87.7% of Armenian Population Living in 18.7% Area of Armenia

87.7% of Armenian Population Living in 18.7% Area of Armenia

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87.7% of the Armenian population is concentrated on 18.2% of the area in Armenia. The population density here exceed the environmental threshold of density by 2 times and over – 480-558 people live in 1 km2 of area instead of 200, as the National Action Plan on Conservation, Protection, Recovery and Use of Biodiversity in Armenia for 2016-2020 says. Scarcely populated zones make up 38.0% of the Armenian area, where only 12.3% of the population lives and the population density is very low – 11-20 people/km2.

December 10, 2015 at 17:51