Location: Southwestern Asia, east of Turkey
Area:
total area:
29,800 sq km
land area:
28,400 sq km
comparative area:
slightly larger than Maryland
Land boundaries:
total 1,254 km;
Azerbaijan (east) 566 km, Azerbaijan (south) 221 km,
Georgia 164 km, Iran 35 km, Turkey 268 km
Coastline: 0 km
Population: 3,557,284 (July 1995 est.)
Age structure:
0-14 years:
31% (female 542,664; male 570,998)
15-64 years:
61% (female 1,103,171; male 1,076,226)
65 years and over:
8% (female 154,784; male 109,441)
Population growth rate: 0.94% (1995 est.)
Birth rate: 22.79 births/1,000 population
Death rate: 6.66 deaths/1,000 population
Net migration rate: -6.68 migrant(s)/1,000 population
Infant mortality rate: 26 deaths/1,000 live births
Life expectancy at birth:
total population:
72.36 years
male:
68.94 years
female:
75.95 years
Total fertility rate: 3.06 children born/woman
Ethnic divisions:
Armenian 93%, Azeri 3%, Russian 2%,
other (mostly Yezidi Kurds) 2%(1989)
Religions: Armenian Orthodox 94%
Languages: Armenian 96%, Russian 2%, other 2%
Literacy:
age 15 and over can read and write (1989)
total population:
99%
male:
99%
female:
98%
Names:
conventional long form:
Republic of Armenia
conventional short form:
Armenia
Type: republic
Capital: Yerevan
Independence:
28 May 1918 (First Armenian Republic);
23 September 1991 (from Soviet Union)
Constitution:
adopted NA April 1978;
referendum on new constitution to be held 5July 1995
National product: GDP - purchasing power parity - $8.1 billion
National product real growth rate: -2%
National product per capita: $2,290
Inflation rate (consumer prices): 27%
Unemployment rate:
6.5% of officially registered unemployed
but large numbers of underemployed
Electricity:
capacity:
4,620,000 kW
production:
5.7 billion kWh
consumption per capita:
1,620 kWh
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