Key facts
Capital:Yerevan
Location:Southwestern Asia, between Turkey (to the west) and Azerbaijan; note - Armenia views itself as part of Europe; geopolitically, it can be classified as falling within Europe, the Middle East, or both
Currency:drams (AMD)
Area:29,743 sq km
Population:3,011,609 (July 2021 est.)
Languages:Armenian (official) 97.9%, Kurdish (spoken by Yezidi minority) 1%, other 1%; note - Russian is widely spoken (2011 est.)
Religion:Armenian Apostolic 92.6%, Evangelical 1%, other 2.4%, none 1.1%, unspecified 2.9% (2011 est.)
TimeZone:UTC+4
Tel Code:+374
