As of January 1, 2020, the permanent population of the Republic of Armenia stood at 2 million 959.7 thousand people. This information was published by the Statistical Committee of the Republic of Armenia. Compared to January 1, 2019, the permanent population of the Republic of Armenia decreased by 5.6 thousand. During the same period in 2019, the permanent population stood at 2,965.3 thousand.
Of the permanent population of the Republic of Armenia, 1 million 892.1 thousand live in cities, and 1,067.6 thousand in rural communities. As of January 1 of this year, 1 million 084.0 thousand people lived in Yerevan.