YEREVAN. – A total of 5 million 462 thousand people crossed the Armenian border in the year past.

Head of the Census and Demography Division at the National Statistical Service of Armenia, Karine Kuyumjyan, noted the aforesaid at a press conference on Friday.

As per Kuyumjyan, the departures from the country were 43,438 more than the arrivals in 2015; this indicator was 41,672, in the previous year.

In addition, the negative balance of those that crossed the border with Armenian documentation totaled 47,676 last year, as compared to 47,074 in 2014.