Language
Azeri (official), Russian, Armenian, Kurmanji and Talysh
Source: New Internationalist World Guide

Population

2009	8.8 million	U.N. Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) Population Division (2009)
2007	8.5 million	U.N. Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) Population Division (2006)
2006	8.4 million	U.N. DESA (2006)
2005	8.4 million	U.N. DESA (2006)
2004	8.3 million	U.N. DESA (2006)
2003	8.3 million	U.N. DESA (2006)
2002	8.2 million	U.N. DESA (2006)
2001	8.2 million	U.N. DESA (2006)
2000	8.1 million	U.N. DESA (2006)

Future population estimates
10.6 million (2050)
Source: U.N. DESA (2009)

Ethnic groups
Azeris make up 90 percent of the population. There are Dagestani, Russian, Lezghi, Armenian, Kurdish and other minorities.
Source: NI World Guide

Religion
Islam (93.4 percent Shi'ite), Orthodox Russian three percent and Orthodox Armenian two percent
Source: NI World Guide

Percentage urban population

2007	51.6 percent	U.N. DESA - World Urbanisation Prospects 2005
2006	51.5 percent	U.N. DESA (2005)
2005	51.5 percent	U.N. DESA (2005)
2004	51.5 percent	U.N. DESA (2005)
2003	51.1 percent	U.N. DESA (2005)
2002	50.7 percent	U.N. DESA (2005)
2001	50.8 percent	U.N. DESA (2005)
2000	50.9 percent	U.N. DESA (2005)

Year women granted right to vote
1921
Source: U.N. Development Programme (UNDP) Human Development Report
Where two figures are shown, the first refers to a partial recognition of the right to vote and the second to the year women received the right to vote on a universal and equal basis.

Net percentage of girls enrolled in primary education
95 (2007)
Source: UNESCO

Percentage of population under 15

2005	25.3 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
2004	26.8 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2003	27.9 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002	30.1 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001	30.9 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000	29.0 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Time zone
GMT +4

Climate description
Almost tropical in summer, winters are warm in regions north of the Caucasus. Cold spells and low temperatures are frequent on the high mountains and in deep valleys

Currency
Manat

Telephone dialling code
(+) 994

Driving (left/right)
Right

Average life expectancy

2005	67.1 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
2004	67.0 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2003	66.9 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2002	72.2 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001	71.8 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000	71.6 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Life expectancy - male

2005	63.5 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
2004	63.3 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2003	63.2 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002	68.6 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001	68.3 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000	68.0 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Life expectancy - female

2005	70.8 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
2004	70.6 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2003	70.5 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002	75.4 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001	75.2 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000	75.0 years	UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Infant mortality

2007	34 per 1,000 live births	U.N. Children's Fund (UNICEF) - State of the World's Children 2009
2006	73 per 1,000 live births	UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2008
2005	74 per 1,000 live births	U.N. Children's Fund (UNICEF) - State of the World's Children 2007
2004	75 per 1,000 live births	UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2006
2003	75 per 1,000 live births	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002	74 per 1,000 live births	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001	77 per 1,000 live births	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000	74 per 1,000 live births	UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Child mortality - deaths before the age of five

2007	39 per 1,000 live births	U.N. Children's Fund (UNICEF) - State of the World's Children 2009
2006	88 per 1,000 live births	UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2008
2005	89 per 1,000 live births	UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2007
2004	90 per 1,000 live births	UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2006
2003	91 per 1,000 live births	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002	105 per 1,000 live births	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001	96 per 1,000 live births	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000	105 per 1,000 live births	UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Births attended by skilled personnel

1997-2005	88 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
1996-2004	100 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
1995-2003	84 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
1995-2002	84 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
1995-2001	88 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
1995-2000	88 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Maternal mortality

2005	82 per 100,000 live births	UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
2000	94 per 100,000 live births	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006

Human development index (HDI rank)

2005	98	UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
2004	99	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2003	101	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002	91	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001	89	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000	88	UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Percentage of children under weight for age (under age 5)

2000-2007	10 percent	U.N. Children's Fund (UNICEF) - State of the World's Children 2009
2000-2006	7 percent	UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2008
1996-2005	7 percent	UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2007
1996-2004	7 percent	UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2006
1995-2003	7 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
1995-2002	7 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
1995-2001	17 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
1995-2000	37 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Percentage of undernourished population

2003-2005	12 percent	U.N. Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) 2008
2002-2004average	7 percent	U.N. Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) 2006
2001-2003average	10 percent	FAO 2006

Food intake falls below the minimum requirement.

Population with access to improved water

2006	78 percent	UNICEF and WHO 2008
2004	77 percent	UNICEF and World Health Organisation (WHO) 2006
2002	77 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2000	78 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004

Population with access to improved sanitation

2006	80 percent	UNICEF and WHO 2008
2004	54 percent	UNICEF and WHO 2006
2002	55 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2000	81 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004

Literacy - average

2004	No data available percent
2003	98.8 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002	97 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001	No data available percent
2000	No data available percent

Literacy - male

2004	No data available percent
2003	99.5 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2001	No data available percent
2000	No data available percent

Literacy - female

2004	No data available percent
2003	98.2 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2001	No data available percent
2000	No data available percent

Landlines telephones

2008	151 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2007	145 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2006	138 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2005	129 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2004	121 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2003	113 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2002	112 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2001	106 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2000	99 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009

Cellular telephone subscribers

2008	750 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2007	524 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2006	379 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2005	265 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2004	174 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2003	127 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2002	96 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2001	89 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2000	52 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009

Internet users

2008	109 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2007	109 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2006	98 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2005	81 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2004	49 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2003	42 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2002	36 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2001	3 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009
2000	2 per 1,000 people	ITU 2009

Transparency International corruption ranking (Scale: 1 = least corrupt, >175 = most corrupt)

2008	158 (joint)	Transparency International 2008
2007	150 (joint)	Transparency International 2007
2006	130 (joint)	Transparency International
2005	137 (joint)	Transparency International
2004	140 (joint)	Transparency International
2003	124 (joint)	Transparency International
2002	95	Transparency International
2001	84 (joint)	Transparency International
2000	87 (joint)	Transparency International

Signatory of International Convention on the Prevention and Punishment for the crime of Genocide
Yes (1948)
Source: UNDP - Human Development Report

Signatory of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
Yes (1984)
Source: UNDP - Human Development Report

Signatory of the Convention on the Rights of the Child
Yes (1989)
Source: UNDP - Human Development Report

Percentage of population living on less than US$1 a day

1990-2005	No data available percent
1990-2004	No data available percent
1990-2003	No data available percent
1990-2002	No data available percent
1990-2001	3.7 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003

GNI per capita, Atlas method

2007	2640 current US$	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2006	1890 current US$	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2005	1270 current US$	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2004	950 current US$	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2003	820 current US$	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2002	720 current US$	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2001	660 current US$	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2000	610 current US$	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009

The purpose of the Atlas conversion factor is to reduce the impact of exchange rate fluctuations in a cross-country comparison of national incomes. The Atlas conversion factor for any year is the average of a country's exchange rate (or alternative conversion factor) for that year and its exchange rates for the two preceding years.

GDP

2007	31.2 current US$ billions	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2006	21.0 current US$ billions	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2005	13.2 current US$ billions	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2004	8.7 current US$ billions	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2003	7.3 current US$ billions	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2002	6.2 current US$ billions	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2001	5.7 current US$ billions	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2000	5.3 current US$ billions	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009

Annual GDP growth

2006	34.5  percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2005	26.2  percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2004	10.2  percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2003	11.2  percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2002	10.6  percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2001	9.9  percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2000	11.1  percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008

Annual inflation

2007	14.4 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2006	11.3 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2005	16.1 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2004	8.3 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2003	6.0 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2002	3.1 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2001	2.5 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2000	12.5 percent	World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009

Share of income or consumption (poorest 10 percent)
3.1 (latest available year)
Source: UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008

Share of income or consumption (richest 10 percent)
29.5 (latest available year)
Source: UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008

Physicians

2000-2004	355 per 100,000 people	UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
1990-2004	355 per 100,000 people	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
1990-2003	359 per 100,000 people	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
1990-2002	357 per 100,000 people	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003

Percentage HIV+ (adults aged 15-49)

2007	0.2 percent	U.N. Programme on HIV and AIDS (UNAIDS) 2008
2006	0.2 percent	U.N. Programme on HIV and AIDS (UNAIDS) 2008
2005	0.1 percent	U.N. Programme on HIV and AIDS (UNAIDS) 2008
2004	0.1 percent	U.N. Programme on HIV and AIDS (UNAIDS) 2008
2003	<0.1 percent	U.N. Programme on HIV and AIDS (UNAIDS) 2008

Malaria
Risk from P.vivax from June through October in the area between the Kura and Arax rivers.
Source: WHO

TB cases

2007	77 per 100,000 people	WHO 2009
2006	77 per 100,000 people	WHO 2009
2005	77 per 100,000 people	WHO 2009
2004	76 per 100,000 people	WHO 2009
2003	76 per 100,000 people	WHO 2009
2002	77 per 100,000 people	WHO 2009
2001	77 per 100,000 people	WHO 2009
2000	75 per 100,000 people	WHO 2009

Number of refugees originating here

2008	16319	UNHCR
2007	15913	UNHCR
2006	126068	Office of the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
2005	233675	UNHCR
2004	250579	UNHCR
2003	253255	UNHCR
2002	260214	UNHCR
2001	268759	UNHCR
2000	284277	UNHCR

Number of refugees residing here

2008	2061	UNHCR
2007	2352	UNHCR
2006	2618	UNHCR
2005	3004	UNHCR
2004	8606	UNHCR
2003	326	UNHCR
2002	458	UNHCR
2001	367	UNHCR
2000	287	UNHCR

Number of internally displaced people\Estimate

2009	573000 - 603000	Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC) 2009
2008	572531	IDMC 2008
2007	At least 690000	Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC) 2008
2006	579000 - 687000	IDMC 2006
2005	558387	IDMC 2006

Landmine casualties per year

2007	32	Landmine Monitor Report 2008
2006	17	Landmine Monitor Report 2008
2004	32	Landmine Monitor Report 2005
2003	28	Landmine Monitor Report 2004

Casualty figures may include both civilians and military personnel injured or killed by landmines and unexploded ordnance.
Signatory to landmine convention?
No
Source: Landmine Monitor Report

Percentage of GDP spent on military

2005	2.5 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
2004	1.8 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2003	1.9 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002	2.0 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001	2.6 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000	2.7 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Percentage of GDP spent on education

2002-2005	2.5 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
2002-2004	3.3 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2000-2002	3.2 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
1999-2001	3.5 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
1998-2000	4.2 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003

Percentage of GDP spent on health

2004	0.9 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
2003-2004	0.9 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2002	0.8 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2001	No data available percent
2000	0.6 percent	UNDP - Human Development Report 2003