This is a list of cities and towns in Armenia ordered by population by the Statistical Committee of Armenia (ArmStat). Armenia has 46 municipalities designated as urban communities ( kâÂÂaghakâÂÂayin hamaynkâÂÂner) as of 2017. However, a city/town (ÃÂáòáÃÂ, kâÂÂaghakâ ) in Armenia is not defined based on the size of its population. The other 457 municipalities in Armenia are considered rural communities (ãõøÃÂòáïáö ðáôáõöÃÂöÃÂ¥ÃÂ, gyughakan hamaynkâÂÂner). Two-thirds of the population are now urbanized. Statistically, 63.6% of Armenians live in urban areas as compared to 36.4% in rural, as of 2017.
Yerevan, Gyumri, and Vanadzor are the three largest urban settlements of the republic, currently having populations of more than 50,000. They were considered as "cities of republican subordination" (ðáöÃÂáúÃ¥ÿáïáö Ã¥öéáïáõøÃÂéõáö ÃÂáòáÃÂöÃÂ¥ÃÂ) during the Soviet period. The rest of the towns have populations less than 50,000.
Agarak, Dastakert and Shamlugh were downgraded from towns to villages as a result of the administrative reforms took place during 2017. As such they are no longer included in the list below.
Source: 2001 census; 2011 census; 2022 census; 2024 statistics