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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.
[edit] Demographic statistics
The following demographic statistics are from the CIA World Factbook, unless otherwise indicated.
[edit] Population
- 8.621.000 (2008 est.)[1]
[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: 59.57 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 (1999 census)[2][3][4]
- Azerbaijani 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)
- 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)
- Kurds 0.2% (13,100)
- Jews 0.1% (8,900)
- Udins 0.05% (4,100)
- Other nations 0.12% (9,600)
[edit] Religions
- Note: Religious affiliation is still nominal in Azerbaijan; percentages for actual practicing adherents are much lower
[edit] Languages
Azerbaijani (Azeri) 90.3%, Lezgi 2.2%, Russian 1.8%, Armenian 1.5%, other 3.3%, unspecified 1% (1999 census)
[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
- ^ State Statistical Committee of the Republic of Azerbaijan
- ^ 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)
This article incorporates public domain material from the CIA World Factbook document "2006 edition".
This article incorporates public domain material from the CIA World Factbook document "2006 edition".
