Official: Birth rate decline recorded in Armenia in 2024

ArmInfoOver the past seven years, starting in 2018, the birth rate has remained stagnant  at around 36,000 births. However,  in 2024, this number dropped to  33,000-34,000 children. Anahit Galstyan, Head of the Pension Provision and Other Cash Payments Department  at the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs of Armenia, announced this at a press conference in Yerevan.

Referring to the new bill revising the amount of one-time birth  benefits in Armenia, the official from the Ministry of Labor and  Social Affairs stated that, due to the declining birth rate in 2024  and the disappointing data for the first nine months of 2025,   comprehensive measures need to be taken to encourage the birth rate.   In this regard, she recalled that, according to a decision made in  2021, families with a third or subsequent child born between January  1, 2022 and 2025, received 50,000 drams monthly until the child  reached six years of age. She added that only Armenian citizens were  eligible for the program.

It was precisely with the aim of improving the country's demographic  situation,  that the decision was made to change the status of this  benefit, making it more mandatory and creating a separate type of  state benefit, according to her. As a result, after the adoption of  the new law, Galstyan emphasized, four types of childbirth benefits  will be provided in Armenia instead of three. Specifically, as the  head of the department explained, the first will be a maternity  benefit, which is available to all women, both employed and  unemployed.

 "The remaining three benefits will be paid after the birth of the  child: a one-time birth benefit (500,000 drams), a childcare benefit  for children up to two years of age, and a state benefit for the  third and each subsequent child," Galstyan clarified. 

According to the Statistical Committee, 23,698 children were born in  Armenia from January to September 2025, a 5% year-on-year decline.  Additionally, the natural population growth rate also decreased by  22.5%, reaching 4,634. Meanwhile, according to statistics, 33,648  children were born in the country in 2024, a decline of 8%  year-on-year. The natural population growth rate was 8,072, a 34%  decline compared to the same period in 2023.