World Factbook
Armenia
Hayastani Hanrapetut'yun
Last updated: 2026-03-28 (today)
Literacy
male
99.8% (2023 est.)
female
99.9% (2023 est.)
total population
99.8% (2023 est.)
Languages
Languages
Armenian 97.2%, Russian 1.4%, Ezidian 1.0%; less than 1%: other, unknown (2022)
major-language sample(s)
Աշխարհի Փաստագիրք, Անփոխարինելի Աղբյւր Հիմնական Տեղեկատվւթյան. (Armenian) The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information.
Religions
Armenian Apostolic 95.2%, not stated 1.7%; less than 1%: Catholic, no religion, Evangelical, Shar-fadinian, other, Armenian Orthodox, Jehovah's Witness, Pagan, Molokan (2022 est.)
Sex ratio
at birth
1.07 male(s)/female
0-14 years
1.1 male(s)/female
15-64 years
0.99 male(s)/female
total population
0.96 male(s)/female (2024 est.)
65 years and over
0.71 male(s)/female
Birth rate
10.24 births/1,000 population (2025 est.)
Death rate
9.6 deaths/1,000 population (2025 est.)
Median age
male
37.6 years
total
39.5 years (2025 est.)
female
40.3 years
Population
male
1,451,842
total
2,963,837 (2025 est.)
female
1,511,995
Nationality
noun
Armenian(s)
adjective
Armenian
Tobacco use
male
47.6% (2025 est.)
total
21.5% (2025 est.)
female
1.6% (2025 est.)
Urbanization
urban population
63.7% of total population (2023)
rate of urbanization
0.23% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)
Age structure
0-14 years
17.7% (male 275,589/female 250,630)
15-64 years
67% (male 991,490/female 1,004,101)
65 years and over
15.3% (2024 est.) (male 189,336/female 265,619)
Ethnic groups
Armenian 98.1%, Yezidi 1.1%; less than 1%: Russian, other, Assyrian, Kurd, Ukrainian, Greek (2022 est.)
Child marriage
men married by age 18
0.4% (2016)
women married by age 15
0% (2016)
women married by age 18
5.3% (2016)
Dependency ratios
total dependency ratio
50.4 (2025 est.)
youth dependency ratio
26.1 (2025 est.)
potential support ratio
4.1 (2025 est.)
elderly dependency ratio
24.3 (2025 est.)
Physician density
3.36 physicians/1,000 population (2022)
Health expenditure
Health expenditure (as % of GDP)
12.3% of GDP (2021)
Health expenditure (as % of national budget)
6.5% of national budget (2022 est.)
Net migration rate
-5.1 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2025 est.)
Hospital bed density
4.6 beds/1,000 population (2020 est.)
Total fertility rate
1.66 children born/woman (2025 est.)
Drinking water source
improved: rural
rural: 100% of population (2022 est.)
improved: total
total: 100% of population (2022 est.)
improved: urban
urban: 100% of population (2022 est.)
unimproved: rural
rural: 0% of population (2022 est.)
unimproved: total
total: 0% of population (2022 est.)
unimproved: urban
urban: 0% of population (2022 est.)
Education expenditure
Education expenditure (% GDP)
2.4% of GDP (2023 est.)
Education expenditure (% national budget)
8.7% national budget (2025 est.)
Infant mortality rate
male
13.1 deaths/1,000 live births
total
11.3 deaths/1,000 live births (2025 est.)
female
10 deaths/1,000 live births
Population growth rate
-0.45% (2025 est.)
Gross reproduction rate
0.8 (2025 est.)
Population distribution
most of the population is located in the northern half of the country; the capital of Yerevan is home to more than five times as many people as Gyumri, the second-largest city in the country
Life expectancy at birth
male
73.4 years
female
80.1 years
total population
76.7 years (2024 est.)
Maternal mortality ratio
19 deaths/100,000 live births (2023 est.)
Sanitation facility access
improved: rural
rural: 84.6% of population (2022 est.)
improved: total
total: 94.4% of population (2022 est.)
improved: urban
urban: 100% of population (2022 est.)
unimproved: rural
rural: 15.4% of population (2022 est.)
unimproved: total
total: 5.6% of population (2022 est.)
unimproved: urban
urban: 0% of population (2022 est.)
Alcohol consumption per capita
beer
0.52 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
wine
0.46 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
total
3.77 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
spirits
2.78 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
other alcohols
0.01 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
Major urban areas - population
1.095 million YEREVAN (capital) (2023)
Obesity - adult prevalence rate
20.2% (2016)
Mother's mean age at first birth
25.2 years (2019 est.)
Currently married women (ages 15-49)
61.5% (2022 est.)
Children under the age of 5 years underweight
2.6% (2016 est.)
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)
male
14 years (2023 est.)
total
14 years (2023 est.)
female
14 years (2023 est.)