Armenia´s population growth down in six months

Arminfo
30 Jul 05


YEREVAN

In January-June 2005, 17,457 babies were born in Armenia and 13,772
people died, 199 of them under the age of one, Armenia's National
Statistics Service has said.

So the Armenian population grew by 3,685 people over this period. A
total of 7,889 marriages and 1,050 divorces were registered in the
country.

As of the beginning of 2005, 63.3 per cent of the country's permanent
population were at the employment age (16-62 years for men and 16-58
years for women), 23.6 per cent were under and 13.1 per cent over the
employment age. The proportion of those at the employment age to
children and elderly people was 1,000 to 579.

The indicators of both the absolute and comparative birth rates in
January-June 2005 fell compared with the same period of 2004. The
birth rate fell by 2.2 per cent and the coefficient of the birth rate
was 10.9 per 1,000 people against 11.2 per 1,000 people last year.

Due to the decline in the birth rate, the natural population growth
fell by 9.7 per cent over the past six months compared with the same
period of the last year. And the coefficient of the natural growth was
2.3 per 1,000 people compared with 2.6 per 1,000 people last year.

Despite the natural population growth in the first six months of 2005,
Lori Region, some districts and towns (particularly Tumanyan, Shamlug,
Akhtala, Stepanavan, Tashir, Gyumri and Tsakhkadzor) saw a natural
population decline, i.e.  deaths outnumbered births.