Statistical Committee of the Republic of Armenia (ARMSTAT)

Population Census and Demography Division.

Government Building 3,

Republic ave,

Yerevan RA, 0010

ARMENIA

Data and metadata are transmitted to Eurostat by the Member States in the framework of the Unified Demographic Data Collection which is in accordance with Regulation (EC) 862/2007 and Regulation (EU) 1260/2013 and their implementing regulations.

This Euro SDMX Metadata Structure is used for the purpose of quality reporting. The definition of the quality concepts and guidelines are described in the European Statistical System Handbook for Quality Reports.

The regional breakdown of the Member States in the regional demographic tables is done under the most recent NUTS classification. There are agreements between Eurostat and Candidate countries as well as between Eurostat and EFTA countries, for which statistical regions have been coded in a way that resembles NUTS.

For more information on the versions in force, please see: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web/nuts/.

The data on population numbers cover permanent population by:
• RA regions (Marzes), communities, city/towns and villages,
• sex and age of regions and city Yerevan,
• country of citizenship of arrived and departed persons,
• country, urban/rural distribution of arrived persons,
• country, urban/rural of destination.

Number of persons.

Population, live births and deaths data are available at national and regional level of geographical detail.

Since 1940s.

The last base period  is 12.10.2011, Population Census day.

Data is collected at unit (person) level.

The reference date for population data is the end of the reference period (midnight of 31 December).
The reference period for vital and dual events data is the calendar year in which the events occurred. The reference period for migration flow data is the calendar year in which the migration occurred.

The data are collected on the RA Law on "Official Statistics" and "Five Year Statistical Program", as well as the Resolution No. 05-N of RA State Council on Statistics "On Approval of the procedure for the collection of Statistical Data" dated 20 June 2016 and Resolution "On Approval of Annual Statistical Peogram".

Memorandum of cooperation, dated 03.04.2015 which was signed  between the RA Minister of Justice and the President of Statistical Committee of RA “On providing data from common electronic management system of Civil Acts Registration to the Armstat as well as due to State Statistical Work Program, to make available summary statistical data to the RA Ministry of Justice.

RA Government Decision N 1333-Ն, 22.09.2011 “Approval of the Procedure for Submission of Data from Information System of the State Population Register to the National Statistical Service of the Republic of Armenia”.

Memorandum of cooperation, dated 03.04.2015 which was signed  between the RA Minister of Justice and the President of Statistical Committee of RA “On providing data from common electronic management system of Civil Acts Registration to the Armstat as well as due to State Statistical Work Program, to make available summary statistical data to the RA Ministry of Justice.

 RA Government Decision N 1333-Ն, 22.09.2011 “Approval of the Procedure for Submission of Data from Information System of the State Population Register to the National Statistical Service of the Republic of Armenia”.

RA Law “on official Statistics”/ CHAPTER 7. STATISTICAL CONFIDENTIALITY Article 23. Data Subject to Statistical Confidentiality Principle. Individual data subject to confidentiality principle are those that allow or may allow to identify statistical units, either directly or indirectly, thereby disclosing individual information (https://armstat.am/file/doc/99514643.pdf). The principle of statistical confidentiality is also applied for aggregates composed of 1 to 3 units.

The confidentiality of the statistical indicators requested by users and as well as subject to the publication is strictly followed not to contain individual (personal) data (Resolution No 53 of the State Council on Statistics on the “Approval of the Order on Protection of Statistical Confidentiality” dated 25 June 2001).

Quarterly indicators are published on the 35/36th day following the reference period and the annual indicators are published in the 4th quarter of the year following the reference period. Armstat " Statistical Indicators Release Calendar" includes in advance the date when statistical data should be published yearly, by month and includes a list of planned indicators from January 1 to December 31 of the current year, in line with the annual release calendar, which is publicly available. There have been no reported violations of the publication deadline: If the end of any job falls on a non-working day, it is considered the end of the job the next business day, with the period ending on the last day of the month (eg 35/36) for work - the last business day of the end of the month.

https://armstat.am/file/calendar/Ind_calendar-2024_en.pdf#page=1

All users have equal access to statistical releases at the same time.

Any privileged pre-release access for any external user is restricted and controlled. The release policy is described in the following documents: “Information dissemination and communication policy of Armstat” https://www.armstat.am/en/?nid=128.

Information dissemination and communication strategy of Armstat: https://www.armstat.am/file/doc/99509648.pdf.

Month, Quarter, Year.

"Information characterising the Socio-Economic Situation of the Republic of Armenia”

5.1 Demographic situation (Armenian, Russian): https://armstatbank.am/pxweb/en/ArmStatBank/?rxid=602c2fcf-531f-4ed9-b9ad-42a1c546a1b6%2c602c2fcf-531f-4ed9-b9ad-42a1c546a1b6;

2.8 Population: https://dsbb.imf.org/sdds/dqaf-base/country/ARM/category/POP00.

Annual electronic publications:

“The Demographic Handbook of Armenia” (in Armenian and English).

"Statistical Yearbook of Armenia (Armenian, Russian and English).

"Armenia in Figures" (in Armenian and English).

"RA Marzes and Yerevan city in figures" (in Armenian and English).

Electronic versions of publications are available in Armenian (full), Russian and English by the following link: https://www.armstat.am/en/?nid=82.

The data on Demographic situation of Armenia is available in monthly publications of: "Socio-Economic Situation of the Republic of Armenia" monthly newsletter (in Armenian, Russian).

https://www.armstat.am/en/?nid=14, “Demographic Database”.

https://www.armstat.am/en/?nid=15 “Population Census and Demography”.

https://dsbb.imf.org/sdds/dqaf-base/country/ARM/category/POP00, 5.1.2 Dissemination media and format ; Statistical information is also provided  by individual requests.

Quality Declaration: https://www.armstat.am/file/Qualitydec/eng/14.5.pdf.

The main users of the statistical information are the state government and local self-government bodies, public, scientific and educational, financial organizations, business society, mass media, international organizations, etc. Information on deaths, births, marriages and divorces is applied in the field of social-demographic security for the purpose of strategy development, solutions of strategic tasks, analysis of business environment, revealing social development trends and other purposes.

User needs are studied through working discussions, comments on draft statistical programs, through the "User Satisfaction Survey" questionnaire available at the Armstat website/ https://www.armstat.am/en/?nid=13/.

New indicators are included in Armstat Annual Statistical Program by priority or reduced if necessary, taking into account the results of analyses and the opportunities and importance of data collection. Armstat annual statistical program is developed based on a study of demand of users of statistical information.

The general population of information on natural movement of population is formed on relevant information received from the Civil Status Register.

According to Art 4 (2) of the Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 205/2014, each year Member States shall provide the Commission (Eurostat) with data at national and regional level as described in Annex II and related standard reference metadata ( In the metadata structure definition defined for the Euro SDMX Metadata Structure) for the reference year within 12 months of the end of the reference year. According to Art 3 (2) of the Commission Regulation (EU) No 862/2007, Statistics on international migration, usually resident population and acquisition of citizenship shall be supplied to the Commission (Eurostat) within 12 months of the end of the reference year.

Quarterly indicators are published on the 35/36th day following the reference period and the annual indicators are published in the 4th quarter of the year following the reference period.

Geographical comparability is fully maintained, following common methodologies.

The data are internationally comparable.

Residence permits (categories: temporaray, permanent and special) statistics is a part of International Migration Statistics.

Statistics are consistent within the dataset.

Not available.

The data revision policy and error correction process are described in Armstat "Information dissemination and communication policy" document. https://www.armstat.am/file/doc/99509638.pdf;

4.3 Revision: https://dsbb.imf.org/sdds/dqaf-base/country/ARM/category/POP00.

Scheduled revisions after Population Census.

The crosschecking of incomplete and distorted data, as well as the compiling of incorrect encoded data with requirements of pre-approved classifications is implemented.

Vital statistics data – monthly.

Migration  data – quarterly and yearly.

The data on Vital events: births, deaths, marriages and divorces are collected via Civil Status Register of the Ministry of Justice which is accessible for Armstat and statistical reports are generated on monthly periodicity. The medical causes of death are coded by the medical personal certified the death.

The data are compared with the data of previous periods. The methodological requirements to the received indicators are strictly followed during the whole process of receiving according to the pre-defined classifications

Input software (Microsoft Office Access) has necessary tools for arithmetic and logical checks of input data, systems for checking the sum total, logical chains, identification and codes in compliance and other automated checks’ systems.

The accuracy of the data received in the reference period of the current year is measured by comparing them with the relevant data for the same period of the previous year.
The accuracy checks of completeness and logical chains of indicators received in different output tables are implemented.

ARMSTAT has updated the following Euro SDMX metadata Structure for "14.Population" sector: https://armstat.am/en/?nid=836&gid=PS;

14.1. Marriage and Divorce statistics

14.2. Migration

14.3. Number of population

14.4. Mortality and Life expectancy

14.5. Fertility data