Distillers Armenia
A one-page guide to Armenia for the spirits trade: the country, its people, its economy and how it drinks.
At a glance
- Capital
- Yerevan
- Official languages
- Armenian
- Currency
- Armenian dram (AMD)
- Time zone
- UTC+4
- Area
- 29,740 km²
People
- Population
- 3.1 million (2025)
- Population growth
- 1.7% a year
- Living in towns and cities
- 65.9%
- Aged under 15
- 19.0%
- Aged 65 and over
- 14.4%
- Life expectancy
- 78.3 years
Economy
- GDP
- US$29.2 billion (2025)
- GDP per person
- US$9,474 (2025)
- Economic growth
- 7.2% (2025)
- Inflation
- 3.31% (2025)
Climate
Highland continental. Summers hot, dry and sunny (about 22-36 C, roughly June to mid-September); winters cold with plenty of snow (about -10 to -5 C); short spring, long autumn.
Alcohol
- Alcohol is
- Legal
- Legal drinking age
- Purchase age 18; ID checks rarely carried out
- Alcohol per adult a year
- 6.6 litres of pure alcohol (2024)
- Traditional drinks
- Wine (Areni-1 cave winery, archaeology 2010-2011)
Sources: World Bank (population, economy and demographics), WHO Global Health Observatory (alcohol per adult and drinking mix); World Bank API (population, area, GDP, growth, inflation); WHO GHO OData (SA_0000001688); UN Comtrade public preview API (HS 2208); Wikipedia: Armenia; Wikipedia: Legal drinking age; PwC Worldwide Tax Summaries: Armenia - other taxes; Yerevan Brandy Company - Wikipedia; EntryBrief: Armenia customs allowances (secondary; cites national customs). Figures are the latest each source publishes; the year is shown beside each one.