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Armenia’s permanent population keeps dropping. According to the latest figures released by the Statistical Committee, the population shrank by 8,200 people to 2,961,600 as of July 1 2019 from 2018.

The country’s population numbered 2,965,300 as of January 1, falling by 3,700 in six months.

Some 1,892,800 people live urban communities, while 1,068,800 live in rural communities. The population stands at 1,081,300 in capital Yerevan.

The regions with the largest population are Armavir and Ararat with 263,800 and 256,600 people respectively. Vayots Dzor is the least populated region in Armenia with 48,800 residents.

In January-June 2019, the population viability rate, i.e. the ratio of birth and death rates stood at 116.8% against the 123.0% recorded in the same period of 2018.

An estimated number of 16,111 babies were born in Armenia from January to June this year, compared to 16,261 born during the same months last year.

According to the statistics, 13,790 people died in Armenia in the first half of 2019, of whom 7,237 died of blood diseases, 2,741 – of cancer and 1,656 – of respiratory diseases.

Meantime, Armenia saw a rate of 242 divorces per 1,000 marriages in January-June, with 282 divorce cases recorded in the same months of 2018.