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Demographics of Azerbaijan
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Azerbaijan: Population and rural population 1958-2006 (in millions). Statistical Committee of Azerbaijan, yearbooks from various years.
Demographic data
- Data from CIA World Factook[1] unless noted otherwise
Population
- 8.621.000 (2008 est.)[2]
Age structure
- 0-14 years: 25.8% (male 1,046,501/female 1,011,492)
- 15-64 years: 66.3% (male 2,573,134/female 2,706,275)
- 65 years and over: 7.8% (male 246,556/female 377,661) (2006 est.)
Median age
- Total: 27.7 years
- Male: 26.3 years
- Female: 29.2 years (2006 est.)
Population growth rate
- 0.66% (2006 est.)
Birth rate
- 20.74 births/1,000 population (2006 est.)
Death rate
- 9.75 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.)
Net migration rate
- -4.38 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2006 est.)
Sex ratio
- See also: Women in Azerbaijan
- 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: 0.65 male(s)/female
- Total population: 0.94 male(s)/female (2006 est.)
Infant mortality rate
- Total: 79 deaths/1,000 live births
- Male: 81.08 deaths/1,000 live births
- Female: 76.81 deaths/1,000 live births (2006 est.)
Life expectancy at birth
- Total population: 63.85 years
- Male: 59.57 years
- Female: 68.13 years (2006 est.)
Total fertility rate
- 2.46 children born/woman (2006 est.)
HIV/AIDS
- Adult prevalence rate: less than 0.1% (2003 est.)
- People living with HIV/AIDS: 1,400 (2003 est.)
- Deaths: less than 100 (2001 est.)
Nationality
- Noun: Azerbaijani(s)
- Adjective: Azerbaijani
Ethnic groups (1999 census)[3][4][5]
- Azerbaijani 90.6% (7,205,500)
- Lezgins 2.2% (178,000)
- Russians 1.8% (141,700)
- Armenians 1.5% (120,700)
- Talysh 1.0% (76,800) — these numbers are disputed as too low by Talysh nationalists
- Avars 0.6% (50,900)
- Turks 0.5% (43,400)
- Tatars 0.4% (30,000)
- Ukrainians 0.4% (29,000)
- Tsakhurs 0.2% (15,900)
- Georgians 0.2% (14,900)
- Kurds 0.2% (13,100)
- Jews 0.1% (8,900)
- Udins 0.05% (4,100)
- Other nations 0.12% (9,600)
Religions
- Note: Religious affiliation is still nominal in Azerbaijan; percentages for actual practicing adherents are much lower
Languages
Azerbaijani (Azeri) 90.3%, Lezgi 2.2%, Russian 1.8%, Armenian 1.5%, other 3.3%, unspecified 1% (1999 census)
Literacy
- Definition: age 15 and over can read and write
- Total population: 98.8%
- Male: 99.5%
- Female: 98.2% (2003 est.)
References
This article contains material from the CIA World Factbook (2006 edition) which, as a US government publication, is in the public domain.
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