Azerbaijan

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Population: 8,120,247 (July 2007 est.).

Age structure: 0-14 years: 25.4% (male 1,086,271/female 975,100) 15-64 years: 67.7% (male 2,695,428/female 2,799,047) 65 years and over: 7% (male 211,438/female 352,963) (2007 est.).

Population growth rate: 0.688% (2007 est.).

Birth rate: 17.47 births/1,000 population (2007 est.).

Death rate: 8.35 deaths/1,000 population (2007 est.).

Net migration rate: -2.25 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2007 est.).

Sex ratio: at birth: 1.15 male(s)/female under 15 years: 1.114 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 0.963 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.599 male(s)/female total population: 0.968 male(s)/female (2007 est.).

Infant mortality rate: total: 58.31 deaths/1,000 live births male: 64.03 deaths/1,000 live births female: 51.75 deaths/1,000 live births (2007 est.).

Life expectancy at birth: total population: 65.96 years male: 61.86 years female: 70.66 years (2007 est.).

Total fertility rate: 2.05 children born/woman (2007 est.).

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: less than 0.1% (2003 est.).

HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: 1,400 (2003 est.).

HIV/AIDS - deaths: less than 100 (2001 est.).

Nationality: noun: Azerbaijani(s), Azeri(s) adjective: Azerbaijani, Azeri.

Ethnic groups: Azeri 90.6%, Dagestani 2.2%, Russian 1.8%, Armenian 1.5%, other 3.9% (1999 census) note: almost all Armenians live in the separatist Nagorno-Karabakh region.

Religions: Muslim 93.4%, Russian Orthodox 2.5%, Armenian Orthodox 2.3%, other 1.8% (1995 est.) 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% (1999 census).

GDP (purchasing power parity): $59.71 billion (2006 est.).

GDP - real growth rate: 34.5% (2006 est.).

GDP - per capita (PPP): $7,500 (2006 est.).

GDP - composition by sector: agriculture: 14.1% industry: 45.7% services: 40.2% (2002 est.).

Labor force: 5.191 million (2006 est.).

Labor force - by occupation: agriculture: 41% industry: 7% services: 52% (2001).

Population below poverty line: 49% (2002 est.).

Household income or consumption by percentage share: lowest 10%: 2.8% highest 10%: 27.8% (1995).

Inflation rate (consumer prices): 8% (2006 est.).

Unemployment rate: 1.2% official rate (2006 est.).

Budget: revenues: $6.008 billion expenditures: $5.804 billion; including capital expenditures of $NA (2006 est.).

Agriculture - products: cotton, grain, rice, grapes, fruit, vegetables, tea, tobacco; cattle, pigs, sheep, goats.

Industries: petroleum and natural gas, petroleum products, oilfield equipment; steel, iron ore; cement; chemicals and petrochemicals; textiles.

Industrial production growth rate: 50% (2006 est.).

Electricity - production: 20.35 billion kWh (2004).

Electricity - consumption: 20.57 billion kWh (2004).

Electricity - exports: 510 million kWh (2004).

Electricity - imports: 2.15 billion kWh (2004).

Exports: $12.51 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.).

Exports - commodities: oil and gas 90%, machinery, cotton, foodstuffs.

Exports - partners: Italy 30.3%, France 9.4%, Russia 6.6%, Turkey 6.3%, Turkmenistan 6.3%, Georgia 4.8%, Israel 4.5%, Croatia 4.1% (2005).

Imports: $5.176 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.).

Imports - commodities: machinery and equipment, oil products, foodstuffs, metals, chemicals.

Imports - partners: Russia 17%, UK 9.1%, Singapore 9.1%, Turkey 7.4%, Germany 6.1%, Turkmenistan 5.8%, Ukraine 5.4%, China 4.1% (2005).

Debt - external: $2.483 billion (2006 est.).

Economic aid - recipient: ODA, $140 million (2000 est.).

Currency (code): Azerbaijani manat (AZM).

Exchange rates: Azerbaijani manats per US dollar - 0.8934 (2006), 4,727.1 (2005), 4,913.48 (2004), 4,910.73 (2003), 4,860.82 (2002) note: on 1 January 2006 Azerbaijan revalued its currency, with 5,000 old manats equal to 1 new manat.

Fiscal year: calendar year.