I-MAG STS    Corporation
  2007
 2012- no maglev
 2012 - maglev
Population
 2,971,650
 2,784,860
 2,793,333
People/arable sq km
 531
 497
 496
Babies dying
 1,385
 1,298
 1,293
AIDS - adults
 2,677
 3,184
 3,020
Starving children < 5
 9,415
 8,823
 6,663
Illiterate adults
 12,356
 11,579
 8,711
Unemployed adults
 152,392
 142,813
 140,344
Living in poverty
 1,208,191
 963,562
 896,660
Drinking unclean water
 237,732
 222,789
 178,773
No Sanitation access
 475,464
 445,578
 377,100
Patients per doctor
 273
 283
 258
Internet users
 172,800
 377,133
 1,013,400
Cellular phones
 318,000
 609,351
 714,837
Inflation
 2.92%
 3.21%
 2.75%
GDP per capita US$
 5,700
 7,700
 8,700
Trade balance MM$
 -902
 -1,301
 -1,275
Government spending
 -96
 -780
 -54
Reserves
 1,072
 513
 513
Currency rate to US $
 414.69
 265.007
 264.176
External debt
 1,160
 1,342
 1,197
Armenian population growth is
negative for a number of reasons -
former refugees moving back to
Turkey, Iran and Georgia; shifts in
Azerbaijani enclaves; and emigration
coupled with a birth rate of 1.234% and
a death rate of 0.829%. We feared
genocide or an error. How sad it would
be to have no more Aram
Khatchaturians  or Komitas Vardapets
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