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President: Robert Kocharian (1998)
Prime Minister: Aram Sarkisyan (1999)
Area: 11,500 sq. mi. (29,800 sq. km)
Population (1999 est.): 3,409,234 (average annual rate of increase: 0.45%) (Armenian, 93%; others, Kurds, Ukrainians, and Russians); birth rate: 13.5/1000; infant mortality rate: 41.1/1000, density per sq. mi.: 296
Capital and largest city (1998 est.): Yerevan, 1,226,000; other large cities (1998 est.): Gyumri (Leninakan), 121,000; Vanadzor, 74,000; Abovian, 54,000
Monetary unit: Dram
Language: Armenian
Ethnicity/race: Armenian 93%, Azeri 3%, Russian 2%, other (mostly Yezidi Kurds) 2% (1989) Note: as of the end of 1993, virtually all Azeris had emigrated from Armenia.
Religion: Armenian Orthodox, 94%
Literacy rate: 100% (1970)
Economic summary: GDP/PPP (1998 est.): $9.2 billion; $2,700 per capita. Real growth rate: 6%. Inflation: 10%. Unemployment: 20% (1998 est.). Arable land: 17%. Agriculture: fruit (especially grapes), vegetables, livestock. Labor force: (1997) 1.6 million: manufacturing, mining, and construction 25%, agriculture 38%, services 37%. Industry: much of industry is shut down; metal-cutting machine tools, forging-pressing machines, electric motors, tires, knitted wear, hosiery, shoes, silk fabric, washing machines, chemicals, trucks, watches, instruments, microelectronics. Exports: $230 million (f.o.b., 1998 est.): gold and jewelry, aluminum, transport equipment, electrical equipment, scrap metal. Imports: $840 million (c.i.f., 1998 est.): grain, other foods, fuel, other energy. Major trading partners: Iran, Russia, Turkmenistan, Georgia, U.S., EU.
