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GeographyLocation: Southwestern Asia, east of Turkey
Area: Land boundaries: total 1,254 km, Azerbaijan (east) 566 km, Azerbaijan (south) 221 km, Georgia 164 km, Iran 35 km, Turkey 268 km Coastline: 0 km
PeoplePopulation: 3,557,284 (July 1995 est.)
Age structure:
Population growth rate: 0.94% (1995 est.) Birth rate: 22.79 births/1,000 population Death rate: 6.66 deaths/1,000 population Net migration rate: -6.68 migrant(s)/1,000 population Infant mortality rate: 26 deaths/1,000 live births
Life expectancy at birth:
Total fertility rate: 3.06 children born/woman Ethnic divisions: Armenian 93%, Azeri 3%, Russian 2%, other (mostly Yezidi Kurds) 2%(1989) Religions: Armenian Orthodox 94% Languages: Armenian 96%, Russian 2%, other 2%
Literacy:
age 15 and over can read and write (1989)
Government
Names:
Type: republic Capital: Yerevan Independence: 28 May 1918 (First Armenian Republic); 23 September 1991 (from Soviet Union) Constitution: adopted NA April 1978; referendum on new constitution to be held 5July 1995
EconomyNational product: GDP - purchasing power parity - $8.1 billion National product real growth rate: -2% National product per capita: $2,290 Inflation rate (consumer prices): 27% Unemployment rate: 6.5% of officially registered unemployed but large numbers of underemployed
Electricity:
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