Lower population growth in Armenia

ArmInfo. In January-April 2025, 9,729 children were born in Armenia, which is 7.3% lower than the same period last year. The birth rate per 1,000 inhabitants for the reporting period was 9.6 per mille, compared to 10.5 per mille a year earlier. This is evidenced by the data of the RA Statistical Committee.

At the same time, 9,175 people died in Armenia during the reporting  period, exceeding last year's figure by 0.6%. The mortality rate in  the country was 9.1 per mille, compared to 9.2 per mille in the same  period of 2024.

Thus, the absolute value of natural population growth was only 554  people, which is 59.5% lower than the same period last year. In  particular, the natural population growth rate in January-April 2025  was 0.5 per thousand, compared to 1.3 per thousand in the same period  of 2024.

According to a study by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA),  in the period from 2018 to 2023, there was a slight increase in the  number of children per woman on average in Armenia, the fertility  rate reached 1.9. However, more than 60% of families in Armenia have  no children, about 16% have two children, about 15% have one child,  and about 7% have three or more children.

Meanwhile, in Armenia, couples most want to have three children. The  most common answers to justify the desired number of children were:  having a large number of children ensures family stability (27.3%),  makes it possible to more effectively organize the process of raising  a child (15.7%), because this is the custom in the Armenian  environment (12.0%), this is what time dictates (9.7%), because this  is the custom in my parents' family, and I want to continue this  tradition (6%). UNFPA also noted that the average age of first  marriage has increased among both men and women. The infertility rate  in Armenia is 18.2%, of which primary - 2.7%, secondary - 15.5%. 

UNFPA also published the results of a study conducted in 14 countries  around the world, where about 37% of the total population lives (USA,  Brazil, Germany, Thailand, Indonesia, Italy, Republic of Korea, South  Africa, India, Hungary, Morocco, Mexico, Nigeria and Sweden).  According to the study, the world population will peak this century  and then begin to decline. Currently, every fourth person lives in a  country where the population has already peaked. As a result, society  will face an unprecedented change in structure: a large proportion of  older people and a small proportion of young people, and perhaps an  even smaller workforce.