Armenien - Daten & Fakten
Länderstatistik
geographic coordinates: 40 10 N, 44 30 E
time difference: UTC+4 (9 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)
etymology: name likely derives from the ancient Urartian fortress of Erebuni established on the current site of Yerevan in 782 B.C. and whose impressive ruins still survive
citizenship by descent only: at least one parent must be a citizen of Armenia
dual citizenship recognized: yes
residency requirement for naturalization: 3 years
land: 28,203 sq km
water: 1,540 sq km
arable land: 15.8% (2018 est.)
permanent crops: 1.9% (2018 est.)
permanent pasture: 42% (2018 est.)
forest: 9.1% (2018 est.)
other: 31.2% (2018 est.)
15-64 years: 67.53% (male 999,784/female 1,018,891)
65 years and over: 14.49% (2023 est.) (male 178,824/female 254,224)
major-language sample(s):
Աշխարհի Փաստագիրք, Անփոխարինելի Աղբյւր Հիմնական Տեղեկատվւթյան. (Armenian)
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male: 73.1 years
female: 79.9 years
male: 36.9 years
female: 39.8 years
rate of urbanization: 0.23% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)
male: 13 years
female: 14 years (2021)
21.21% (2020 est.)
18.3% (2019 est.)
50.03% of GDP (2019 est.)
1.21% (2020 est.)
1.44% (2019 est.)
$3.818 billion (2020 est.)
$5.794 billion (2019 est.)
note: Data are in current year dollars and do not include illicit exports or re-exports.
$5.082 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars
$7.603 billion (2019 est.) note: data are in current year dollars
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 15 (2020 est.)
percent of population: 79% (2021 est.)
urban: 3,780 km
non-urban: 3,920 km
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 15 (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 129 (2021 est.)
local border forces struggle to control the illegal transit of goods and people across the porous, undemarcated Armenian, Azerbaijani, and Georgian borders
Armenia-Azerbaijan: tensions existed for years over the break-away Nagorno-Karabakh region and the Armenian military occupation of surrounding lands in Azerbaijan; Azerbaijan seized part of the enclave during six weeks of fighting in 2020 and the remainder in a short conflict in September 2023; in October 2023, Baku and Yerevan began preliminary discussions on a peace treaty, the demarcation of borders, and full normalization of relations; nevertheless, concerns persist in Armenia that Azerbaijan could invade in order to force the establishment of a transit corridor to the exclave of Naxicvan (Nakhichevan)
Armenia-Georgia: Georgians restrict Armenian access into Samtse-Javakheti ethnic Armenian areas; Armenia has made no claims to the region
Armenia-Iran: none identified
Armenia-Turkey: as of 2023, Turkey and Armenia were discussing normalizing relations