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Armenia

Dynamics of water use in Armenia by estimates of SHI (1998)

 
1960
1970
1980
1990
1995
2000
2010
2025
                 
Popultion, mln *
1.83
2.49
3.08
3.29
3.59
3.79
4.19
4.63
Irrigation area, th.ha **
240
252
274
310
286
200
300
400
GNP, $US per capita ***
     
2140
         
Water withdrawal, km 3
3.0
3.6
4.0
4.0
3.4
3.0
4.0
4.5
Water consumption, km 3
2.4
2.9
3.2
3.2
2.7
2.4
3.3
3.8
notes: * - Source: United Nations "Urban and Rural Areas 1950-2025, the 1995 Revision" (World Resources Institute data)
** - 1961-1993 Source: FAO FAOSTAT 95 (World Resources Institute data); 1995 – 2025 - SHI forecast

*** - Source: World Bank World Tables 1994 update (World Resources Institute data)
 
 

Water use of Armenia (km 3 /year) by data of different authors

author
 
year
1980
1989
1990
1992
1994
Gleick
withdrawal
1998
       
3.0
FAO
withdrawal
1997
       
2.9
Com.FSU
withdrawal
       
3.9
 
WRI
withdrawal
1995
 
3.8
     
SWK
withdrawal
1980-1990
3.9
 
3.8
   

notes: all estimates include water use for agriculture, industrial & domestic needs;

Gleick, 1998 - The World’s Water. The Beneficial Report on Freshwater Resources 1998-1999, 1998, Peter Gleick, Washington, D.C. Covello, California.

FAO - Irrigation in the Countries of the Former Soviet Union in Figures. 1997. Rome: FAO.

WRI – World Resources Institute data, update, 1995

SWK – State Water Kadastr, 1980-1990 St.-Petersburg.: SHI.

Com.FSU – data of Comission by Countries of the Former Soviet Union.