Natural population growth 16 per cent down in Karabakh

Arminfo, Yerevan
6 Aug 04

STEPANAKERT

The mechanical population growth has doubled in Nagornyy Karabakh.

A 16-per-cent fall in the natural population growth was registered in
the republic in the first half of the current year as compared to the
same period of the last year, an Arminfo correspondent in Stepanakert
quoted the Nagornyy Karabakh national statistics service as saying.

There were 1,031 births and 730 deaths in the republic in the first
six months of 2004.

The mechanical population growth doubled – 548 people came to Nagornyy
Karabakh while 354 left it.