Factsheet

 General information on the Republic of Armenia - Հայաստանի Հանրապետություն (Hayastani Hanrapetutyun) 

Form of government Republic
Capital  Yerevan (1,066,300)
Independent since September, 21st, 1991 (national holiday)
Oficial language Armenian
Territory 29,743 km2
Population (January 1st, 2013)                    3,0269,00
Population density/km2 102
Highest elevation Mount Aragatz, 4,090 metres
Longest river Araks (192 km)
Neighboring countries Georgia (North), Azerbaijan (East), Turkey (West and Southwest), Iran (South)

 

 

 

All data and maps of this section are taken from the Statistical Yearbook of Armenia 2013 (http://www.armstat.am/en/?nid=45)

 


 The Republic of Armenia is divided into ten territorial-administrative divisions (marzes) and the city of Yerevan:

Marz Territory km2    Population    Population density/km2
Yerevan city   233               1,066,300   4,782 
Aragatsotn  2756  133,000   48 
Ararat  2090  261,400  125 
Armavir  1242  267,100  215 
Gegharkunik    5349  235,600 

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Kotayk 2086  255,300  122 
Lory 3799  234,700  62 
Shirak 2680  251,300  94 
Syunik  4506  141,700  31 
Tawush 2704  128,300  47 
Vayots dzor 2308  52,200  23 

 

 

 

 

All data and maps of this section are taken from the Statistical Yearbook of Armenia 2013 (http://www.armstat.am/en/?nid=45)


The following table shows the development of the different ethnic groups in Armenia as published in the results of the censuses of 2001 and 2002, the differences showing development trends have been calculated independently. Numbers of groups showing an asterisk (*) were not published as individual data in the census results. These figures are taken from fieldwork. Groups without any data do not appear in the census results and have not been surveyed yet.

Ethnic group 2011 census   2001 census   Difference absolut  Difference in %
Total  3,018,854  3,213,011 

-194,157 

 -6.04 
Armenians (incl. Bosha)  2,961,514  3,145,354  -183,849  -5.44 
Yezidis  35,272  40,620  -5,384  -13.17 
Russians (incl. Molokans)   11,862  14,660  -2,798   -19.09 
Assyrians  2,769  3,409  -640  -18.77 
Kurds  2,162  1,519  +643  +42.33 
Ukrainians  1,176  1633  -457  -27.99 
Georgians  974  696  +278  +39.94 
Greeks  900  1,176   -276  -23.47 
Belorussians  n.d.  257  n.d.  n.d. 
Germans*  90  n.d.  n.d.  n.d. 
Poles*  n.d.  n.d.  n.d.  n.d. 
Jews**  n.d.  ∼100  n.d.  n.d. 
Tatis*  n.d.  n.d.  n.d.  n.d. 
Udis*  n.d.  n.d.  n.d.  n.d. 

** The data basis for determining the size of the Jewish community is problematic as a distinction has to made between the worldly and the religious community, both differing substantially in size and admission rules from each other (see entry). The value given refers to the information conveyed by religious community that is more clearly definable. 

 

 

All data and maps of this section are taken from the censuses of the years 2001(for the complete census results see: http://docs.armstat.am/census/eng.php) and 2011(http://armstat.am/file/article/sv_03_13a_520.pdf, preliminary results only)

 


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