| {{Decrease}} -702 (-8.8%)
| {{increasenegative}} +158 (+2.3%)
| {{decrease}} -860
|}
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+Birth rate by province<ref>{{cite web|title=Statistical Yearbook of Armenia, 2023|url=https://www.armstat.am/en/?nid=586&year=2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=The Demographic Handbook of Armenia, 2023|url=https://www.armstat.am/en/?nid=81&id=2624}}</ref>
!Province
!TFR (2022)
!CBR (2022)
|-
|[[Yerevan]]
|1.42
|9.9
|-
|[[Aragatsotn Province|Aragatsotn]]
|2.10
|15.4
|-
|[[Ararat Province|Ararat]]
|2.08
|15.2
|-
|[[Armavir Province|Armavir]]
|1.90
|14.0
|-
|[[Gegharkunik Province|Gegharkunik]]
|1.78
|12.7
|-
|[[Lori Province|Lori]]
|1.85
|13.0
|-
|[[Kotayk Province|Kotayk]]
|2.04
|14.5
|-
|[[Shirak Province|Shirak]]
|1.67
|12.2
|-
|[[Syunik Province|Syunik]]
|1.82
|12.6
|-
|[[Vayots Dzor Province|Vayots Dzor]]
|1.99
|14.5
|-
|[[Tavush Province|Tavush]]
|1.80
|12.3
|}

== Ethnic groups ==
{{Main|Censuses of Armenia}}
{| class="wikitable sortable" 
|+Population of ethnic groups in Armenia in 1926–2022
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! rowspan="2" | Ethnic<br />group
! colspan="2" | census 1926<sup>1</sup>
! colspan="2" | census 1939<sup>2</sup>
! colspan="2" | census 1959<sup>3</sup>
! colspan="2" | census 1970<sup>4</sup>
! colspan="2" | census 1979<sup>5</sup>
! colspan="2" | census 1989<sup>6</sup>
! colspan="2" | census 2001<sup>7</sup>
! colspan="2" | census 2011<sup>8</sup>
! colspan="2" | census 2022<sup>9</sup>
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! # !! %
! # !! %
! # !! %
! # !! %
! # !! %
! # !! %
! # !! %
! # !! %
! # !! %
|-
| [[Armenians]]
| align="right" | 743,571
| align="right" | 84.5
| align="right" | 1,061,997
| align="right" | 82.8
| align="right" | 1,551,610
| align="right" | 88.0
| align="right" | 2,208,327
| align="right" | 88.6
| align="right" | 2,724,975
| align="right" | 89.7
| align="right" | 3,083,616
| align="right" | 93.3
| align="right" | 3,145,354
| align="right" | 97.9
| align="right" | 2,961,514
| align="right" | 98.1
|2,875,697
|98.1
|-
| [[Yazidis in Armenia|Yazidis]]
| align="right" | 12,237
| align="right" | 1.4
| rowspan="2" align="right" | 20,481
| rowspan="2" align="right" | 1.6
| rowspan="2" align="right" | 25,627
| rowspan="2" align="right" | 1.5
| rowspan="2" align="right" | 37,486
| rowspan="2" align="right" | 1.5
| rowspan="2" align="right" | 50,822
| rowspan="2" align="right" | 1.7
| rowspan="2" align="right" | 56,127
| rowspan="2" align="right" | 1.7
| align="right" | 40,620
| align="right" | 1.3
| align="right" | 35,272
| align="right" | 1.2
|31,077
|1.1
|-
| [[Kurds]]
| align="right" | 2,973
| align="right" | 0.3
| align="right" | 1,519
| align="right" | 0.0
| align="right" | 2,131
| align="right" | 0.1
|1,663
|0.1
|-
| [[Russians]]
| align="right" | 19,548
| align="right" | 2.2
| align="right" | 51,464
| align="right" | 4.0
| align="right" | 56,464
| align="right" | 3.2
| align="right" | 66,108
| align="right" | 2.7
| align="right" | 70,336
| align="right" | 2.3
| align="right" | 51,555
| align="right" | 1.6
| align="right" | 14,660
| align="right" | 0.5
| align="right" | 11,862
| align="right" | 0.4
|14,074
|0.5
|-
| [[Assyrian people|Assyrians]]
| align="right" | 2,215
| align="right" | 0.3
| align="right" | 3,280
| align="right" | 0.3
| align="right" | 4,326
| align="right" | 0.2
| align="right" | 5,544
| align="right" | 0.2
| align="right" | 6,183
| align="right" | 0.2
| align="right" | 5,963
| align="right" | 0.2
| align="right" | 3,409
| align="right" | 0.1
| align="right" | 2,769
| align="right" | 0.1
|2,754
|0.1
|-
| [[Ukrainians]]
| align="right" | 2,286
| align="right" | 0.3
| align="right" | 5,496
| align="right" | 0.4
| align="right" | 5,593
| align="right" | 0.3
| align="right" | 8,390
| align="right" | 0.3
| align="right" | 8,900
| align="right" | 0.3
| align="right" | 8,341
| align="right" | 0.3
| align="right" | 1,633
| align="right" | 0.1
| align="right" | 1,176
| align="right" | 0.0
|1,005
|0.0
|-
| [[Greeks]]
| align="right" | 2,980
| align="right" | 0.3
| align="right" | 4,181
| align="right" | 0.3
| align="right" | 4,976
| align="right" | 0.3
| align="right" | 5,690
| align="right" | 0.2
| align="right" | 5,653
| align="right" | 0.2
| align="right" | 4,650
| align="right" | 0.1
| align="right" | 1,176
| align="right" | 0.0
| align="right" | 900
| align="right" | 0.0
|365
|0.0
|-
| [[Georgians]]
| align="right" | 274
| align="right" | 0.0
| align="right" | 652
| align="right" | 0.1
| align="right" | 816
| align="right" | 0.0
| align="right" | 1,439
| align="right" | 0.1
| align="right" | 1,314
| align="right" | 0.0
| align="right" | 1,364
| align="right" | 0.0
| align="right" | 694
| align="right" | 0․0
| align="right" | 974
| align="right" | 0.0
|223
|0.0
|-
| [[Azerbaijanis]]
| align="right" | 76,870
| align="right" | 8.7
| align="right" | 130,896
| align="right" | 10.2
| align="right" | 107,748
| align="right" | 6.1
| align="right" | 148,189
| align="right" | 5.9
| align="right" | 160,841
| align="right" | 5.3
| align="right" | 84,860
| align="right" | 2.6
| align="right" | 29
| align="right" | 0․0
| align="right" | 
| align="right" | 
|
|
|-
| Jews
| align="right" | 335
| align="right" | 0.0
| align="right" | 512
| align="right" | 0.0
| align="right" | 1,024
| align="right" | 0.1
| align="right" | 1,047
| align="right" | 0.0
| align="right" | 959
| align="right" | 0.0
| align="right" | 720
| align="right" | 0.0
| align="right" | 109
| align="right" | 0․0
| align="right" | 127<ref name="smallminorities2011" >{{cite web |title=ԱԶԳԱՅԻՆ ՓՈՔՐԱՄԱՍՆՈՒԹՅՈՒՆՆԵՐԸ ՀԱՅԱՍՏԱՆՈՒ |url=http://mincult.am/datas/media/azg.poqr.%20ev%20xorhurd%20mshak.nax.%20(1).doc |access-date=31 July 2018 |archive-date=10 October 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171010143439/http://mincult.am/datas/media/azg.poqr.%20ev%20xorhurd%20mshak.nax.%20(1).doc }}</ref>
| align="right" | 0․0
|
|
|-
| Others
| align="right" | 18,001
| align="right" | 2.0
| align="right" | 3,379
| align="right" | 0.3
| align="right" | 4,864
| align="right" | 0.3
| align="right" | 9,653
| align="right" | 0.4
| align="right" | 7,276
| align="right" | 0.2
| align="right" | 7,580
| align="right" | 0.2
| align="right" | 3,808
| align="right" | 0.1
| align="right" | 2,129
| align="right" | 0.1
|5,508
|0.2
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! align="left" | Total
! colspan="2" | 880,464
! colspan="2" | 1,282,338
! colspan="2" | 1,763,048
! colspan="2" | 2,491,873
! colspan="2" | 3,037,259
! colspan="2" | 3,304,776
! colspan="2" | 3,213,011
! colspan="2" | 3,018,854
! colspan="2" |'''2,932,731'''
|-
| colspan="19" | <small><sup>1</sup> Source: [http://demoscope.ru/weekly/ssp/sng_nac_26.php?reg=2134]. <sup>2</sup> Source: [http://demoscope.ru/weekly/ssp/sng_nac_39.php]. <sup>3</sup> Source: [http://demoscope.ru/weekly/ssp/sng_nac_59.php]. <sup>4</sup> Source: [http://demoscope.ru/weekly/ssp/sng_nac_70.php]. <sup>5</sup> Source: [http://demoscope.ru/weekly/ssp/sng_nac_79.php]. <sup>6</sup> Source: [http://demoscope.ru/weekly/ssp/sng_nac_89.php]. <sup>7</sup> Source: [http://docs.armstat.am/census/pdfs/51.pdf]. <sup>8</sup> Source: [https://www.armstat.am/en/?nid=82&id=2623]</small>
|}
[[File:Armenia ethnic map (2022 census).png|thumb|292x292px|Ethnic map of Armenia]]
{{Pie chart|label1=[[Armenians|Armenian]]|value4=0.1|label6=Other|color6=black|value6=0.1|color5=red|label5=[[Russians]]|value5=0.5|color4=blue|label4=[[Assyrian people|Assyrians]]|value1=98.1|color3=green|value3=0.1|label3=[[Kurds]]|label2=[[Yazidis]]|color2=orange|value2=1.1|color1=purple|caption=Ethnic groups of Armenia}}
In 2002, [[ethnic minorities in Armenia|ethnic minorities]] included [[Russians]], [[Assyrian people|Assyrians]], [[Ukrainians]], [[Yazidi]]s, [[Kurds]], [[Persian people|Iranians]], [[Greeks]], [[Georgians]], and [[Belarusians]]. There were also smaller communities of [[Vlachs]], [[Mordvin people|Mordvins]], [[Ossetians]], [[Udi people|Udis]], and [[Tat people (Caucasus)|Tats]]. Minorities of [[Polish people|Poles]] and [[Caucasus Germans]] also exist, though they are heavily [[Russification|Russified]].<ref name="minorities">Garnik Asatryan and Victoria Arakelova, ''[http://www.osce.org/documents/oy/2002/01/148_en.pdf The Ethnic Minorities of Armenia] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070808140625/http://www.osce.org/documents/oy/2002/01/148_en.pdf|date=8 August 2007}}'', Routledge, part of the [[Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe|OSCE]], 2002</ref>

== 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
|}

== Religions ==
{{Main|Religion in Armenia}}
Most Armenians are [[Christian]]s, primarily of the [[Armenian Apostolic Church|Apostolic Church]] rite. Armenia is considered the first nation to officially 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 percent of Armenians belong to the Armenian Apostolic Church. Armenia also has a population of [[Armenian Catholic Church|Catholics]] and [[Evangelicalism|Evangelical]] Protestants.

According to the 2022 Armenian census, number of adherents of primary religions in Armenia are the following: 2,793,042 (95.2%) [[Armenian Apostolic Church|Armenian Apostolic]], 15,836 (0.5%) [[Evangelicalism|Evangelical]], 14,349 (0.5%) [[Yazidism]], 17,884 (0.6%) Armenian and Roman (Latin) [[Catholic Church|Catholic]], 6,316 (0.2%) [[Eastern Orthodoxy|Eastern Orthodox]], 5,282 (0.2%) [[Jehovah's Witnesses|Jehovah's Witness]], 2,000 (0.1%) [[Molokan]] (non-Orthodox Russians), 524 [[Assyrian Church of the East]] (Nestorian), 2,132 [[Paganism]], 515 [[Islam]], 118 [[Judaism]]. 17,501 (0.6%) people chose [[Irreligion|No Religion]] and 49,353 people chose (1.7%) No Response.<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>

== Emigration ==
[[File:Net migration per 1000 in Armenia.png|thumb|450x450px|Annual net migration rate (per 1000 population). Source data and projections (2019) from UN.]]
Compared to its neighbouring countries, Armenia has the highest share of immigrants (6.5 percent of total population, 2017 data).<ref name=":5" />

The estimated number of population net migration is −24.8 thousand persons, according to the Integrated living conditions survey of households of 2016; for urban population −13.8 thousand and for rural population −11.0 thousand persons.<ref name=":0" />

24.9% of households were involved in external and internal migration processes over the period of 2013– 2016. Migration directions were distributed as follows: 12% – internal, 10.5% – [[Republic of Artsakh]], rest (76.4%) – international (of which 89.8% – Russia). Among household members of age 15 and above, who left their permanent residence in 2013–2016 for 3 months and longer and had not returned as of 2016, 11.9% were in Armenia, 13.0% in Artsakh, and 75.1% in other countries, predominantly in Russia. More than 54% of migrant household members of the age 15 years and above sent money and/ or goods to their families/relatives/friends within 12 months preceding the survey.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.armstat.am/file/article/demog_2017_7.pdf |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/https://www.armstat.am/file/article/demog_2017_7.pdf |archive-date=2022-10-09 |url-status=live|title=The Demographic Handbook of Armenia, 2017 – Migration|date=n.d.}}</ref>

According to 2019 [[UN]] data, the emigration rate averaged annually around 1.7 per 1000 inhabitants in years 2015–2020 and is expected to remain the same until year 2045. These are below average emigration rate of 11.5 per 1000 in years 2000–2010 and even below the emigration rate of 3.2 per 1000 in years 1980–1985.<ref>{{Cite web |title=World Population Prospects – Population Division |url=https://population.un.org/wpp/DataQuery/ |access-date=30 October 2019 |publisher=United Nations}}</ref>

=== Migration during post-Soviet period ===
It is estimated that 740,000-1,300,000 people left Armenia between 1988 and 2005.<ref name=":7">{{Cite book |url=https://publications.iom.int/books/migration-perspectives-eastern-europe-and-central-asia-2006 |title=Migration Perspectives in Eastern Europe and Central Asia - 2006 |language=en}}</ref>

Economically recessed situation in Armenia during the 1990s enhanced the emigration of 125,000 refugees and displaced persons. Human and natural disasters also caused approximately 192,000 individuals to become internally displaced persons in Armenia. Among the disasters, the major impact was the [[1988 Armenian earthquake|1988 Spitak earthquake]].<ref name=":7" />

After the [[Dissolution of the Soviet Union|collapse of the Soviet Union]], borders that were once formal, now assumed real significance. Nonetheless, increased political, inter-ethnic, and social tensions prompted more and more people to migrate between Armenia and its neighbouring countries. As a result, approximately 100,000 persons or 3 percent of the country's population emigrated during the beginning of 1990s.<ref name=":7" />

Refugees and forcibly displaced persons started arriving to Armenia in spring 1988 and continued coming until late 1991. During this time, Armenia gave shelter to approximately 419,000 refugees and displaced persons, 360,000 of whom migrated from Azerbaijan. The rest immigrated from other regions of the former Soviet Union.<ref name=":7" />

{{Pie chart|value1=86|value2=7|value3=3|value4=4|color1=blue|color2=red|color3=yellow|color4=white|label1=Refugees from Azerbaijan|label2=Refugees from Nagorno-Karabakh|label3=Persons Forcibly displaced|label4=Refugees from Shahumyan (bordering Nagorno-Karabakh)|caption=419.000 people migrated to Armenia during the post-Soviet period}}

Migration flows during the post-soviet period can be divided into 3 stages:

* The first stage, prior to 1995, was characterized by mass emigration due to economic reasons, a drop in living standards, and a rapid deterioration in the delivery and quality of public utilities. It is estimated that over 800,000 people emigrated from Armenia during this period and that only 400,000 of them have returned since then.
* During the second stage, from 1995 to 2001, emigration decreased, with most of those leaving to be labour migrants in search of better economic and social opportunities. 180,000 people (6 per cent of the population) emigrated from Armenia during these six years These emigrants tended to resettle abroad permanently and were later joined by relatives through family reunification.
* The third stage, from 2002 to the present, is marked by a constant yearly increase in the number of persons travelling to and from Armenia. This stage was also characterized by a shift to a positive migration balance.<ref name=":7" />

According to government records, over 55 per cent of all emigrants are unmarried and 60 per cent are males between the ages of 20 and 44 (very few are children and even fewer are elderly people). Most have an educational level far higher than the national average and have no intention of returning to Armenia. Although no hard data exists, emigrant families appear to be even less likely to return.<ref name=":7" />

The emigration of the major part of the Armenian population has brought about important changes. For example, a decrease in the number of people of reproductive age in Armenia has led to a progressive drop in marriages and birth rates. There has also been a considerable change in the ethnic composition of the population in Armenia due to a higher rate of emigration among ethnic minorities.<ref name=":7" />

== Immigration ==

===Migration data===

{| class="wikitable sortable" 
|+ Armenia Migration Data (2010-present)
! Year !! RA - Total Arrived !! RA - Total Departed !! Net Migration - Total !! International Migration - Arrived !! International Migration - Departed
|-
| 2010 || 32,500 || 69,800 || -37,300 || 18,300 || 55,600
|-
| 2011 || 30,900 || 59,400 || -28,500 || 17,800 || 46,300
|-
| 2012 || 29,300 || 38,700 || -9,400 || 19,500 || 28,900
|-
| 2013 || 19,800 || 44,200 || -24,400 || 12,300 || 36,700
|-
| 2014 || 17,400 || 39,200 || -21,800 || 10,700 || 32,500
|-
| 2015 || 19,500 || 45,400 || -25,900 || 10,600 || 36,500
|-
| 2016 || 15,900 || 40,800 || -24,900 || 8,100 || 33,000
|-
| 2017 || 13,300 || 37,300 || -24,000 || 9,200 || 33,200
|-
| 2018 || 15,300 || 33,586 || -18,286 || 10,100 || 28,386
|-
| 2019 || 15,800 || 31,200 || -15,400 || 12,100 || 27,500
|-
| 2020 || 36,600 || 33,200 || 3,400 || 10,800 || 7,400
|-
| 2021 || 19,205 || 23,324 || -4,119 || 10,120 || 14,239
|-
| 2022 || 29,585 || 23,505 || 6,080 || 15,400 || 9,320
|-
| 2023 || 78,500 || 37,100 || 41,400 || 48,300 || 6,900
|}

<ref name="ArmStat">[https://statbank.armstat.am/pxweb/en/ArmStatBank/ArmStatBank__2%20Population%20and%20social%20processes__28%20Population/PS-pp-13-2021.px/table/tableViewLayout2/?rxid=9ba7b0d1-2ff8-40fa-a309-fae01ea885bb Migration Statistics], Statistical Committee of the Republic of Armenia, 2021.</ref>

== Wealth and poverty ==

=== Inequality ===
Out of 41 [[emerging economies]], Armenia was among only four, which recorded rising inequality (measured by [[Gini coefficient]]) in years 2007–2015.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/816281518818814423/pdf/2019-WDR-Report.pdf |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/816281518818814423/pdf/2019-WDR-Report.pdf |archive-date=2022-10-09 |url-status=live|title=World Development Report 2019|date=n.d.}}</ref>

=== Wealth ===
According to Global Wealth Report, prepared by Credit Suisse, [[List of countries by wealth per adult|mean wealth per adult]] in Armenia in 2019 is estimated at $19,517 (rising 9 times from estimated $2,177 in year 2000). Mean wealth per adult in Armenia surpasses corresponding values for neighboring countries Georgia and Azerbaijan by over 50%, all [[Commonwealth of Independent States|CIS]] countries except Russia and Kazakhstan, and neighboring Iran. Growth rate of mean wealth per adult between 2000 and 2019 with the value of 9 times beats all neighboring countries, most of CIS countries as well as Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|url=https://www.credit-suisse.com/about-us/en/reports-research/global-wealth-report.html|title=Global wealth report|website=Credit Suisse|access-date=23 October 2019}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite web|url=https://www.credit-suisse.com/media/assets/corporate/docs/about-us/research/publications/global-wealth-databook-2019.pdf |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/https://www.credit-suisse.com/media/assets/corporate/docs/about-us/research/publications/global-wealth-databook-2019.pdf |archive-date=2022-10-09 |url-status=live|title=Global wealth databook 2019|date=n.d.}}</ref>

Median wealth per adult is reported at $8,309 in 2019, above the world average, rising 9.6 times from $862 in year 2000.<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":3" />

Between 2000 and 2019, average debts per adult grew 28.7 times to $1,261, or 6.5% of wealth per adult (below the 11.9% world average).<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":3" />

55% of adults own less than $10,000, 42.7% '''—''' $10,000–$100,000, 2.2% '''—''' $100,000–$1&nbsp;million and 0.1% '''—''' over $1&nbsp;million. The share of adults owning less than $10,000 with the value of 55% is less than corresponding value in each of CIS countries, neighboring Iran and Turkey, as well as the world average. Gini coefficient for wealth is reported at 66.3%, less than 82.4% the European average and 88.5% the world average.<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":3" />

=== Poverty ===
{{See also|Social issues in Armenia}}
As much as 53.5% of the country's population was officially considered poor in 2004. Poverty fell significantly in the following years amid double-digit economic growth that came to an end with the onset of the global financial crisis in late 2008. It soared to almost 36% in 2010, one year after Armenia's Gross Domestic Product shrunk by over 14%. Afterwards, there was a decreasing trend throughout the last years reaching 23.5% in 2018, down from 25.7% in 2017.<ref>[https://www.azatutyun.am/a/30315996.html"Armenian Government Reports Further Drop In Poverty"] azatutyun.am</ref>

The poverty indicators in [[Shirak Province|Shirak]], [[Lori Province|Lori]], [[Kotayk Province|Kotayk]], [[Tavush Province|Tavush]] and [[Armavir Province|Armavir]] provinces are higher than the country average. The highest poverty rate in the country has been recorded in [[Shirak Province|Shirak province]], where 46% of the population is below the poverty line. To overcome poverty, Armenia would need AMD 63.2&nbsp;billion, or an amount equal to 1.2% of GDP, in addition to the resources already allocated for social assistance, assuming that such assistance would be efficiently targeted to the poor.<ref name=":1" />

In terms of the international poverty line corresponding to US$1.25 in 2005 PPP, poverty in Armenia went down from 19.3% in the year 2001 to 1.5% in the year 2008 and remained nearly unchanged until the year 2015 moving in the range of 1.5% – 2.7%.<ref name=":1" />

==See also==
{{Portal|Society}}
{{cols|colwidth=22em}}
* [[Assyrians in Armenia]]
* [[Censuses of Armenia]]
* [[Demographics of the Republic of Artsakh]]
* [[Ethnic minorities in Armenia]]
* [[Greeks in Armenia]]
* [[Health in Armenia]] 
* [[Kurds in Armenia]]
* [[List of European countries by population]]
* [[Lom people]]
* [[Peoples of the Caucasus]]
* [[Russians in Armenia]]
* [[Social protection in Armenia]]
* [[Yazidis in Armenia]]
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== Notes ==
{{Notelist}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==Bibliography==
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*{{Cite book |last=Bloxham |first=Donald |title=The Great Game of Genocide: Imperialism, Nationalism, and the Destruction of the Ottoman Armenians |date=2005 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=0-19-927356-1 |location=Oxford |oclc=57483924 }}
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*{{Cite The Population of Soviet Armenia}}
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{{Refend}}

==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20091009064542/http://www.worldmapper.org/countrycartograms/carto_arm.htm Population cartogram of Armenia]
* Khachatryan, Anush; Karapetyan, Arsen: "Public Green Space in Armenian Cities: A Legal Analysis" in the [http://www.laender-analysen.de/cad/pdf/CaucasusAnalyticalDigest23.pdf Ccaucasus Analytical Digest No. 23]

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