“In the next 10 years, the total population of Armenia will decrease by 800 thousand people to 2.2 million people”, said Nairi Sargsyan, Chairman of Armenia’s Audit Chamber, APA reports citing Sputnik-Armenia.
He said that if the situation continues like this, there will be no population left in the country in 25 years. According to the Chairman of the Chamber, the main reasons for this situation are the decrease in the birth rate, the mass outflow of people from the country, as well as the consequences of the war.
N. Sargsyan noted that after the war started in Ukraine, the number of people leaving the country for Russia has decreased: "Currently, the population prefers to apply for the Green Card, which gives the opportunity to move to the United States."
The head of the chamber also said that there are 1 million 150 thousand people in the country who are in the need of social protection. Among them, there are 204,000 unemployed people, as well as 960,000 pensioners:
"60% of the available arable land and 70% of the water resources in the country are unused. According to the last census, the number of permanent residents in the country is 2 million 928 thousand 914 people. 2 million 638 thousand 917 of them live on a permanent basis.
It should be noted that the United Nations revealed that the population of the mentioned country will decrease by up to 300,000 people by 2050.
