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CENSUS SHOWS SLIGHT DECLINE IN ARMENIA'S POPULATION
Xinhua General News Service
October 31, 2012 Wednesday 10:10 AM EST
China
Preliminary results of Armenia's 2011 census were released Wednesday,
showing the country's population had dropped slightly since the
previous survey in 2001.
The National Statistical Service said the first stage of statistical
analysis put the population at 2,871,771, a fall of 130,823 from 2001,
when the figure was 3,002,594.
Karine Kuyumjyan, head of the Department of Census and Demography of
National Statistical Service, said the number of permanent residents
also fell, by 194,157.
Kuyumjyan said 36.7 percent of the country's population lived in
rural areas and 63.3 percent in urban areas.
The final results of the census, taken every 10 years, will be declared
in 2013.
Xinhua General News Service
October 31, 2012 Wednesday 10:10 AM EST
China
Preliminary results of Armenia's 2011 census were released Wednesday,
showing the country's population had dropped slightly since the
previous survey in 2001.
The National Statistical Service said the first stage of statistical
analysis put the population at 2,871,771, a fall of 130,823 from 2001,
when the figure was 3,002,594.
Karine Kuyumjyan, head of the Department of Census and Demography of
National Statistical Service, said the number of permanent residents
also fell, by 194,157.
Kuyumjyan said 36.7 percent of the country's population lived in
rural areas and 63.3 percent in urban areas.
The final results of the census, taken every 10 years, will be declared
in 2013.