Armenia: People & Society#
| Population | 3,051,250 (July 2016 est.) |
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| Nationality | noun: Armenian(s) adjective: Armenian |
| Ethnic groups | Armenian 98.1%, Yezidi (Kurd) 1.1%, other 0.7% (2011 est.) |
| Languages | Armenian (official) 97.9%, Kurdish (spoken by Yezidi minority) 1%, other 1% (2011 est.) |
| Religions | Armenian Apostolic 92.6%, Evangelical 1%, other 2.4%, none 1.1%, unspecified 2.9% (2011 est.) |
| Age structure | 0-14 years: 19% (male 308,701/female 271,028) 15-24 years: 13.58% (male 213,203/female 201,291) 25-54 years: 43.46% (male 640,070/female 685,958) 55-64 years: 12.96% (male 180,700/female 214,834) 65 years and over: 10.99% (male 134,330/female 201,135) (2016 est.) |
| Dependency ratios | total dependency ratio: 41.3% youth dependency ratio: 26% elderly dependency ratio: 15.3% potential support ratio: 6.5% (2015 est.) |
| Median age | total: 34.6 years male: 32.8 years female: 36.5 years (2016 est.) |
| Population growth rate | -0.18% (2016 est.) |
| Birth rate | 13.3 births/1,000 population (2016 est.) |
| Death rate | 9.4 deaths/1,000 population (2016 est.) |
| Net migration rate | -5.7 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2016 est.) |
| Population distribution | most of the population is located in the northern half of the country; the capital of Yerevan is home to more than three times as many people as the second largest city in the country |
| Urbanization | urban population: 62.7% of total population (2015) rate of urbanization: -0.11% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.) |
| Major urban areas - population | YEREVAN (capital) 1,044 (2015) |
| Sex ratio | at birth: 1.13 male(s)/female 0-14 years: 1.14 male(s)/female 15-24 years: 1.06 male(s)/female 25-54 years: 0.93 male(s)/female 55-64 years: 0.84 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.67 male(s)/female total population: 0.94 male(s)/female (2016 est.) |
| Mother's mean age at first birth | 24.1 (2013 est.) |
| Maternal mortality rate | 25 deaths/100,000 live births (2015 est.) |
| Infant mortality rate | total: 13.1 deaths/1,000 live births male: 14.5 deaths/1,000 live births female: 11.5 deaths/1,000 live births (2016 est.) |
| Life expectancy at birth | total population: 74.6 years male: 71.4 years female: 78.3 years (2016 est.) |
| Total fertility rate | 1.64 children born/woman (2016 est.) |
| Contraceptive prevalence rate | 54.9% (2010) |
| Health expenditures | 4.5% of GDP (2014) |
| Physicians density | 2.7 physicians/1,000 population (2013) |
| Hospital bed density | 3.9 beds/1,000 population (2012) |
| Drinking water source | improved: urban: 100% of population rural: 100% of population total: 100% of population unimproved: urban: 0% of population rural: 0% of population total: 0% of population (2015 est.) |
| Sanitation facility access | improved: urban: 96.2% of population rural: 78.2% of population total: 89.5% of population unimproved: urban: 3.8% of population rural: 21.8% of population total: 10.5% of population (2015 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate | 0.2% (2015 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS | 3,600 (2015 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - deaths | 100 (2015 est.) |
| Obesity - adult prevalence rate | 19.9% (2014) |
| Children under the age of 5 years underweight | 5.3% (2010) |
| Education expenditures | 2.8% of GDP (2015) |
| Literacy | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 99.7% male: 99.7% female: 99.6% (2015 est.) |
| School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) | total: 12 years male: 11 years female: 14 years (2009) |
| Child labor - children ages 5-14 | total number: 19,596 percentage: 4% note: data represent children ages 7-17 (2007 est.) |
| Unemployment, youth ages 15-24 | total: 36.1% male: 31.8% female: 41.5% (2013 est.) |