13:58, 2 May 2023
YEREVAN, MAY 2, ARMENPRESS. Armenia’s permanent population is 2,928,914, according to the 2022 census conducted in October.
The preliminary results of the census were released earlier this week.
“The number of the permanent population includes the sum of the numbers of the population permanently (usually) residing in RA and present at the time of enumeration and temporarily absent at the time of enumeration. The number of temporary absences includes persons permanently (usually) residing in RA, but absent from RA for a period of up to one year at the time of the census,” the Statistical Committee said in a press release on the preliminary data.
The current population, according to the census, is 2,638,917. This number “includes the sum of the number of the population permanently (usually) residing in RA and present at the time of enumeration and temporarily present at the time of enumeration. The number of temporary presents includes persons who are in RA for no more than one year at the time of the census and persons who do not live permanently in RA.”
Armenian authorities conducted census twice before, in 2001 and 2011.
In 2001, the permanent population and current population stood at 3,213,011 and 3,002,598 respectively.
In 2011, the permanent population was 3,018,854, while the current population was 2,871,771.
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