Gyumri demographics
Every documented census and post-Soviet observation, on a single shared timeline. Hover any chart point or population bar for the source-by-source breakdown.
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- Armenian
- Russian
- Azerbaijani
All observations · 8 rows
| Year | Group | Share | Population | Source | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1897 | Armenian | 80% | 25,450 | First General Census of the Russian Empire, 1897 | Then Alexandropol. Second-largest city of Russian-Imperial Eastern Armenia after Tiflis. Mixed but Armenian-majority population. |
| 1897 | Russian | 12% | — | First General Census of the Russian Empire, 1897 | Russian Imperial garrison and railway-building population. |
| 1897 | Azerbaijani | 5% | — | First General Census of the Russian Empire, 1897 | |
| 1939 | Armenian | 95% | — | All-Union Population Census of 1939 | Then Leninakan. Substantially Armenian after the 1920s repatriations. |
| 1989 | Armenian | 97% | 123,000 | All-Union Soviet Census of 1989 | Pre-earthquake peak population. The 7 December 1988 Spitak earthquake destroyed approximately 60% of the city; the population has been below this level ever since. |
| 2011 | Armenian | 99% | 121,976 | Armenia 2011 Population and Housing Census | |
| 2022 | Armenian | 99% | 113,069 | Armenia 2022 Population Census | Slow population decline through the 2010s; the 2020 war and 2023 Karabakh exodus brought modest in-migration to Gyumri but did not reverse the trend. |
| 2024 | Armenian | — | 113,000 | Armenia 2022 Population Census | Armstat current estimate, carried from the 2022 census. |