Armenia 
Facts
Population:
3,336,100 (July 2001 est.)
Age structure:
0-14 years:
23.23% (male 394,194; female 380,911)
15-64 years:
67.04% (male 1,094,646; female 1,141,760)
65 years and over:
9.73% (male 135,477; female 189,112) (2001 est.)
Population growth rate:
-0.21% (2001 est.)
Birth rate:
11.47 births/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Death rate:
9.74 deaths/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Net migration rate:
-3.87 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Sex ratio:
at birth:
1.05 male(s)/female
under 15 years:
1.03 male(s)/female
15-64 years:
0.96 male(s)/female
65 years and over:
0.72 male(s)/female
total population:
0.95 male(s)/female (2001 est.)
Infant mortality rate:
41.27 deaths/1,000 live births (2001 est.)
Life expectancy at birth:
total population:
66.49 years
male:
62.12 years
female:
71.08 years (2001 est.)
Total fertility rate:
1.5 children born/woman (2001 est.)
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
0.01% (1999 est.)
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
less than 500 (1999 est.)
HIV/AIDS - deaths:
less than 100 (1999 est.)
Nationality:
noun:
Armenian(s)
adjective:
Armenian
Ethnic groups:
Armenian 93%, Azeri 3%, Russian 2%, other (mostly Yezidi Kurds) 2% (1989)
note:
as of the end of 1993, virtually all Azeris had emigrated from Armenia
Religions:
Armenian Orthodox 94%
Languages:
Armenian 96%, Russian 2%, other 2%
Literacy:
definition:
age 15 and over can read and write
total population:
99%
male:
99%
female:
98% (1989 est.)
GDP:
purchasing power parity - $10 billion (2000 est.)
GDP - real growth rate:
5% (2000 est.)
GDP - per capita:
purchasing power parity - $3,000 (2000 est.)
GDP - composition by sector:
agriculture:
40%
industry:
25%
services:
35% (1999 est.)
Population below poverty line:
45% (1999 est.)
Household income or consumption by percentage share:
lowest 10%:
NA%
highest 10%:
NA%
Inflation rate (consumer prices):
1% (1999 est.)
Labor force:
1.5 million (1999)
Labor force - by occupation:
agriculture 55%, services 25%, industry 20% (1999 est.)
Unemployment rate:
20% (1998 est.)
note:
official rate is 9.3% for 1998
Budget:
revenues:
$360 million
expenditures:
$566 million, including capital expenditures of $NA (1999 est.)
Industries:
metal-cutting machine tools, forging-pressing machines, electric motors, tires, knitted wear, hosiery, shoes, silk fabric, chemicals, trucks, instruments, microelectronics, gem cutting, jewelry manufacturing, software development, brandy
Industrial production growth rate:
5% (2000 est.)
Electricity - production:
6.668 billion kWh (1999)
Electricity - production by source:
fossil fuel:
45.56%
hydro:
23.25%
nuclear:
31.19%
other:
0% (1999)
Electricity - consumption:
6.201 billion kWh (1999)
Electricity - exports:
0 kWh (1999)
Fiscal year:
calendar year
Statistics: CIA World Factbook.
Armenia in the News
Nicolas Tavitian, Director of European Programmes for the Armenian General Benevolent Union, responds to French Foreign Minister Michel Barnier’s announcement that Turkey is expected to recognize the 1915 Armenian genocide during negotiations for accession to the European Union.
Tigran Martirosyan, a former senior Armenian diplomat, writes that the change in political leadership is unlikely to affect the sour relations between Turkey and Armenia.
In the aftermath of the shocking assassination of Prime Minister Vazgen Sarkisian and Speaker Karen Demirchian, people in Armenia are mystified about the possible motives of the five terrorists who carried out the deadly attack.
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