Official name
Republic of Azerbaijan
Name in local language
Azərbaycan Respublikası (az)
Continent
Asia
Subcontinent
Western Asia
Population (ranking: 93e )
10,095,894 inhabitants (2020)
Population growth
0.29 % / year
Area
86,573 km²
Density
116.62 inhabitants / km²
GDP (ranking: 91e )46.940 billions $USD (2018)
GDP/capita (ranking )
4,721 $USD (2018)
GDP growth
1.40 % / year (2018)
Life expectancy (ranking )
72.90 years (2018)
Birth rate
16.20 ‰ (2016)
Fertility rate
2.10 children / woman (2015)
Death rate (ranking )
5.70 ‰ (2015)
Infant mortality rate (ranking )
11.00 ‰ (2015)
Literacy rate
99.96 % (2015)
Official languages
Azerbaijani
Currency
Manat (₼ AZN)
HDI (ranking: 118e )0.754 / 1 (2018)
EPI (ranking )62.33 (2018)
Government
Unitary dominant-party semi-presidential republic
Head of State
President Ilham Aliyev
National Day
18 October (independence of 1991)
ISO Codes AZ, AZE
Demonym
Azerbaijani
Tourists (ranking )
2,454,000 people (2017)
Azerbaijan is a Caucasian country located on the dividing line between Europe and Asia. Formerly a Soviet republic, it shares land borders with Armenia , Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh) and Turkey to the west, Georgia to the northwest, Russia to the north, and Iran to the south.
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Urban areas
Population
Baku
2,836,085 inhabitants
Gandja
330,100 inhabitants
Lankaran
223,100 inhabitants
Shaki
182,700 inhabitants
Yevlakh
125,700 inhabitants
Mingachevir
102,437 inhabitants
Nakhitchevan
91,100 inhabitants
Administrative divisions
Regions and Autonomous Republic
Population
Area
Absheron (Abşeron)
557,800 inhabitants
3,730 km²
Aran
1,961,400 inhabitants
21,150 km²
Bakou
2,225,800 inhabitants
2,140 km²
Chaki-Zaqatala (Şəki-Zaqatala)
606,100 inhabitants
8,840 km²
Chirvan (Şirvan)
308,200 inhabitants
6,130 km²
Gandja-Qazax
1,253,400 inhabitants
12,300 km²
Kelbadjar-Latchin (Kəlbəcər-Laçın) (Occupé militairement par l'Arménie)
247,900 inhabitants
6,420 km²
Lankaran (Lənkəran)
905,900 inhabitants
6,070 km²
Nakhitchevan (République autonome)
444,400 inhabitants
5,503 km²
Quba-Xaçmaz
532,600 inhabitants
6,960 km²
Yukhari-Haut-Karabakh (Indépendant sous le nom Artsakh)
662,100 inhabitants
7,330 km²
See also
