ArmInfo. As of October 1, 2019, the population of Armenia amounted to 2.958 million people, having decreased by 0.4% or 11.7 thousand in annual terms. This is evidenced by the data of the RA Statcommittee.
According to the source, at the reporting date, the urban population was 1.893 million people, which is 64% of the total number of citizens, and 1.068 million people lived in the villages. or 36%. The number of urban residents decreased by 0.1% in annual terms, and rural - by 0.9%. At the same time, the population of Yerevan over the same period increased by 0.4%, amounting to 1.084 million people, i.e. 36.6% of the total population of the country are concentrated in the capital.
According to statistics, the most densely populated are the two regions closest to the capital - Armavir (263.4 thousand people) and Ararat (256.2 thousand people). The following are: Kotayk (251.2 thousand), Shirak (230.8 thousand), Gegharkunik (227.2 thousand) and Lori (213.5 thousand). As of the reporting date, 137.4 thousand, 124.4 thousand and 121.1 thousand people, respectively, lived in Syunik, Aragatsotne and Tavush, while Vayots Dzor, where only 48.7 thousand people live, remains the most sparsely populated region of the country.
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