Demographics of Armenia

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Demographics of Armenia, Data of FAO, year 2005 ; Number of inhabitants in thousands.

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 Yazidis, Russians, Assyrians, Ukrainians, 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] General demographic data

Population pyramid

[edit] Population

2,976,372 (July 2006 est.)

According to the statistics bureau as of July 1 2007, the resident population was 3,223,700 [1]

[edit] Age structure

0-14 years: 20.5% (male 322,189/female 286,944)

15-64 years: 68.4% (male 949,975/female 1,085,484)

65 years and over: 11.1% (male 133,411/female 198,369) (2006 est.)

[edit] Median age

Total: 30.4 years

Male: 27.8 years

Female: 33.2 years (2006 est.)

[edit] Population growth rate

-0.19% (2006 est.)

[edit] Birth rate

12.07 births/1,000 population (2006 est.)

There were 37,509 births in 2005 compared to 37,520 in 2004. Total population was 3,219,400 at end of 2005.^[2] For the first half of 2007, there were 18,114 births. [2]

[edit] Death rate

8.23 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.)

[edit] Net migration rate

-5.72 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2006 est.)

[edit] Sex ratio

At birth: 1.17 male(s)/female

Under 15 years: 1.12 male(s)/female

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

65 years and over: 0.67 male(s)/female

Total population: 0.9 male(s)/female (2006 est.)

[edit] Infant mortality rate

Total: 22.47 deaths/1,000 live births

Male: 27.59 deaths/1,000 live births

Female: 16.51 deaths/1,000 live births (2006 est.)

[edit] Life expectancy at birth

Total population: 71.84 years^[3]

Male: 68.25 years

Female: 76.02 years (2005 est.)

[edit] Total fertility rate

1.33 children born/woman (2006 est.)

There appears to be some dispute as to the Total Fertility Rate of Armenia. The CIA World Factbook notes it as 1.35 children per woman (https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/am.html#People), but other sources claim different numbers, some as high as 1.7 children per woman (http://www.prb.org/pdf08/08WPDS_Eng.pdf).

[edit] HIV/AIDS

Adult prevalence rate: 0.1% (1990 est.)

People living with HIV/AIDS: 2,600 (2003 est.)

Deaths: less than 200 (2003 est.)

[edit] Nationality

Noun: Armenian(s)

Adjective: Armenian

[edit] Ethnic groups

Armenians 97.9%, Yazidis 1.3%, Russians 0.5% and other (i.e. Georgians, Kurds and Azeri) 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%, Ukrainian and Russian 1%, Portuguese and Spanish 0.9%, and other 0.4% (2001 census). Armenia is an observant member of the La Francophonie due to a small percentage of people studied enough French and the largest communities of the ethnic Armenian diaspora is fluent in English.

[edit] Literacy

Definition: age 15 and over can read and write

Total population: 98.6%

Male: 99.4%

Female: 98% (2003 est.)

[edit] References

This article contains material from the CIA World Factbook (2006 edition) which, as a US government publication, is in the public domain.

[edit] Footnotes

^ Garnik Asatryan and Victoria Arakelova, The Ethnic Minorities of Armenia, Routledge, part of the OSCE, 2002
^ "Armenia's Population Slightly Up In 2005 To Exceed 3 Million", RIA Novosti (2006-02-22). Retrieved on 2006-02-22.
^ People in Armenia live longer than in other countries of the former Soviet Union."UN report", PanARMENIAN.Net (2007-06-28). Retrieved on 2007-06-28.

[edit] See also

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

[1] "Armenia's Population Slightly Up In 2005 To Exceed 3 Million", RIA Novosti (2006-02-22). Retrieved on 2006-02-22.

[2] People in Armenia live longer than in other countries of the former Soviet Union."UN report", PanARMENIAN.Net (2007-06-28). Retrieved on 2007-06-28.

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