Armenia 
Facts
Population: 2,971,650 (July 2007 est.).
Age structure: 0-14 years: 19.5% (male 307,610/female 271,381)
15-64 years: 69.3% (male 962,126/female 1,098,192)
65 years and over: 11.2% (male 132,705/female 199,636) (2007 est.).
Population growth rate: -0.129% (2007 est.).
Birth rate: 12.34 births/1,000 population (2007 est.).
Death rate: 8.29 deaths/1,000 population (2007 est.).
Net migration rate: -5.34 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2007 est.).
Sex ratio: at birth: 1.16 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.133 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 0.876 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.665 male(s)/female
total population: 0.894 male(s)/female (2007 est.).
Infant mortality rate: total: 21.69 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 26.69 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 15.91 deaths/1,000 live births (2007 est.).
Life expectancy at birth: total population: 72.12 years
male: 68.52 years
female: 76.29 years (2007 est.).
Total fertility rate: 1.34 children born/woman (2007 est.).
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: 0.1% (2003 est.).
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: 2,600 (2003 est.).
HIV/AIDS - deaths: less than 200 (2003 est.).
Nationality: noun: Armenian(s)
adjective: Armenian.
Ethnic groups: Armenian 97.9%, Yezidi (Kurd) 1.3%, Russian 0.5%, other 0.3% (2001 census).
Religions: Armenian Apostolic 94.7%, other Christian 4%, Yezidi (monotheist with elements of nature worship) 1.3%.
Languages: Armenian 97.7%, Yezidi 1%, Russian 0.9%, other 0.4% (2001 census).
Literacy: definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 99.4%
male: 99.7%
female: 99.2% (2001 census).
GDP (purchasing power parity): $16.94 billion (2006 est.).
GDP - real growth rate: 13.4% (2006 est.).
GDP - per capita (PPP): $5,700 (2006 est.).
GDP - composition by sector: agriculture: 17.7%
industry: 42%
services: 40.3% (January-November 2006 est.).
Labor force: 1.2 million (November 2006).
Labor force - by occupation: agriculture: 45%
industry: 25%
services: 30% (2002 est.).
Population below poverty line: 34.6% (2004 est.).
Household income or consumption by percentage share: lowest 10%: 1.6%
highest 10%: 41.3% (2004).
Inflation rate (consumer prices): 2.9% (2006 est.).
Unemployment rate: 7.4% (November 2006 est.).
Budget: revenues: $1.3 billion
expenditures: $1.6 billion; including capital expenditures of $NA (FY07 est.).
Agriculture - products: fruit (especially grapes), vegetables; livestock.
Industries: diamond-processing, metal-cutting machine tools, forging-pressing machines, electric motors, tires, knitted wear, hosiery, shoes, silk fabric, chemicals, trucks, instruments, microelectronics, jewelry manufacturing, software development, food processing, brandy.
Industrial production growth rate: -1.2% (2006 est.).
Electricity - production: 6.317 billion kWh (2005).
Electricity - consumption: 4.374 billion kWh (2005).
Electricity - exports: 1.012 billion kWh; note - exports an unknown quantity to Georgia; includes exports to Nagorno-Karabakh region in Azerbaijan (2004).
Electricity - imports: 260 million kWh; note - imports an unknown quantity from Iran (2004).
Exports: $1.056 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.).
Exports - commodities: diamonds, mineral products, foodstuffs, energy.
Exports - partners: Germany 15.6%, Netherlands 13.7%, Belgium 12.8%, Russia 12.2%, Israel 11.5%, US 11.2%, Georgia 4.8% (2005).
Imports: $1.684 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.).
Imports - commodities: natural gas, petroleum, tobacco products, foodstuffs, diamonds.
Imports - partners: Russia 13.5%, Belgium 8%, Germany 7.8%, Ukraine 7%, Turkmenistan 6.3%, US 6.2%, Israel 5.8%, Iran 4.9%, Romania 4.2% (2005).
Debt - external: $1.16 billion (30 September 2006).
Economic aid - recipient: ODA, $254 million (2004).
Currency (code): dram (AMD).
Exchange rates: drams per US dollar - 414.69 (2006), 457.69 (2005), 533.45 (2004), 578.76 (2003), 573.35 (2002).
Fiscal year: calendar year.
Statistics: C.I.A. World Factbook. Updated: July 20, 2007.
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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