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ARMENIA'S POPULATION DECLINES BY 10,000 SINCE BEGINNING OF 2013
November 1, 2013 - 14:11 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenia's population declined by 10,000 people as
of October 1, 2013, since the beginning of the year, ARKA reports.
As of October 1, number of population was 3,017,000 people, of them
1,913,400 living in towns and 1,103,600 being rural residents.
According to the National Statistical Service, negative migration
balance exceeds the population growth.
Armenia's border e-management system database points to a total of
3,668,400 trips through the country's checkpoints in January-September.
Number of arrivals in the country totaled 1,780,206 in the reporting
period (increase of 11.6% against January-September 2012); number of
departures was 1,888,183 (11.5% increase). Passenger traffic balance
(difference between arrivals and departures) was 122,200 trips
(increase of 11.7%).
Number of children born in the nine months dropped by 1.9% to 30,477,
compared to the same period in 2012. Number of deaths declined by 3%
to 20,268.
As Gagiik Makaryan, the chairman of the Union of Employers of Armenia,
said in October, only 2-3% of migrants return to Armenia for permanent
residence.
http://www.panarmenian.net/eng/news/172083/
November 1, 2013 - 14:11 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenia's population declined by 10,000 people as
of October 1, 2013, since the beginning of the year, ARKA reports.
As of October 1, number of population was 3,017,000 people, of them
1,913,400 living in towns and 1,103,600 being rural residents.
According to the National Statistical Service, negative migration
balance exceeds the population growth.
Armenia's border e-management system database points to a total of
3,668,400 trips through the country's checkpoints in January-September.
Number of arrivals in the country totaled 1,780,206 in the reporting
period (increase of 11.6% against January-September 2012); number of
departures was 1,888,183 (11.5% increase). Passenger traffic balance
(difference between arrivals and departures) was 122,200 trips
(increase of 11.7%).
Number of children born in the nine months dropped by 1.9% to 30,477,
compared to the same period in 2012. Number of deaths declined by 3%
to 20,268.
As Gagiik Makaryan, the chairman of the Union of Employers of Armenia,
said in October, only 2-3% of migrants return to Armenia for permanent
residence.
http://www.panarmenian.net/eng/news/172083/