YEREVAN, July 31. /ARKA/. Armenia’s resident population stood at 2,969,800 people as of July 1, 2018, according to the numbers, released by the National Committee of Statistics (NCS).
Compared to the same time span of 2017, the number of resident population was down by 10,100 people. Compared with the beginning of the year, the population decreased by 2,900 people. The decline is explained by the prevalence of the negative migration balance of 6000 people over the natural growth of the population by 3,100 people.
According to the NSC, the urban population as of July 1 stood at 1,894.400 people, with 1,077,600 people living in the capital city Yerevan. The rural population stood at 1,075,400 people.
The number of babies born in January-June, 2018 decreased by 5.7% to 16,189. The number of deaths in the reporting period decreased by 9.5% to 13,112.
On January 1, 2016, Armenia’s resident population for the first time was less than 3 million people since the 1970s. -0-