Location:
Southwestern Asia, bordering the Caspian Sea,
between Iran and Russia
Area:
total area:
86,600 sq km
land area:
86,100 sq km
comparative area:
slightly larger than Maine
Land boundaries:
total 2,013 km;
Armenia (west) 566 km, Armenia (southwest) 221 km,
Georgia 322 km, Iran (south) 432 km, Iran (southwest) 179 km,
Russia 284km, Turkey 9 km
Coastline: 0 km
Population: 7,789,886 (July 1995 est.)
Age structure:
0-14 years:
33% (female 1,241,952; male 1,315,313)
15-64 years:
61% (female 2,437,810; male 2,307,496)
65 years and over:
6% (female 303,926; male 183,389)
Population growth rate: 1.32% (1995 est.)
Birth rate: 22.05 births/1,000 population
Death rate: 6.56 deaths/1,000 population
Net migration rate: -2.32 migrant(s)/1,000 population
Infant mortality rate: 33.9 deaths/1,000 live births
Life expectancy at birth:
total population:
71.09 years
male:
67.4 years
female:
74.97 years
Total fertility rate: 2.64 children born/woman
Ethnic divisions:
Azeri 90%, Dagestani Peoples 3.2%,
Russian 2.5%, Armenian 2.3%, other2% (1995 est.)
Religions:
Muslim 93.4%, Russian Orthodox 2.5%,
Armenian Orthodox 2.3%, other1.8% (1995 est.)
Languages:
Azeri 89%, Russian 3%, Armenian 2%,
other 6% (1995 est.)
Literacy:
age 15 and over can read and write (1989)
total population:
97%
male:
99%
female:
96%
Names:
conventional long form:
Azerbaijani Republic
conventional short form:
Azerbaijan
Type: republic
Capital: Baku (Baki)
Independence: 30 August 1991 (from Soviet Union)
Constitution: adopted NA April 1978; writing a new constitution
National product: GDP - purchasing power parity - $13.8 billion
National product real growth rate: -22%
National product per capita: $1,790
Inflation rate (consumer prices): 28%
Unemployment rate:
0.9% includes officially registered unemployed;
also large numbersof other unemployed and underemployed workers
Electricity:
capacity:
4,900,000 kW
production:
17.5 billion kWh
consumption per capita:
2,270 kWh
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