Armenia March 21, 2020 Abkhazia , Aras , Aras river , Armenia , Artsakh , Asia , Caucasus , Charles Aznavour , CIS , conflicts , diaspora , diaspora arménienne , earthquake , earthquakes , Erevan , Francophonie , genocide , Haut-Karabagh , Kura , Kura river , lac Sevan , landlocked country , Lesser Caucasus , Mont Ararat , Nagorno-Karabakh , OIF , Organisation internationale de la Francophonie , Ottoman Empire , Republic of Artsakh , Russia , South Ossetia , Transcaucasia , Turkey , USSR , wars , Western Asia , Yerevan Official name Republic of Armenia Name in local language Հայաստանի Հանրապետություն (Hayastani Hanrapetut'yun) (hy) Continent Asia Subcontinent Western Asia Population (ranking: 140e ) 2,959,245 inhabitants (2020) Population growth -0.21 % / year Area 29,743 km² Density 99.49 inhabitants / km² GDP (ranking: 144e )12.433 billions $USD (2018) GDP/capita (ranking ) 4,212 $USD (2018) GDP growth 5.20 % / year (2018) Life expectancy (ranking ) 74.90 years (2018) Birth rate 12.20 ‰ (2019) Fertility rate 1.60 children / woman (2016) Death rate (ranking ) 8.90 ‰ (2019) Infant mortality rate (ranking ) 6.20 ‰ (2019) Literacy rate 99.65 % (2015) Official languages Armenian Currency Dram (֏ AMD) HDI (ranking: 114e )0.760 / 1 (2018) EPI (ranking )62.07 (2018) Government Unitary parliamentary republic Head of State President Armen Sarkissian National Day 21 September (independence of 1991) ISO Codes AM, ARM Demonym Armenian Tourists (ranking ) 1,894,377 people (2019)
A slowly declining population Armenia is a West Asian state, without access to the sea , located in the Lesser Caucasus. This former Soviet Socialist Republic has land borders with Turkey to the west, Georgia to the north, Azerbaijan to the east and iran to the south. Although geographically located in Asia, Armenia is considered to be culturally, historically and politically part of Europe, or even geographically at its edge.
Mount Ararat (located in Turkey) seen from Yerevan, capital of Armenia. Photo: Serouj Ourishian Urban areas (2016) Urban areas Population Yerevan 1,980,000 inhabitants Gyumri 135,400 inhabitants Vanadzor 126,000 inhabitants
Administrative divisions Regions (Marzer) Population Area Aragatsotn 129,825 inhabitants 2,753 km² Ararat 258,867 inhabitants 2,096 km² Armavir 266,570 inhabitants 1,242 km² Chirak (Shirak) 243,241 inhabitants 2,681 km² Erevan 1,073,738 inhabitants 227 km² Gégharkounik 231,775 inhabitants 5,348 km² Kotayk 253,897 inhabitants 2,089 km² Lorri 225,037 inhabitants 3,789 km² Siounie (Syunik) 139,371 inhabitants 4,506 km² Tavouch (Tavush) 125,509 inhabitants 2,704 km² Vayots Dzor 50,824 inhabitants 2,308 km²
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