Armenia - Country information


		Armenia	Population Government Economy Geography Communication Transportation

Population		Top of page

Inhabitants		Life expectancy
2,971,650 (July 2007 est.)		total population: 72.12 years male: 68.52 years female: 76.29 years (2007 est.)

Ethnic groups		Religions
Armenian 97.9%, Yezidi (Kurd) 1.3%, Russian 0.5%, other 0.3% (2001 census)		Armenian Apostolic 94.7%, other Christian 4%, Yezidi (monotheist with elements of nature worship) 1.3%

Languages		Literacy
Armenian 97.7%, Yezidi 1%, Russian 0.9%, other 0.4% (2001 census)		definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 98.6% male: 99.4% female: 98% (2003 est.)

Government		Top of page

Government type		Capital
republic		Yerevan

Independance		National day
21 September 1991 (from Soviet Union)		Independence Day, 21 September (1991)

Constitution		Legal system
adopted by nationwide referendum 5 July 1995; amendments adopted through a nationwide referendum 27 November 2005		based on civil law system

Economy		Top of page

GDP (purchasing power parity)		Growth rate
$6.6 billion (2006 est.)		13.4% (2006 est.)

GDP per inhabitant		Unemployment rate
$5,400 (2006 est.)		7.4% (November 2006 est.)

Population below poverty line		Inflation rate
34.6% (2004 est.)		2.9% (2006 est.)

Exports		Imports
$1.056 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.)		$1.684 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.)

Reserves of foreign exchange and gold		Currency
$880.8 million (September 2006 est.)		dram (AMD)

Military expenditures
6.5% (FY01)

Geography		Top of page

Location		Area
Southwestern Asia, east of Turkey		29,800 sq km

Climate		Natural resources
highland continental, hot summers, cold winters		small deposits of gold, copper, molybdenum, zinc, bauxite

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