Armenia
Country in Asia
CountryScope
In brief
Population: 3.1M (2025). World rank 137 of 216; in Asia, 42 of 49. Area: 29,743 km². World rank 143 of 249; in Asia, 38 of 50. Life expectancy: 78.3 years (2024). World rank 63 of 216 (1 = best); in Asia, 14 of 49. From 2015 to 2025: population 3M → 3.1M, GDP $10.6B → $29.2B, and GDP per person $3,512 → $9,474. Better than all its neighbours (Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, and Türkiye): life expectancy.
State
- Official name
- Republic of Armenia
- Local name
- Հայաստան
- Capital
- Yerevan
- Region
- Asia
- Form of government
- Parliamentary democracy
- UN member
- Yes
- Head of state
- Vahagn Khachatryan
- Head of government
- Nikol Pashinyan
- Independence
- September 21, 1991
- Women in parliament
- 38.3% 2025
Key figures
- Population
- 3,086,700 2025
- Area
- 29,743 km²
- GDP
- $29.2B 2025
- GDP per person
- $9,474 2025
- Life expectancy
- 78.3 years 2024
Practical information
- Languages
- Armenian
- Currency
- Armenian Dram (AMD)
- Time zones
- UTC+4
- Calling code
- +374
- Emergency numbers
- 101, 102, 103, 112
- Driving side
- Right
- Plug types
- C, F
- Mains voltage
- 220 V
Territory
- Sea access
- Landlocked
- Coastline, km
- 0
- Neighbours
- Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Türkiye
- Agricultural land
- 59.4% 2024
Elevation
- Highest point
- Mount Aragats, 4,090 m
- Lowest point
- Debed River, 400 m
- Mean elevation, m
- 1,792
Climate
- Average temperature in the capital, °C
- 14
- Warmest month in the capital
- July, 27°C
- Coldest month in the capital
- January, 0°C
- Precipitation, mm per year
- 562 2022
Population and migration
- Population density
- 103.8 per km² 2025
- Population growth per year
- +1.7% 2025
- Living in cities
- 65.9% 2025
- Net migration per year
- -29K 2025
- Born in another country
- 9.2% 2024
Age and life expectancy
- Aged 0–14
- 19% 2025
- Aged 15–64
- 66.6% 2025
- Aged 65 and over
- 14.4% 2025
- Life expectancy, women
- 81.7 years 2024
- Life expectancy, men
- 75.1 years 2024
Births and deaths
- Children per woman
- 1.7 2024
- Births per 1,000 people
- 11.1 2024
- Deaths per 1,000 people
- 8.4 2024
Society
- Religions
- Christian 95.2% (2022)
Quality of governance (100 = best)
- Rule of law, score 0–100
- 54.3 2025
- Control of corruption, score 0–100
- 50.3 2025
- Government effectiveness, score 0–100
- 47.5 2025
- Regulatory quality, score 0–100
- 59.2 2025
- Voice and accountability, score 0–100
- 59.9 2025
Size and growth
- GDP per person at purchasing power parity
- $24,754 2025
- GDP growth per year
- +7.2% 2025
Income and prices
- Income level (World Bank)
- Upper-middle income
- Gross national income per person
- $9,020 2025
- Inflation
- +3.3% 2025
- Price level, USA = 100
- 38 2025
Structure and jobs
- Agriculture, share of GDP
- 7.9% 2025
- Industry, share of GDP
- 23.1% 2025
- Services, share of GDP
- 61.3% 2025
- Unemployment
- 12.9% 2025
- Youth unemployment, ages 15–24
- 26.2% 2025
- Women in work or seeking work
- 51.1% 2025
Trade and finance
- Exports, share of GDP
- 48.1% 2025
- Imports, share of GDP
- 53.6% 2025
- Current account balance, share of GDP
- -8.7% 2025
- Foreign direct investment, share of GDP
- +2.4% 2025
- Remittances received, share of GDP
- 5.4% 2025
- Tax revenue, share of GDP
- 22.4% 2024
Poverty and inequality
- Gini index (0 = full equality)
- 27.4 2024
- Living on under $3 a day
- 0.8% 2024
Education
- Adult literacy
- 99.8% 2023
- Primary school enrolment
- 102% 2024
- Secondary school enrolment
- 91% 2024
- Higher education enrolment
- 52.8% 2024
- Public spending on education, share of GDP
- 2.4% 2023
Healthcare
- Health spending, share of GDP
- 9.3% 2023
- Health spending per person
- $767 2023
- Out-of-pocket health spending, share of total
- 80.5% 2023
- Doctors per 1,000 people
- 3.4 2022
- Nurses and midwives per 1,000 people
- 4.8 2022
- Hospital beds per 1,000 people
- 4.2 2023
- Children vaccinated against measles
- 96% 2024
Public health
- Infant deaths per 1,000 births
- 8.5 2024
- Deaths under age 5 per 1,000 births
- 9.6 2024
- Maternal deaths per 100,000 births
- 19 2023
- HIV prevalence, ages 15–49
- 0.4% 2024
- Diabetes prevalence, ages 20–79
- 7.7% 2024
- Overweight adults
- 55.4% 2022
- Adults who use tobacco
- 26.2% 2024
Living conditions
- Access to safe drinking water
- 99.9% 2024
- Access to basic sanitation
- 93.7% 2024
- Access to clean cooking fuels
- 99% 2024
Safety
- Homicides per 100,000 people
- 2.2 2023
- Road deaths per 100,000 people
- 20 2019
- Suicides per 100,000 people
- 2.5 2021
- Political stability and absence of violence, score 0–100
- 58 2025
- Natural hazards
- earthquakes and droughts
Air and emissions
- Air pollution PM2.5, µg/m³
- 28.6 2023
- CO₂ emissions, tonnes per person
- 2.5 2024
- All greenhouse gases, tonnes CO₂e per person
- 3.6 2024
Nature and water
- Forest cover
- 11.9% 2024
- Protected areas
- 38.9% 2025
- Renewable fresh water, m³ per person
- 2,310 2022
- Water stress, share of fresh water withdrawn
- 62% 2022
Internet and communications
- Using the internet
- 81.3% 2024
- Mobile subscriptions per 100 people
- 135 2024
- Home broadband per 100 people
- 20.3 2024
- Internet domain
- .am
Energy
- Access to electricity
- 100% 2024
- Electricity use, kWh per person
- 2,478 2024
- Renewable share of energy use
- 9.1% 2021
- Electricity from renewables
- 30% 2021
- Electricity from fossil fuels
- 37.5% 2024
Transport
- Air passengers per year
- 1,311,506 2023
- Airports
- 11 2025
- Railways, km
- 686 2017
Science and innovation
- Research spending, share of GDP
- 0.3% 2024
- Researchers per million people
- 942 2024
- Scientific articles per year
- 801 2023
- Patent applications by residents
- 13 2024
- High-tech share of manufactured exports
- 23.6% 2024