YEREVAN. – The birth rate in Armenia has declined in recent years. In the case when 80 thousand babies were born in the country in 1990, now this indicator is a mere 42 to 43 thousand.

The Minister of Health, Armen Muradyan, noted the aforementioned at Friday’s National Assembly hearings on the 2016-2018 national plan for improving the demographic situation in Armenia.

The minister stressed that according to calculations by experts, the number of children in Armenia will reduce twice in 2035.

Reflecting on the aforesaid plan, Muradyan noted that they have proposed to increase childbirth funding in the country. 

He added, however, that despite the declining birth rate in Armenia, there is a positive natural growth in the birth-mortality ratio, in favor of births in the country.