General Information

Capital:

Yerevan 1,254,400 (1990 est.)

Area:

29,800 sq km (11,500 sq mi)

Form of government

Unitary multiparty republic with a single legislative body

GDP per capita

Purchasing power parity-$2,900 (1999 est.)

Population

3,409,234 (July 1999 est.)

Ethnic composition

Updated (October 2004)

DEMOGRAPHIC SITUATION

There are no monoethnic countries in the world and Armenia is not an exception. Throughout centuries Armenia has been inhabited by different national minorities, who at present constitute 2.2 percent of the total population.

According to the last official census, which was held in October 2001, the proportion of ethnicities in Armenia is as follows:

Source: the Council of Europe, Periodical reports, the Initial Periodical Report by Armenia presented to the Secretary General of the Council of Europe in accordance with Article 15 of the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages, September 3, 2003, http://www.coe.int/T/E/Legal_Affairs/Local_and_regional_Democracy/Regional_or_Minority_languages/Documentation/1_Periodical_reports/2003_7e_MIN-LANG_PR_Armenia.asp

Official Language(s)

Armenian

Minority Language(s)

Russian and other

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