Azerbaijan

Facts

Population:  7,771,092 (July 2001 est.)
Age structure:  0-14 years:  28.95% (male 1,146,315; female 1,103,393) 15-64 years:  63.93% (male 2,415,678; female 2,552,759) 65 years and over:  7.12% (male 219,549; female 333,398) (2001 est.)
Population growth rate:  0.32% (2001 est.)
Birth rate:  18.44 births/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Death rate:  9.55 deaths/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Net migration rate:  -5.67 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Sex ratio:  at birth:  1.05 male(s)/female under 15 years:  1.04 male(s)/female 15-64 years:  0.95 male(s)/female 65 years and over:  0.66 male(s)/female total population:  0.95 male(s)/female (2001 est.)
Infant mortality rate:  83.08 deaths/1,000 live births (2001 est.)
Life expectancy at birth:  total population:  62.96 years male:  58.65 years female:  67.49 years (2001 est.)
Total fertility rate:  2.24 children born/woman (2001 est.)
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:  less than 0.01% (1999 est.)
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:  less than 500 (1999 est.)
HIV/AIDS - deaths:  less than 100 (1999 est.)
Nationality:  noun:  Azerbaijani(s) adjective:  Azerbaijani
Ethnic groups:  Azeri 90%, Dagestani 3.2%, Russian 2.5%, Armenian 2%, other 2.3% (1998 est.) note:  almost all Armenians live in the separatist Nagorno-Karabakh region
Religions:  Muslim 93.4%, Russian Orthodox 2.5%, Armenian Orthodox 2.3%, other 1.8% (1995 est.) note:  religious affiliation is still nominal in Azerbaijan; percentages for actual practicing adherents are much lower
Languages:  Azerbaijani (Azeri) 89%, Russian 3%, Armenian 2%, other 6% (1995 est.)
Literacy:  definition:  age 15 and over can read and write total population:  97% male:  99% female:  96% (1989 est.)
GDP:  purchasing power parity - $23.5 billion (2000 est.)
GDP - real growth rate:  11.4% (2000 est.)
GDP - per capita:  purchasing power parity - $3,000 (2000 est.)
GDP - composition by sector:  agriculture:  22% industry:  33% services:  45% (1999 est.)
Population below poverty line:  60% (2000 est.)
Household income or consumption by percentage share:  lowest 10%:  NA% highest 10%:  NA%
Inflation rate (consumer prices):  1.8% (2000 est.)
Labor force:  2.9 million (1997)
Labor force - by occupation:  agriculture and forestry 32%, industry 15%, services 53% (1997)
Unemployment rate:  20% (1999 est.)
Budget:  revenues:  $777 million expenditures:  $995 million, including capital expenditures of $NA (1999 est.)
Industries:  petroleum and natural gas, petroleum products, oilfield equipment; steel, iron ore, cement; chemicals and petrochemicals; textiles
Industrial production growth rate:  6.9% (2000 est.)
Electricity - production:  16.378 billion kWh (1999)
Electricity - production by source:  fossil fuel:  86.46% hydro:  13.54% nuclear:  0% other:  0% (1999)
Electricity - consumption:  15.432 billion kWh (1999)
Electricity - exports:  600 million kWh (1999)
Electricity - imports:  800 million kWh (1999)
Agriculture - products:  cotton, grain, rice, grapes, fruit, vegetables, tea, tobacco; cattle, pigs, sheep, goats
Exports:  $1.9 billion (f.o.b., 2000 est.)
Exports - commodities:  oil and gas 75%, machinery, cotton, foodstuffs
Exports - partners:  Italy, Turkey, Russia, Georgia, Iran
Imports:  $1.4 billion (f.o.b., 2000 est.)
Imports - commodities:  machinery and equipment, foodstuffs, metals, chemicals
Imports - partners:  Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, UAE, Iran
Debt - external:  $1 billion (2000)
Economic aid - recipient:  ODA, $113 million (1996)
Currency:  Azerbaijani manat (AZM)
Currency code:  AZM
Exchange rates:  Azerbaijani manats per US dollar - 4,579 (1 February 2001), 4,342 (October 1999), 4,373 (1999), 3,869 (1998), 3,985.38 (1997), 4,301.26 (1996)
Fiscal year:  calendar year

Statistics: CIA World Factbook.

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