Karabakh population totals over 146,000

Arminfo, Yerevan
22 Nov 04

Stepanakert , 22 November: As of 1 October 2004, the population of
the Nagornyy Karabakh Republic NKR totalled 146,600 people, the NKR
statistics service has reported.

According to the source, as against the beginning of the year, the
NKR population increased by 0.8 per cent. In January-September 2004,
1,619 babies were born and 1,004 people died in the republic.

The natural growth of the population amounted to 615 people and dropped
by 11.5 per cent compared to the same period of 2003. Over the first
nine months of this year, 806 people arrived in the republic for
permanent residence and 303 people left it. The mechanical growth
as received stood at 503 people and increased by 69.4 per cent as
against the same period of 2003.