YEREVAN. – The natural population growth in Armenia has dropped in the first half of the current year.

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

In her words, even though a little more than 18,000 people were born in Armenia in half a year in recent years, this dropped to 17,169 in the first half of 2017.

On the other hand, the mortality rate remains at the same level: a little over 14,000.

As a result, the population of Armenia has increased by 1,000 in the first six months of the current year, and risen by 2,700 people each, in the first six months of the previous two years.