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Encyclopedia > Demographics of Azerbaijan
Demographics of Azerbaijan, Data of FAO, year 2005 ; Number of inhabitants in thousands.
Demographics of Azerbaijan, Data of FAO, year 2005 ; Number of inhabitants in thousands.

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Demographic data from the CIA World Factbook

Population pyramid for Azerbaijan
Population pyramid for Azerbaijan

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Population

8,587,000 (2007 est.)[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: 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

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

Azeris 91.9%,Lezgins 2%,Russians 1.6%,Armenians 1.5%,Turkish 0.6%,Persian 0.27%,Georgian 0.17%,Ukranian 0.16%,Jews 0.11%,Kurds 0.08%,Tats 0.1%,Udins 0.05%, other 2% Azerbaijanis or Azerbaijani Turks, are a Muslim people who number more than 25 million worldwide. ... Flag of the Lezgian people The Lezgins, also called the Lezgin, Lezgi, Lezgis, Lezgs, and Lezgians are an ethnic group who live mainly in southern Dagestan and northern Azerbaijan who speak the Lezgi language. ... Look up Persian in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Ukrainian is: Ukrainian language a person of Ukrainian ethnicity adjective for Ukraine This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Kurds are one of the Iranian peoples and speak Kurdish, a north-Western Iranian language related to Persian. ... The Tat are an Iranian-speaking ethnic group in the Caucasus. ... Languages Udi and Russian Religions Armenian Apostolic and Georgian Orthodox Christianity [5] Related ethnic groups Lezgins, Tabasarans, Avars, and other Northeast Caucasian peoples, and Azeris The Udis (also referred to as Udins or Udz) are an ethnic group who live mostly in Azerbaijan (the Qabala and Oguz rayons), Russia (the...


Religions

Shia Islam 69.7%,Sunni Islam 27.9%,Russian Orthodox Church 1.6%,Armenian Apostolic Church 1.6%,Georgian Orthodox Church 0.18%,Judaism 0.11% Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Sunni Muslims are the largest denomination of Islam. ... The Russian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate (Russian: ), also known as the Orthodox Christian Church of Russia, is a body of Christians who are united under the Patriarch of Moscow, who in turn is in communion with the other patriarchs and primates of the Eastern Orthodox Church. ... Official standard of Karekin II Catholicos of Armenia The Armenian Apostolic Church (Armenian: Հայ Առաքելական Եկեղեցի, Hay Arakelagan Yegeghetzi), sometimes called the Armenian Orthodox Church or the Gregorian Church, is the worlds oldest national church[1] [2] and one of the most ancient Christian communities [3]. // Baptism of Tiridates III. The earliest... The Georgian Orthodox and Apostolic Church is one of the worlds most ancient Christian Churches, founded in the 1st century by the Apostle Andrew. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

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

Mountain Jews, or Juhuro, are Jews of the eastern Caucasus, mainly of Azerbaijan and Dagestan. ...

Languages

Azerbaijani Language (Official) 96%,Russian Language 2%,Armenian Language 1.5%,other 0.5% The Azerbaijani language, also called Azeri, Azari, Azeri Turkish, or Azerbaijani Turkish, is the official language of the Republic of Azerbaijan. ... Russian ( , transliteration: , ) is the most geographically widespread language of Eurasia and the most widely spoken of the Slavic languages. ... The Armenian language (, IPA: — , conventional short form ) is an Indo-European language spoken by the Armenian people. ...


Literacy

Definition: age 15 and over can read and write
Total population: 98.8%
Male: 99.5%
Female: 98.2% (2003 est.)

References

  1. ^ http://www.azstat.org/publications/azfigures/2006/az/004.shtml

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