Yerevan — UN urban centre
Yerevan: 1,089,209 people. Reference: 2025 annual estimate · World rank #472 of 12,138 source urban centres. Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Source identifier: 451; territory: Armenia (ARM). UN source workbook.
Method: Degree of Urbanisation (contiguous 1 km2 cells, density 1,500+ people/km2, total 50,000+). This is a source-defined urban centre, not a municipality or province. No association with a separate administrative entity is inferred from proximity or name.
Source centroid: 40.1803, 44.5061. National context uses World Bank estimates, a separate series and geography; no national share is inferred here.
UN population series
| Year | People | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 927,765 | Estimate |
| 1980 | 1,105,175 | Estimate |
| 1985 | 1,197,039 | Estimate |
| 1990 | 1,260,381 | Estimate |
| 1995 | 1,209,575 | Estimate |
| 2000 | 1,153,392 | Estimate |
| 2005 | 1,118,925 | Estimate |
| 2010 | 1,101,315 | Estimate |
| 2015 | 1,119,301 | Estimate |
| 2020 | 1,061,672 | Estimate |
| 2025 | 1,089,209 | Estimate |
| 2030 | 1,056,778 | Projection |
| 2035 | 1,042,139 | Projection |
| 2040 | 1,027,287 | Projection |
| 2045 | 1,013,762 | Projection |
| 2050 | 1,001,138 | Projection |
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