The number of pensioners in Armenia to increase by 2,500 a year

In the next seven years the number of pensioners in Armenia will be growing by an average of 2,500 people per year, the head of the State Social Security Service of the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs Hovhannes Sahakyan said this Friday.br / br /

YEREVAN, March 16. /ARKA/. In the next seven years the number of pensioners in Armenia will be growing by an average of 2,500 people per year, the head of the State Social Security Service of the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs Hovhannes Sahakyan said this Friday.br

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Speaking at a news conference he said their number as of March 1, 2018 stood at 446,249. He agreed with the statement that these numbers indicate that Armenia is among the so-called aging countries. Sahakyan also noted that 62,915 citizens receive state benefits. -0-br

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