The share of urban population in Armenia amounted to 63.74 percent in 2023. Between 1960 and 2023, the share rose by 12.46 percentage points, though the increase followed an uneven trajectory rather than a consistent upward trend.

The share of urban population in Armenia saw no significant changes in 2023 in comparison to the previous year 2022 and remained at around 63.74 percent. Nevertheless, 2023 still represents a peak in the share in Armenia. The urban population refers to the share of the total population living in urban centers. Each country has their own definition of what constitutes an urban center (based on population size, area, or space between dwellings, among others), therefore international comparisons may be inconsistent.Find more key insights for the share of urban population in countries like Georgia and Azerbaijan.

Armenia AM: Urban Population data was reported at 1,906,370.000 Person in 2023. This records an increase from the previous number of 1,887,610.000 Person for 2022. Armenia AM: Urban Population data is updated yearly, averaging 1,939,878.500 Person from Dec 1960 (Median) to 2023, with 64 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 2,426,786.000 Person in 1991 and a record low of 955,615.000 Person in 1960. Armenia AM: Urban Population data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Armenia – Table AM.World Bank.WDI: Population and Urbanization Statistics. Urban population refers to people living in urban areas as defined by national statistical offices. It is calculated using World Bank population estimates and urban ratios from the United Nations World Urbanization Prospects. Aggregation of urban and rural population may not add up to total population because of different country coverages.;World Bank staff estimates based on the United Nations Population Division's World Urbanization Prospects: 2018 Revision.;Sum;

Armenia AM: Urban Population: % of Total Population data was reported at 63.739 % in 2023. This records an increase from the previous number of 63.573 % for 2022. Armenia AM: Urban Population: % of Total Population data is updated yearly, averaging 63.739 % from Dec 1960 (Median) to 2023, with 64 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 67.706 % in 1988 and a record low of 51.275 % in 1960. Armenia AM: Urban Population: % of Total Population data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Armenia – Table AM.World Bank.WDI: Population and Urbanization Statistics. Urban population refers to people living in urban areas as defined by national statistical offices. The data are collected and smoothed by United Nations Population Division.;United Nations Population Division. World Urbanization Prospects: 2018 Revision.;Weighted average;

This statistic shows the degree of urbanization in the Caucasus countries from 2013 to 2023. Caucasus stands for the mountain range between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea, encompassing areas in Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, and Russia. Urbanization is defined as the share of urban population in the total population. In 2023, ***** percent of the total population of Armenia lived in urban areas.

Armenia AM: Population in Largest City: as % of Urban Population data was reported at 57.819 % in 2024. This records an increase from the previous number of 57.429 % for 2023. Armenia AM: Population in Largest City: as % of Urban Population data is updated yearly, averaging 53.328 % from Dec 1960 (Median) to 2024, with 65 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 57.965 % in 2021 and a record low of 48.131 % in 1991. Armenia AM: Population in Largest City: as % of Urban Population data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Armenia – Table AM.World Bank.WDI: Population and Urbanization Statistics. Population in largest city is the percentage of a country's urban population living in that country's largest metropolitan area.;United Nations, World Urbanization Prospects.;Weighted average;

This raster layer contains the total area occupied by the built-up area of Yerevan, Armenia and its urbanized open space in 2000. Categories of urban land use represented in these data include: urban, suburban, rural and urbanized open land. The built-up area of the city is the area occupied by built-up pixels within the set of administrative boundaries defining the city. The urbanized open space consists of all fringe open spaces (including exterior open spaces) and all captured open spaces. These data are part of the Atlas of Urban Expansion.

Armenia AM: Urban Population Growth data was reported at 0.171 % in 2023. This records an increase from the previous number of -0.153 % for 2022. Armenia AM: Urban Population Growth data is updated yearly, averaging 0.171 % from Dec 1961 (Median) to 2023, with 63 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 5.164 % in 1961 and a record low of -3.741 % in 1993. Armenia AM: Urban Population Growth data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Armenia – Table AM.World Bank.WDI: Population and Urbanization Statistics. Urban population refers to people living in urban areas as defined by national statistical offices. It is calculated using World Bank population estimates and urban ratios from the United Nations World Urbanization Prospects.;World Bank staff estimates based on the United Nations Population Division's World Urbanization Prospects: 2018 Revision.;Weighted average;

Armenia AM: Population Living in Slums: % of Urban Population data was reported at 8.395 % in 2020. This stayed constant from the previous number of 8.395 % for 2018. Armenia AM: Population Living in Slums: % of Urban Population data is updated yearly, averaging 10.351 % from Dec 2000 (Median) to 2020, with 11 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 12.796 % in 2000 and a record low of 8.395 % in 2020. Armenia AM: Population Living in Slums: % of Urban Population data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Armenia – Table AM.World Bank.WDI: Population and Urbanization Statistics. Population living in slums is the proportion of the urban population living in slum households. A slum household is defined as a group of individuals living under the same roof lacking one or more of the following conditions: access to improved water, access to improved sanitation, sufficient living area, housing durability, and security of tenure, as adopted in the Millennium Development Goal Target 7.D. The successor, the Sustainable Development Goal 11.1.1, considers inadequate housing (housing affordability) to complement the above definition of slums/informal settlements.;United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-HABITAT);Weighted average;

In 2023, the share of urban population in Azerbaijan remained nearly unchanged at around 57.58 percent. Nevertheless, 2023 still represents a peak in the share in Azerbaijan. The urban population refers to the share of the total population living in urban centers. Each country has their own definition of what constitutes an urban center (based on population size, area, or space between dwellings, among others), therefore international comparisons may be inconsistent.Find more key insights for the share of urban population in countries like Georgia and Armenia.

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Armenia AM: Population: as % of Total: Aged 65 and Above data was reported at 13.211 % in 2023. This records an increase from the previous number of 12.915 % for 2022. Armenia AM: Population: as % of Total: Aged 65 and Above data is updated yearly, averaging 5.722 % from Dec 1960 (Median) to 2023, with 64 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 13.211 % in 2023 and a record low of 4.669 % in 1966. Armenia AM: Population: as % of Total: Aged 65 and Above data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Armenia – Table AM.World Bank.WDI: Population and Urbanization Statistics. Population ages 65 and above as a percentage of the total population. Population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship.;United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects: 2024 Revision.;Weighted average;

Armenia AM: Population in Largest City data was reported at 1,097,542.000 Person in 2024. This records an increase from the previous number of 1,094,813.000 Person for 2023. Armenia AM: Population in Largest City data is updated yearly, averaging 1,077,299.000 Person from Dec 1960 (Median) to 2024, with 65 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 1,181,040.000 Person in 1989 and a record low of 537,759.000 Person in 1960. Armenia AM: Population in Largest City data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Armenia – Table AM.World Bank.WDI: Population and Urbanization Statistics. Population in largest city is the urban population living in the country's largest metropolitan area.;United Nations, World Urbanization Prospects.;;

Armenia AM: Rural Population data was reported at 1,007,320.000 Person in 2023. This records a decrease from the previous number of 1,012,841.000 Person for 2022. Armenia AM: Rural Population data is updated yearly, averaging 1,068,813.500 Person from Dec 1960 (Median) to 2023, with 64 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 1,188,392.000 Person in 1991 and a record low of 927,796.000 Person in 1960. Armenia AM: Rural Population data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Armenia – Table AM.World Bank.WDI: Population and Urbanization Statistics. Rural population refers to people living in rural areas as defined by national statistical offices. It is calculated as the difference between total population and urban population. Aggregation of urban and rural population may not add up to total population because of different country coverages.;World Bank staff estimates based on the United Nations Population Division's World Urbanization Prospects: 2018 Revision.;Sum;

Armenia AM: Population in Urban Agglomerations of More Than 1 Million data was reported at 1,097,542.000 Person in 2024. This records an increase from the previous number of 1,094,813.000 Person for 2023. Armenia AM: Population in Urban Agglomerations of More Than 1 Million data is updated yearly, averaging 1,077,299.000 Person from Dec 1960 (Median) to 2024, with 65 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 1,181,040.000 Person in 1989 and a record low of 537,759.000 Person in 1960. Armenia AM: Population in Urban Agglomerations of More Than 1 Million data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Armenia – Table AM.World Bank.WDI: Population and Urbanization Statistics. Population in urban agglomerations of more than one million is the country's population living in metropolitan areas that in 2018 had a population of more than one million people.;United Nations, World Urbanization Prospects.;;

Armenia AM: Rural Population: % of Total Population data was reported at 36.261 % in 2023. This records a decrease from the previous number of 36.427 % for 2022. Armenia AM: Rural Population: % of Total Population data is updated yearly, averaging 36.261 % from Dec 1960 (Median) to 2023, with 64 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 48.725 % in 1960 and a record low of 32.294 % in 1988. Armenia AM: Rural Population: % of Total Population data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Armenia – Table AM.World Bank.WDI: Population and Urbanization Statistics. Rural population refers to people living in rural areas as defined by national statistical offices. It is calculated as the difference between total population and urban population.;World Bank staff estimates based on the United Nations Population Division's World Urbanization Prospects: 2018 Revision.;Weighted average;

Armenia AM: Population in Urban Agglomerations of More Than 1 Million: as % of Total Population data was reported at 36.963 % in 2024. This records an increase from the previous number of 36.605 % for 2023. Armenia AM: Population in Urban Agglomerations of More Than 1 Million: as % of Total Population data is updated yearly, averaging 34.410 % from Dec 1960 (Median) to 2024, with 65 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 36.963 % in 2024 and a record low of 28.854 % in 1960. Armenia AM: Population in Urban Agglomerations of More Than 1 Million: as % of Total Population data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Armenia – Table AM.World Bank.WDI: Population and Urbanization Statistics. Population in urban agglomerations of more than one million is the percentage of a country's population living in metropolitan areas that in 2018 had a population of more than one million people.;United Nations, World Urbanization Prospects.;Weighted average;

Armenia AM: Completeness of Birth Registration: Urban data was reported at 99.500 % in 2016. This records an increase from the previous number of 99.300 % for 2010. Armenia AM: Completeness of Birth Registration: Urban data is updated yearly, averaging 99.300 % from Dec 2005 (Median) to 2016, with 3 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 99.500 % in 2016 and a record low of 97.100 % in 2005. Armenia AM: Completeness of Birth Registration: Urban data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Armenia – Table AM.World Bank.WDI: Population and Urbanization Statistics. Completeness of birth registration is the percentage of children under age 5 whose births were registered at the time of the survey. The numerator of completeness of birth registration includes children whose birth certificate was seen by the interviewer or whose mother or caretaker says the birth has been registered.;Household surveys such as Demographic and Health Surveys and Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys. Largely compiled by UNICEF.;;This is a disaggregated indicator (residence) for Sustainable Development Goal 16.9.1 [https://unstats.un.org/sdgs/metadata/].

Armenia AM: Completeness of Birth Registration data was reported at 99.300 % in 2016. This records a decrease from the previous number of 99.600 % for 2010. Armenia AM: Completeness of Birth Registration data is updated yearly, averaging 99.300 % from Dec 2005 (Median) to 2016, with 3 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 99.600 % in 2010 and a record low of 96.400 % in 2005. Armenia AM: Completeness of Birth Registration data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Armenia – Table AM.World Bank.WDI: Population and Urbanization Statistics. Completeness of birth registration is the percentage of children under age 5 whose births were registered at the time of the survey. The numerator of completeness of birth registration includes children whose birth certificate was seen by the interviewer or whose mother or caretaker says the birth has been registered.;Household surveys such as Demographic and Health Surveys and Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys. Largely compiled by UNICEF.;Weighted average;This is the Sustainable Development Goal indicator 16.9.1 [https://unstats.un.org/sdgs/metadata/].

Armenia AM: Population: Male: Ages 45-49: % of Male Population data was reported at 5.876 % in 2023. This records an increase from the previous number of 5.766 % for 2022. Armenia AM: Population: Male: Ages 45-49: % of Male Population data is updated yearly, averaging 5.458 % from Dec 1960 (Median) to 2023, with 64 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 7.877 % in 2007 and a record low of 2.154 % in 1965. Armenia AM: Population: Male: Ages 45-49: % of Male Population data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Armenia – Table AM.World Bank.WDI: Population and Urbanization Statistics. Male population between the ages 45 to 49 as a percentage of the total male population.;United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects: 2024 Revision.;;