Demographics of Azerbaijan

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Contents 1 Demographic data from the CIA World Factbook 1.1 Population 1.2 Age structure 1.3 Median age 1.4 Population growth rate 1.5 Birth rate 1.6 Death rate 1.7 Net migration rate 1.8 Sex ratio 1.9 Infant mortality rate 1.10 Life expectancy at birth 1.11 Total fertility rate 1.12 HIV/AIDS 1.13 Nationality 1.14 Ethnic groups 1.15 Religions 1.16 Languages 1.17 Literacy 2 References

[edit] Demographic data from the CIA World Factbook

[edit] Population

7,961,619 (July 2006 est.)

[edit] 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.)

[edit] Median age

Total: 27.7 years

Male: 26.3 years

Female: 29.2 years (2006 est.)

[edit] Population growth rate

0.66% (2006 est.)

[edit] Birth rate

20.74 births/1,000 population (2006 est.)

[edit] Death rate

9.75 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.)

[edit] Net migration rate

-4.38 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2006 est.)

[edit] 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: 0.65 male(s)/female

Total population: 0.94 male(s)/female (2006 est.)

[edit] 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.)

[edit] Life expectancy at birth

Total population: 63.85 years

Male: 59.78 years

Female: 68.13 years (2006 est.)

[edit] Total fertility rate

2.46 children born/woman (2006 est.)

[edit] 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.)

[edit] Nationality

Noun: Azerbaijani(s)

Adjective: Azerbaijani

[edit] Ethnic groups

Azeris 90%, Dagestani peoples 3.2%, Russians 2.5%, Armenians 2%, Other (Georgians, Jews, Kurds, Persians, Talysh, Tatars, Tats, Udis, Ukrainians) 2.3%

Note: Almost all Armenians live in the separatist Nagorno-Karabakh region

[edit] Religions

Muslim 93.4%, Russian Orthodox 2.5%, Armenian Orthodox 2.3%, other 1.8%

• Mountain Jews

Note: Religious affiliation is still nominal in Azerbaijan; percentages for actual practicing adherents are much lower

[edit] Languages

Azerbaijani (Azeri) 89%, Russian 3%, Armenian 2%, other 6% (1995 est.)

[edit] Literacy

Definition: age 15 and over can read and write

Total population: 98.8%

Male: 99.5%

Female: 98.2% (2003 est.)

[edit] References

This article contains material from the CIA World Factbook (2006 edition) which, as a US government publication, is in the public domain.