Newspaper: Armenia "loses" 453,000 citizens within past 14 years

Newspaper: Armenia “loses” 453,000 citizens within past 14 years

10:26, 07.02.2015

YEREVAN. – The emigration of the people virtually has not stopped in
the years of Armenia’s independence since 1991, and the emigration
rates have sharply increased especially in recent years, Zhoghovurd
daily reported.

“In official statistics, the summed up number of Armenian citizens is
recorded and submitted with the ‘permanent population’ formulation.

“[And] based on the official statistics–the Armenian National
Statistical Service–data, it turns out that Armenia has ‘lost’ 453
thousand citizens within the last 14 years,” Zhoghovurd wrote.