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As of January 1 2017, the population of Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh) Republic amounted to 146.1 thousand people, showing 0.7% growth rate compared with the beginning of 2016.

As Panorama.am was informed from the Karabakh National Statistical Service, at the begging of 2017 the share of urban population was estimated 56.6% and the one of rural population – 43.4%.

According to the calculations, at the beginning of 2017, men made up the 48.8% of Artsakh’s permanent population, with women making up the 51.2%. The median age of the population was 32.9 years old in the mentioned period. The percentage of children aged 0-15 years totaled to 28.1% in the Karabakh permanent population. The percentage of the working-age population was 60.7%, with the one of population above working age comprising for 11.2%.

The source points out the population aging as one of the current issues in the country’s demographic situation. The population aging is based on long-lasting demographic changes, shifts in the reproduction, birth and death rates, as well as migration.

According to the UN world population aging scale, in case the people aged 65 and above make up over 7 percent of the country’s population, it is considered to be aging. The figures was 9.5% in Artsakh at the early 2017.