 The population of Dastakert grew significantly during the 1950s and 1960s after the opening of the Dastakert branch of the copper-molybdenum plant, exceeding 4,000 residents.Since the mid-1970s, the population has gradually declined with the closure of the plant.Currently, the population of Dastakert is around 300 who are entirely Armenians, most of them refugees from Azerbaijan.