Yerevan - Demographics

Demographics

Historical ethnic composition of Yerevan
Year	Armenians		Azerbaijanisa		Russians		Others		Total
1829	4,132	36.0%	7,331	64.0%	—		—		11,463
1831	6,125	53.6%	5,338	46.6%	—		—		11,463
1873	5,959	49.9%	5,805	48.6%	150	1.3%	24	0.2%	11,938
1897	12,523	43.2%	12,359	42.6%	2,765	9.5%	1,359	4.7%	29,006
1926	59,838	89.2%	5,216	7.8%	1,401	2.1%	666	1%	67,121
1939	174,484	87.1%	6,569	3.3%	15,043	7.5%	4,300	2.1%	200,396
1959	473,742	93%	3,413	0.7%	22,572	4.4%	9,613	1.9%	509,340
1979	974,126	95.8%	2,341	0.2%	26,141	2.6%	14,681	1.4%	1,017,289
2001	1,088,389	98.6%	—		6,684	0.6%	8,415	0.8%	1,103,488
^a Called Caucasian Tatars prior to 1918

Originally a small town, Yerevan became the capital of Armenia and a large city with over one million inhabitants.

Until the fall of the Soviet Union, the majority of the population of Yerevan were Armenians with minorities of Russians, Kurds, Azerbaijanis and Iranians present as well. However with the breakout of the Nagorno-Karabakh War from 1988 to 1994, the Azerbaijani minority diminished in the country in what was part of population exchanges between Armenia and Azerbaijan. A big part of the Russian minority also fled the country during the 1990s economic crisis in the country. Today, the population of Yerevan is mainly Armenian.

After the collapse of the Soviet Union, due to economic crises, a lot of people fled Armenia, mostly to Russia and North America. The population of Yerevan fell from 1,250,000 in 1989 to 1,103,488 in 2001 and to 1,091,235 in 2003. However, the population of Yerevan has been increasing since. In 2007, the capital had 1,107,800 inhabitants.