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: 145e )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
See also
