“Armenia is growing older”
Armenia's population will decrease to 2.3-2.5 million in 2050, according to the UN forecasts.
The tremendous interest generated by the Day of 5 billion on 11 July 1987 led to the establishment of World Population Day as an annual event. For more than 20 years, 11 July has been an occasion to mark the significance of population trends and related issues.
This year the world population is expected to surpass 7 billion. According to the UN, 78 million people add to the world each year.
Though the population has increased from one billion to 7 billion in 200 years, specialists say that Armenia is facing a number of demographic problems.
In high-income and low-income economies (like Armenia) there is a decline in birth rates and growth in aging population," said UNFPA Armenia assistant representative Garik Hayrapetyan.
Specialists also referred to escalating migration and mortality rate.
Vanik Babajanyan, Head of the Demography Division at the Armenian Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs, says to boost the birth rate the ministry decided to encourage multiple-birth families by giving 430 000 drams for the birth of a third and next child.
Demographer Ruben Yeganyan says Armenia is an aged country, which is a global problem menacing all countries in the world.
