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IT LANDSCAPE IN ARMENIA
| Background: | An Orthodox Christian country, Armenia was incorporated into Russia in 1828 and the USSR in 1920. Armenian leaders remain preoccupied by the long conflict with Azerbaijan over Nagorno-Karabakh, a primarily Armenian-populated exclave, assigned to Soviet Azerbaijan in the 1920s by Moscow. Armenia and Azerbaijan began fighting over the exclave in 1988; the struggle escalated after both countries attained independence from the Soviet Union in 1991. By May 1994, when a cease-fire took hold, Armenian forces held not only Nagorno-Karabakh but also a significant portion of Azerbaijan proper. The economies of both sides have been hurt by their inability to make substantial progress toward a peaceful resolution. |
| Population: | 3,336,100 (July 2001 est.) |
| Age structure: | 0-14 years: 23.23%
(male 394,194; female 380,911) 15-64 years: 67.04% (male 1,094,646; female 1,141,760) 65 years and over: 9.73% (male 135,477; female 189,112) (2001 est.) |
| Population growth rate: | -0.21% (2001 est.) |
| Birth rate: | 11.47 births/1,000 population (2001 est.) |
| Death rate: | 9.74 deaths/1,000 population (2001 est.) |
| Net migration rate: | -3.87 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.) |