This article is about the demographic features of the population of Azerbaijan, including population density, ethnicity, education level, health of the populace, economic status, religious affiliations and other aspects of the population.
Azerbaijan: Population and rural population 1958-2006 (in millions). Statistical Committee of Azerbaijan, yearbooks from various years.
Demographic statistics
The following demographic statistics are from the CIA World Factbook, unless otherwise indicated.
Population
- 8,832,000 (2009)[1]
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: 28.2 years
- Male: 26.6 years
- Female: 30 years (2009 est.)
Population growth rate
- 0.762% (2009 est.)
- country comparison to the world: 141
Birth rate
- 17.62 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)
- country comparison to the world: 115
Death rate
- 8.32 deaths/1,000 population (2008 est.)
- country comparison to the world: 104
Net migration rate
- -1.69 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.)
- country comparison to the world: 135
Urbanization
- Urban population: 52% of total population (2008)
- Rate of urbanization: 1% of annual rate of change (2005-10 est.)
Sex ratio
- At birth: 1.13 male(s)/female
- Under 15 years: 1.12 male(s)/female
- 15-64 years: 0.96 male(s)/female
- 65 years and over: 0.58 male(s)/female
- Total population: 0.97 male(s)/female (2009 est.)
Infant mortality rate
- Total: 54.6 deaths/1,000 live births
- country comparison to the world: 46
- Male: 60.2 deaths/1,000 live births
- Female: 48.27 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)
Life expectancy at birth
- Total population: 66.66 years
- country comparison to the world: 158
- Male: 62.53 years
- Female: 71.34 years (2009 est.)
Total fertility rate
- 2.04 children born/woman (2009 est.)
- country comparison to the world: 126
HIV/AIDS
- Adult prevalence rate: less than 0.2% (2007 est.)
- country comparison to the world: 92
- People living with HIV/AIDS: 7,800 (2007 est.)
- country comparison to the world: 113
- Deaths: less than 100 (2007 est.)
- country comparison to the world: 127
Nationality
- Noun: Azerbaijani(s)
- Adjective: Azerbaijani
Ethnic groups (1999 census)[2][3][4]
- Azerbaijani Turks 90.6% (7,205,500)
- Lezgins 2.2% (178,000)
- Russians 1.8% (141,700)
- Armenians 1.5% (120,700) — almost all live in the break-away region of Nagorno-Karabakh
- Talysh 1.0% (76,800) — these numbers are disputed as too low by Talysh nationalists[5][6]
- Avars 0.6% (50,900)
- Meskhetian 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)
- Jews 0.2% (13,100)
- Kurds 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.)
Education expenditures
- 2.1% of toal GDP
- country comparison to the world: 162
References
- ^ Department of Economic and Social Affairs Population Division (2009) (.PDF). World Population Prospects, Table A.1. 2008 revision. United Nations. http://www.un.org/esa/population/publications/wpp2008/wpp2008_text_tables.pdf. Retrieved 2009-03-12.
- ^ Statistical Yearbook of Azerbaijan 2006, State Statistical Committee, Baku, table 2.6, p. 69
- ^ Results of population censuses in Azerbaijan for 1979, 1989, and 1999.
- ^ The Population of Azerbaijan
- ^ Disputed number of Talysh in Azerbaijan
- ^ Reasons for the dispute around the number of Talysh in Azerbaijan: One Europe, Many Nations: A Historical Dictionary of European National Groups, by James Minahan, Greenwood, 2000, ISBN 0313309841, ISBN 9780313309847, p. 674 (viewable on Google Books)
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