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Armenia Demographics Profile

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Population3,011,609 (July 2021 est.)
Nationalitynoun: Armenian(s)

adjective: Armenian
Ethnic groupsArmenian 98.1%, Yezidi (Kurd) 1.2%, other 0.7% (2011 est.)
LanguagesArmenian (official) 97.9%, Kurdish (spoken by Yezidi minority) 1%, other 1%; note - Russian is widely spoken (2011 est.)

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ReligionsArmenian Apostolic 92.6%, Evangelical 1%, other 2.4%, none 1.1%, unspecified 2.9% (2011 est.)
Age structure0-14 years: 18.64% (male 297,320/female 265,969)

15-24 years: 11.63% (male 184,258/female 167,197)

25-54 years: 43.04% (male 639,101/female 661,421)

55-64 years: 14.08% (male 195,754/female 229,580)

65 years and over: 12.6% (male 154,117/female 226,607) (2020 est.)
Dependency ratiostotal dependency ratio: 48.4

youth dependency ratio: 30.9

elderly dependency ratio: 17.5

potential support ratio: 5.7 (2020 est.)
Median agetotal: 36.6 years

male: 35.1 years

female: 38.3 years (2020 est.)
Population growth rate-0.35% (2021 est.)
Birth rate11.45 births/1,000 population (2021 est.)
Death rate9.48 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.)
Net migration rate-5.43 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2021 est.)
Population distributionmost of the population is located in the northern half of the country; the capital of Yerevan is home to more than five times as many people as Gyumri, the second largest city in the country
Urbanizationurban population: 63.4% of total population (2021)

rate of urbanization: 0.23% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)
Major cities - population1.089 million YEREVAN (capital) (2021)
Sex ratioat birth: 1.1 male(s)/female

0-14 years: 1.12 male(s)/female

15-24 years: 1.1 male(s)/female

25-54 years: 0.97 male(s)/female

55-64 years: 0.85 male(s)/female

65 years and over: 0.68 male(s)/female

total population: 0.95 male(s)/female (2020 est.)
Mother's mean age at first birth25.2 years (2019 est.)
Maternal mortality rate26 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)
Infant mortality ratetotal: 12.47 deaths/1,000 live births

male: 14.02 deaths/1,000 live births

female: 10.78 deaths/1,000 live births (2021 est.)
Life expectancy at birthtotal population: 75.86 years

male: 72.58 years

female: 79.44 years (2021 est.)
Total fertility rate1.65 children born/woman (2021 est.)
Contraceptive prevalence rate57.1% (2015/16)
Drinking water sourceimproved: urban: 100% of population

rural: 100% of population

total: 100% of population

unimproved: urban: 0% of population

rural: 0% of population

total: 0% of population (2017 est.)
Health expenditures10% (2018)
Physicians density4.4 physicians/1,000 population (2017)
Hospital bed density4.2 beds/1,000 population (2014)
Sanitation facility accessimproved: urban: 100% of population

rural: 84.5% of population

total: 93.6% of population

unimproved: urban: 0% of population

rural: 15.5% of population

total: 6.4% of population (2017 est.)
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate0.2% (2020 est.)
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS4,800 (2020 est.)
HIV/AIDS - deaths<100 (2020 est.)
Obesity - adult prevalence rate20.2% (2016)
Children under the age of 5 years underweight2.6% (2015/16)
Education expenditures2.7% of GDP (2017)
Literacydefinition: age 15 and over can read and write

total population: 99.7%

male: 99.8%

female: 99.7% (2017)
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)total: 13 years

male: 13 years

female: 14 years (2019)

Source: CIA World Factbook
This page was last updated on September 18, 2021

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