Population of Armenia; is there any hope?

[ashot24]

Re: Population of Armenia; is there any hope?

Why can't the Armenian government implement a program encouraging Armenian families to make children? Iran, with a population of 70 million or more, is going to do that soon. I'm sure that Armenian families would respond favorably to such incentives.

http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2010/0...nitiative.html

The issue is not so much about Armenian families having more children, of course it can be a plus, but the real issue is that if these children will stay in Armenia or leave abroad. And that is the problem, children are born in Armenia, but eventually when they grow up they leave with their parents or simply go to study or live abroad and never come back, so it has no purpose having more children if at the end of the day they will leave.

[Davo88]

Re: Population of Armenia; is there any hope?

I think the reason for this may be that Armenia is just not a big enough country with enough resources to accommodate 3 million people. In fact, Armenia is more densely populated than all of its neighbors, and also has a higher population density than Russia, Greece, and countries in the Balkans. This is fairly surprising considering the fact that most of Armenia is mountainous and populations generally thrive in coastal areas. See the list here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_population_density

[arakeretzig]

Re: Population of Armenia; is there any hope?

I don't see Armenia lasting more than 150-200 years from now. Its fall will be at the Armenian's peoples hands, not the turks. Armenians have 2 traits, Not being content ever with what they have, and selfishness, which means no unity. These 2 factors be the final contribution to end of Armenian civilization.

[levon]

Re: Population of Armenia; is there any hope?

I don't see Armenia lasting more than 150-200 years from now. Its fall will be at the Armenian's peoples hands, not the turks. Armenians have 2 traits, Not being content ever with what they have, and selfishness, which means no unity. These 2 factors be the final contribution to end of Armenian civilization.

Right, so 600 years without a country Armenians survived, but 150-200 years with a country Armenians won't survive. Gotta love that logic: doesn't make sense.

[jgk3]

Re: Population of Armenia; is there any hope?

What can we do to cope with this problem? It seems that people who get wealthier, tend to get less children than people who are poor, so a more prosperous Armenia is not the solution. A more aggressive state policy promoting people to get more children?

Yes, if the government rewards families for having children (which indeed it does in some regions, if not all of Artsakh I believe), it might have an effect. I think if families are rewarded for owning farms, it'll encourage them to have more children, while also stimulating the market for overalls and cowboy hats

[KanadaHye]

Re: Population of Armenia; is there any hope?

I don't see Armenia lasting more than 150-200 years from now. Its fall will be at the Armenian's peoples hands, not the turks. Armenians have 2 traits, Not being content ever with what they have, and selfishness, which means no unity. These 2 factors be the final contribution to end of Armenian civilization.

Don't worry, I plan on taking over Canada

[jgk3]

Re: Population of Armenia; is there any hope?

Don't worry, I plan on taking over Canada

What a coincidence, so do I! We should help eachother until this vast country ain't big enough for the both of us.

[Federate]

Re: Population of Armenia; is there any hope?

Don't worry, I plan on taking over Canada

What a coincidence, so do I! We should help eachother until this vast country ain't big enough for the both of us.

We could be the three best friends that anyone could have. So which part are we targeting gentlemen? If we go to Nunavut tomorrow and plant our flag anywhere in the ice, we'd have created a de facto Little Armenia .

[jgk3]

Re: Population of Armenia; is there any hope?

We could be the three best friends that anyone could have. So which part are we targeting gentlemen? If we go to Nunavut tomorrow and plant our flag anywhere in the ice, we'd have created a de facto Little Armenia .

not quite... The north is of extreme interest to mining and oil companies, and the inuit are relatively nationalistic, contrary to what you'd expect from a formerly nomadic people. I'd rather ally myself with these elements.

[lampron]

Re: Population of Armenia; is there any hope?

I don't see Armenia lasting more than 150-200 years from now. Its fall will be at the Armenian's peoples hands, not the turks. Armenians have 2 traits, Not being content ever with what they have, and selfishness, which means no unity. These 2 factors be the final contribution to end of Armenian civilization.

lack of unity has been a big factor in the decline of Armenia over the last 600 years.

It was a rival to the Armenian king (call him a traitor) who speeded the downfall of the Kingdom of Cilicia by siding with Mameluks and Turcomans in its final years, 1374-75

Usually an Armenian in the Ottoman empire did not trust another Armenian

In the Russian empire the average Armenian felt much more important to a fellow Armenian by speaking to him in Russian than in Armenian