 Minor communities of Kurds, Yazidis, Russians and Assyrians are also found in the town.As of the 2011 census, Abovyan is the 5th-largest city in Armenia in term of population.Here is the population timeline of Abovyan "(note that the figures shown between 1873 and 1959 are related with the population of Elar village, now a neighborhood within Abovyan)"