UN says Armenia’s population will dwindle to 2.7 million by 2020
17.05.2018,
15:44
Armenia’s population by 2050 will dwindle to 2.7 million people, according to UN’s latest 2018 Revision of World Urbanization Prospects.
YEREVAN, May 17. /ARKA/. Armenia’s population by 2050 will dwindle to 2.7 million people, according to UN’s latest 2018 Revision of World Urbanization Prospects.
According to Armenia’s National Statistical Service, the country’s population as of April 1, 2018 stood at 2,969,900 people. Compared with the same period in 2017, the population reduced by 11,600 people.
According to the UN, the population of Armenia in the middle of the last century was 1.35 million people. By 1990 it had reached 3.5 million, and then began to decline gradually. The urban population in 1950 was only 40.3% of the total number of population, growing to 67.4% by 1990. By 2050 it is supposed to constitute 74.3%.
According to the National Statistical Service, the number of urban population as of April 1 stood at 1,894,500 people (down by 4,500 year-on-year). Yerevan had 1,077,600 residents. In rural areas, the population decreased by 7,100 people to 1,075,400.
In 2017 the number of births decreased by 7.1% or 2,890 to 37, 699. The number of deaths in the reporting period increased by 3% to 27,367. -0-
According to Armenia’s National Statistical Service, the country’s population as of April 1, 2018 stood at 2,969,900 people. Compared with the same period in 2017, the population reduced by 11,600 people.
According to the UN, the population of Armenia in the middle of the last century was 1.35 million people. By 1990 it had reached 3.5 million, and then began to decline gradually. The urban population in 1950 was only 40.3% of the total number of population, growing to 67.4% by 1990. By 2050 it is supposed to constitute 74.3%.
According to the National Statistical Service, the number of urban population as of April 1 stood at 1,894,500 people (down by 4,500 year-on-year). Yerevan had 1,077,600 residents. In rural areas, the population decreased by 7,100 people to 1,075,400.
In 2017 the number of births decreased by 7.1% or 2,890 to 37, 699. The number of deaths in the reporting period increased by 3% to 27,367. -0-
