Armenia

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PROFILE
  • Area: 29,743 sq. km (11,484 sq. mi.)
  • Population: 3,051,250 (2016 est.)
  • Population growth rate: -0.18% (2016 est.)
  • Life expectancy: 74.6 years (2016)
  • Languages: Armenian (official) 97.9%, Kurdish 1%
  • Religions: Armenian Apostolic 92.6%, Evangelical 1%, other 2.4%, none 1.1%, unspecified 2.9%
  • Formal name: Republic of Armenia
  • Alternate names: Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic, Armyanskaya Sovetskaya Sotsialisticheskaya Respublika, Hayastan, Hayastani Hanrapetut’yun, Republic of Armenia
  • Government type: semi-presidential republic (note: scheduled to change to parliamentary republic in 2017-18)
  • Leaders: chief of state: President Serzh SARGSIAN; head of government: Prime Minister Karen KARAPETYAN
  • Capital: Yerevan
  • Administrative divisions: 11 provinces
  • GDP per capita (PPP): $8,500 (2015 est.)
  • Exports: pig iron, unwrought copper, nonferrous metals, gold, diamonds, mineral products, foodstuffs, energy
  • Imports: natural gas, petroleum, tobacco products, foodstuffs, diamonds, pharmaceuticals, cars
  • Currency: dram (AMD)
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