YEREVAN. – The latest Armenian National Statistical Service (NSS) report presents the total population of Armenia’s regions, including capital city Yerevan, Haykakan Zhamanak daily reports.
“Accordingly, the regional population [in Armenia] has dropped by 13-17 percent in one year. During that time, the population of Yerevan has decreased by 61,000, or by 5.4 percent.
“Overall, according to this official information the NSS has issued, the population of Armenia has dropped by 247,000, or by 7.5 percent [in one year].
“[But] it should be noted that this is the official statistics; the real numbers are even more terrifying,” Haykakan Zhamanak writes.