Armenia Population 2024 (Live)

2,778,131

Armenia has experienced population decline since the USSR was broken up, but the decline leveled out between 2008-2010. Based on the medium variant of the UN projections, the population will be nearly 3 million in 2020.

Armenia Population Growth

The annual growth rate of the population in Armenia has been wavering on both sides of zero since the turn of the century, gaining numbers just to lose some a few years later leading to little overall change. As of 2019, the population was close to a standstill growing at just 0.09% a year. Net migration is relatively low, yet negative, and the largest contributing factor to the low amount has been the below-average birth rate of 1.61 children being born to the average Armenian woman. The birth rate was even lower in the 1990s, meaning that there are not many people around child-bearing age around at present. That in combination with socio-economic factors have not inspired people to start large families.

Armenia Population Projections

The decrease in the annual growth rate of Armenia is expected to continue in the coming years, beginning to see a decrease in numbers as soon as the year 2024. Current projections go out to the year 2050 and believe that the net migration will regularly be at least -5,000 annually and the birth rate will remain below the worldwide average, staying close to 1.51, which is not conducive to growth. If these factors remain as expected, the annual growth rate should get down to -0.47% by 2050, and the population of Armenia will be roughly 2,938,679 in 2020, 2,907,463 in 2030, 2,818,399 in 2040 and 2,600,184 by 2050.

Population Rank
Growth Rate
2024 World Percentage
Land Area
28,470
The current population of Armenia is 2,778,131 based on projections of the latest United Nations data. The UN estimates the July 1, 2024 population at 2,777,979.

Armenia Growth Rate

Armenia Population 2024 (Live)

Armenia Population Clock

Armenia Population (as of 3/11/2024)2,778,131
Next UN Estimate (July 1, 2024)2,777,979
Births per Day84
Deaths per Day72
Migrations per Day-14
Net Change per Day-1
Population Change Since Jan. 1-71

Components of Population Change

One birth every 17.15 minutes
One death every 20 minutes
One emigrant every 102.85 minutes
Net loss of one person every 1440 minutes

Armenia Population Clock

City
2024 Population
Yerevan1,093,485
Gyumri148,381
Vanadzor101,098
Vagharshapat46,540
Hrazdan40,795
Abovyan35,673
Kapan33,160
Ararat28,832
Armavir25,963
Step'anavan23,782

The small landlocked nation of Armenia is located along the boundary between Europe and Asia but is technically an Asian nation that shares its border with Georgia, Azerbaijan, Iran, and Turkey. Located in the Southern Caucasus Mountains between the Black and Caspian Seas, Armenia covers 11,484 square miles (29,743 square kilometers) of area, which ranks 141st in the world in terms of size. However, Armenia is the second-most densely populated nation of the former Soviet republics. The population in 2019 was 2,937,026 which gives it a population density of 256 people per square mile (99 people per square kilometer), which ranks 84th in the world in this regard.

Roughly 63% of the people living in Armenia reside in or around a major metropolitan area. Armenia’s largest city, Yerevan, has a population of approximately 1.075 million people - roughly one-third of the entire population. Yerevan is one of the world’s oldest, continually inhabited cities in existence to this day. Yerevan is also the nation's capital and is home to most of the country's major industries and international headquarters. This area of Armenia is where it is speculated that Noah’s Ark would have landed, by all research and accounts. Yerevan is by far the largest city in Armenia, with the second-largest city of Gyumri having a population of 117,000. Other notable cities with populations less than 100,000 include Vanadzor, Vagharshapat (Etchmiadzin), Abovyan, and Kapan. Armenia is urbanizing at a rate of 0.5% but has seen a population decrease by about 6% over the most recent 4 years.

Armenia Population Density Map

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Year
Population
Growth Rate
Density (/km²)
Population Rank
Density Rank
20242,777,979-0.3%98141116
20232,777,970-0.42%98140114
20202,805,608-0.53%99141112
20192,820,602-0.56%99140112
20182,836,557-0.54%100140110
20172,851,923-0.48%100140110
20152,878,595-0.46%101140108
20102,946,293-0.67%103136102
20053,047,246-0.78%10713496
20003,168,523-0.95%11113191
19953,322,782-1.35%11712781
19903,556,5391.5%12512171
19853,300,8961.04%11612173
19803,135,1232.06%11011872
19752,830,7982.24%9911973
19702,534,3772.56%8911877
19652,234,0513.25%7811980
19601,904,1483.48%6711988
19551,604,3762.98%5612094

Armenia Population by Year (Historical)

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Year
Population
Growth Rate
Density (/km²)
Population Rank
Density Rank
20242,777,979-0.3%98141116
20252,777,003-0.21%98141118
20302,759,528-0.13%97145121
20352,726,573-0.24%96146123
20402,683,809-0.32%94146128
20452,632,515-0.39%92145134
20502,573,465-0.45%90146140
20552,505,509-0.53%88146142
20602,427,507-0.63%85146143
20652,339,841-0.73%82145144
20702,240,823-0.86%79145150
20752,132,142-0.99%75145152
20802,018,593-1.09%71145155
20851,906,570-1.14%67148157
20901,800,342-1.14%63149160
20951,699,311-1.15%60149162

Armenia Population by Year (Projections)

Armenia Population Pyramid 2024

Armenia Median Age

36.6

Total

35.1

Male

38.3

Female

Armenia Population by Age

There are people over age 18 in Armenia.

Census Years

Year
Date
202123 October 2021
201121 October 2011
200119 October 2001
198912 January 1989

Armenia Population Pyramid

Armenia Demographics

The ethnic tapestry of Armenia is 98% ethnic Armenians, while the rest are primarily Yazidis, with some Russian ethnicity present. Accordingly, the two official languages in Armenia are Armenian, and Kurdish, which is spoken by the Yezidi minority. The life expectancy in Armenia is higher than most other Soviet Republics with men expected to live to 71.6 and women to 78.3 years old. The median age in Armenia is 35.6 years old. Armenia has a large diaspora, with about 8 million Armenians living throughout the world. This is much larger than the current 3 million population of Armenia itself. The largest communities outside of Armenia are in Russia, Iran, France, the U.S., Canada, Syria, Lebanon and elsewhere. The northern portion of the country is more densely populated than the south.

Armenia Religion, Economy and Politics

Religious devotion in Armenia is traditionally Christian. Armenia was the first country to adopt Christianity as a national religion, and antiquity shows this occurred around 301 A.D. Over 93% of the current populous claims to be part of the Armenian Apostolic Church. Catholicism exists in Armenia, as well as Sunni Islam, both practiced by a small fraction of Armenian residents.

In the years since Armenia's independence, they have become increasingly self-reliant for natural resources and mining for copper, zinc, gold, and lead is the most significant portion of the economy. Most of their fuel, however, still comes from Russia. Trade in Armenia is somewhat limited since two of its neighboring countries, Azerbaijan and Turkey, have had their trade borders closed since 1991 and 1993, respectively, leaving just Jordan and Georgia as their most accessible trade partners. This limited trade in addition to the pervasiveness of monopolies throughout many industries has led Armenia to be particularly susceptible to the volatilities of the global market.

Armenia Population History

600,000 - 1,500,000 Armenians were either killed or deported from Western Armenia, their homeland, to the area that is now Syria between the years 1915-1917, at which time the Armenian part of the Ottoman Empire came under the control of the Russian army before being incorporated into the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics in 1922. Under Stalin, the economy flourished and there was much industrial development, but the people suffered greatly through the 1930s.

In 1988, Armenians began campaigning for the Nagorno-Karabakh region of neighboring Azerbaijan to be incorporated with the rest of Armenia. Later that year an earthquake killed 25,000 and left hundreds of thousands of people without homes. Shortly after the earthquake, tensions rose over the Nagorno-Karabakh region and thousands were forced to leave their homes. Armenia joined the United Nations in 1992 and became a full member of the Council of Europe in 2002.

Armenia Population Rank 2024
Area (km²)
29,743
2024 Growth Rate
Capital
GDP (IMF '23)
$24.54
GDP (UN '22)
$19.51 Bn

Armenia - General Info

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