Emigration, Low Birth Rate Main Causes of Armenia’s Population Decline

Armenians at Zvartnots International Airport (Photo: Photolure)

YEREVAN (Arka)””Emigration and low birth rate are the main reasons behind Armenia’s declining population, a demographer Ruben Yeganyan said on Wednesday. According to official data of the National Statistical Service (NSS), the country’s population as of January 1, 2017 was estimated at 2,986,500 people, a decrease of 0.4% from the year before.

“There is nothing strange in the fact that the population of Armenia continues to decline. The main reasons are emigration and low birth rate,”