ArmInfo. By October 1, 2021, the population of Armenia decreased by 0.04% or 1.1 thousand people, amounting to 2.967 million people. This is evidenced by the data of the RA Statistical Committee.
According to the source, the urban population as of the reporting date is 1.896 million people or 63.9% of the total population, and 1.071 million people live in the villages or 36.1%. The number of urban residents decreased by 0.2% on a y-o-y terms, while the number of rural residents, on the contrary, increased by 0.2% on a y-o-y terms. At the same time, the population of Yerevan increased by 0.4% per annum, amounting to 1.096 million people. Thus, 36.9% of the total population of the country is concentrated in the capital.
According to statistics, the most densely populated are the two regions close to the capital - Armavir (264.8 thousand people) and Ararat (257.4 thousand people). This is followed by: Kotayk (252.1 thousand people), Shirak (230.3 thousand people), Gegharkunik (227.3 thousand people) and Lori (212.2 thousand people). In Syunik, Aragatsotn and Tavush, the number of citizens living is 134.6 thousand, 124.7 thousand and 119.7 thousand, respectively. And the most sparsely populated region of the country continues to be Vayots Dzor, where only 47.6 thousand people live.
