Azerbaijan - Country information


		Azerbaijan	Population Government Economy Geography Communication Transportation

Population		Top of page

Inhabitants		Life expectancy
8,120,247 (July 2007 est.)		total population: 65.96 years male: 61.86 years female: 70.66 years (2007 est.)

Ethnic groups		Religions
Azeri 90.6%, Dagestani 2.2%, Russian 1.8%, Armenian 1.5%, other 3.9% (1999 census)		Muslim 93.4%, Russian Orthodox 2.5%, Armenian Orthodox 2.3%, other 1.8% (1995 est.)

Languages		Literacy
Azerbaijani (Azeri) 90.3%, Lezgi 2.2%, Russian 1.8%, Armenian 1.5%, other 3.3%, unspecified 1% (1999 census)		definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 98.8% male: 99.5% female: 98.2% (2003 est.)

Government		Top of page

Government type		Capital
republic		Baku (Baki, Baky)

Independance		National day
30 August 1991 (from Soviet Union)		Founding of the Democratic Republic of Azerbaijan, 28 May (1918)

Constitution		Legal system
adopted 12 November 1995		based on civil law system

Economy		Top of page

GDP (purchasing power parity)		Growth rate
$14.05 billion (2006 est.)		32.5% (2006 est.)

GDP per inhabitant		Unemployment rate
$7,300 (2006 est.)		1.2% official rate (2006 est.)

Population below poverty line		Inflation rate
49% (2002 est.)		8% (2006 est.)

Exports		Imports
$12.51 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.)		$5.176 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.)

Reserves of foreign exchange and gold		Currency
$1.8 billion (2006 est.)		Azerbaijani manat (AZM)

Military expenditures
2.6% (2005 est.)

Geography		Top of page

Location		Area
Southwestern Asia, bordering the Caspian Sea, between Iran and Russia, with a small European portion north of the Caucasus range		86,600 sq km

Climate		Natural resources
dry, semiarid steppe		petroleum, natural gas, iron ore, nonferrous metals, bauxite

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