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ARMENIA'S POPULATION DECLINING, 44 PERCENT SEE NO FUTURE IN HOMELAND - UN
Tert.am
11.07.11
The world population will top 4 billion in November, but according
to demographic projections, Armenia's population will shrink by 2050,
Garik Hayrapetyan, the executive representative of the UN Population
Fund's Yerevan office, told a news conference today.
A UN study conducted in 2009 shows that only 16% of the respondents
in Armenia have said they are ready to have another child in the
three years to come; 68% ruled out such a possibility. The number
of children born to young families stands at 1.5 while 2.1 is needed
for a simple reproduction.
Some 44% have said they don't see their future in Armenia.
Commenting on the numbers, Vanik Babajanyan, the head of the Labor
and Social Affairs Ministry's Demographics Division, said some of
the reasons include issues like dwelling, employment, health care,
unpreparedness to become parents among other difficulties.
He, however, shrugged off allegations that emigration numbers have
hit threatening sizes in Armenia.
From: A. Papazian
Tert.am
11.07.11
The world population will top 4 billion in November, but according
to demographic projections, Armenia's population will shrink by 2050,
Garik Hayrapetyan, the executive representative of the UN Population
Fund's Yerevan office, told a news conference today.
A UN study conducted in 2009 shows that only 16% of the respondents
in Armenia have said they are ready to have another child in the
three years to come; 68% ruled out such a possibility. The number
of children born to young families stands at 1.5 while 2.1 is needed
for a simple reproduction.
Some 44% have said they don't see their future in Armenia.
Commenting on the numbers, Vanik Babajanyan, the head of the Labor
and Social Affairs Ministry's Demographics Division, said some of
the reasons include issues like dwelling, employment, health care,
unpreparedness to become parents among other difficulties.
He, however, shrugged off allegations that emigration numbers have
hit threatening sizes in Armenia.
From: A. Papazian