* Head of state: President Robert Kocharyan (reelected for five-year term March 2003).
* Geography: Southwestern Asia.
* Neighbors: Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran and Turkey.
* Total area: 29,800 sq km. Armenia is only 1,900 sq km smaller than Belgium and more than 8,000 sq km bigger than Israel.
* Capital: Yerevan.
* Population: 2,982,900 (July 2005).
* Languages: Armenian 97.7%, Russian 0.9%, and others 1.4% (2001 census).
* GDP per capita (purchasing power parity): $5,100 (2005 est.)
* Main industries: diamond-processing, metal-cutting machine tools, forging-pressing machines, electric motors, tires, knitted wear, hosiery, shoes, silk fabric, chemicals, trucks, instruments, microelectronics, jewelry manufacturing, software development, food processing and brandy.
* Main agriculture products: fruit (especially grapes), vegetables and livestock.
* WTO member since January 2003
