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BIRTH RATE DECREASES IN ARMENIA, WHILE THE NUMBER OF DIVORCES INCREASES
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14:40 . 11/06
Birth rate has decreased by 5.7% in Armenia in January-March, 2012 as
against the same period of the past year, the head of the NSS Census
and Demography Department Karine Kuyumjyan told journalists today,
Mediamax informs.
She said 9,569 births were registered in the first quarter of this
year in the country, while the number of births in the same period
last year was 10,144.
Ararat and Armavir regions and Yerevan have the highest birth
indicators, while this indicator is the lowest in Syunik region.
Demographer Ruben Yeganyan thinks the data of the first quarter of
this year show population decline in Armenia.
"According to our predictions, the decrease in birth numbers will
continue during this year and during the coming years as the citizens
born at the beginning of and in mid 1990 are now at the reproductive
age, who are not many themselves," the specialist said.
He said each family should at least have 2-3 children in order to
stop the population decline. He also said the population decline shows
the measures taken by the state to boost childbirth are not efficient.
4,668 marriages were registered in Armenia in January-March, 2012,
which is by 1,4% higher as against the indicator of the same period
last month.
The number of divorces in the mentioned period has increased by 0,4 %.
http://www.yerkirmedia.am/?act=news&lan=en&id=7734
14:40 . 11/06
Birth rate has decreased by 5.7% in Armenia in January-March, 2012 as
against the same period of the past year, the head of the NSS Census
and Demography Department Karine Kuyumjyan told journalists today,
Mediamax informs.
She said 9,569 births were registered in the first quarter of this
year in the country, while the number of births in the same period
last year was 10,144.
Ararat and Armavir regions and Yerevan have the highest birth
indicators, while this indicator is the lowest in Syunik region.
Demographer Ruben Yeganyan thinks the data of the first quarter of
this year show population decline in Armenia.
"According to our predictions, the decrease in birth numbers will
continue during this year and during the coming years as the citizens
born at the beginning of and in mid 1990 are now at the reproductive
age, who are not many themselves," the specialist said.
He said each family should at least have 2-3 children in order to
stop the population decline. He also said the population decline shows
the measures taken by the state to boost childbirth are not efficient.
4,668 marriages were registered in Armenia in January-March, 2012,
which is by 1,4% higher as against the indicator of the same period
last month.
The number of divorces in the mentioned period has increased by 0,4 %.