Nagorno Karabakh natural population increase rate surpasses last year’s number

 16:47, 5 July 2023

STEPANAKERT, JULY 5, ARMENPRESS. The number of births surpassed the number of deaths in the first half of 2023 in Nagorno Karabakh (Artsakh), furthermore the natural increase surpassed the figure of the same period of 2022,” the Nagorno Karabakh National Statistical Service said in response to a query from ARMENPRESS.

The agency added that 51,5% of newborns in the first five months of 2023 are boys and 48,5% are girls.

Marriage and divorce numbers have dropped.