From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Demographics of Armenia is about the demographic features of the population of Armenia, including population growth, population density, ethnicity, education level, health, economic status, religious affiliations, and other aspects of the population.
Demographics of Armenia, Data of
FAO, year 2005 ; Number of inhabitants in thousands.
[edit] Demographics trends
After registering a steady increase all through the Soviet period, the population of Armenia declined from 3.3 million in 1989 to less than 3.1 million in 2003.
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 Russians, Assyrians, Ukrainians, Yazidi 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] CIA World Factbook demographic statistics
- Data from CIA World Factbook, unless indicated otherwise.
[edit] Population
- 2,968,586 (July 2008 est.)
- As of 1 July 2007, the resident population was 3,223,700.[2]
[edit] Age structure
- 0-14 years: 18.7% (male 296,401/female 259,594)
- 15-64 years: 70.3% (male 975,438/female 1,111,989)
- 65 years and over: 11% (male 128,398/female 196,766) (2008 est.)
[edit] Median age
- Total: 31.1 years
- Male: 28.4 years
- Female: 34 years (2008 est.)
[edit] Population growth rate
- -0.077% (2008 est.)
[edit] Birth rate
- 12.53 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)
- There were 37,509 births in 2005 compared to 37,520 in 2004.[3] For the first half of 2007, there were 18,114 births.[2]
[edit] Death rate
- 8.34 deaths/1,000 population (2008 est.)
[edit] Net migration rate
- -4.95 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)
[edit] Sex ratio
- At birth: 1.15 male(s)/female
- Under 15 years: 1.14 male(s)/female
- 15-64 years: 0.88 male(s)/female
- 65 years and over: 0.65 male(s)/female
- Total population: 0.89 male(s)/female (2008 est.)
[edit] Infant mortality rate
- Total: 20.94 deaths/1,000 live births
- Male: 25.82 deaths/1,000 live births
- Female: 15.33 deaths/1,000 live births (2008 est.)
[edit] Life expectancy at birth
- Total population: 72.4 years (alternative estimate 71.84 years[4])
- Male: 68.79 years
- Female: 76.55 years (2008 est.)
[edit] Total fertility rate
- 1.35 children born/woman (2008 est.)
- Population Reference Bureau estimates higher fertility rates: 1.7 children per woman in 1998-1999.[5]
[edit] HIV/AIDS
- Adult prevalence rate: 0.1% (2003 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%, Yazidi (Kurd) 1.3%, Russians 0.5%, other 0.3% (2001 census)
[edit] Religions
- 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%, Yazidi 1%, Russian 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: 99.4%
- Male: 99.7%
- Female: 99.2% (2001 census)
[edit] References
This article incorporates public domain material from the CIA World Factbook document "2006 edition".
[edit] See also
This article incorporates public domain material from the CIA World Factbook document "2006 edition".
