Azerbaijan Index

Azerbaijan People - 2021

SOURCE: 2021 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK

Nationality

noun: Azerbaijani(s)

adjective: Azerbaijani

Ethnic groups

Azerbaijani 91.6%, Lezghin 2%, Russian 1.3%, Armenian 1.3%, Talysh 1.3%, other 2.4% (2009 est.)

note: the separatist Nagorno-Karabakh region is populated almost entirely by ethnic Armenians

Azerbaijani (Azeri) (official) 92.5%, Russian 1.4%, Armenian 1.4%, other 4.7% (2009 est.)

printed major-language sample:
Dünya fakt kitabı, əsas məlumatlar üçün əvəz olunmaz mənbədir (Azerbaijani)

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note: Russian is widely spoken

Religions

Muslim 96.9% (predominantly Shia), Christian 3%, other
note: religious affiliation for the majority of Azerbaijanis is largely nominal, percentages for actual practicing adherents are probably much lower

Age structure

0-14 years: 22.84% (male 1,235,292/female 1,095,308)

15-24 years: 13.17% (male 714,718/female 629,494)

25-54 years: 45.29% (male 2,291,600/female 2,330,843)

55-64 years: 11.41% (male 530,046/female 634,136)

65 years and over: 7.29% (male 289,604/female 454,769) (2020 est.)

Dependency ratios

total dependency ratio: 43.4

youth dependency ratio: 33.7

elderly dependency ratio: 9.7

potential support ratio: 10.3 (2020 est.)

Median age

total: 32.6 years

male: 31.1 years

female: 34.2 years (2020 est.)

Population growth rate

0.71% (2021 est.)

Birth rate

14.03 births/1,000 population (2021 est.)

Death rate

6.93 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.)

Net migration rate

0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2021 est.)

Population distribution

highest population density is found in the far eastern area of the county, in and around Baku; apart from smaller urbanized areas, the rest of the country has a fairly light and evenly distributed population

Urbanization

urban population: 56.8% of total population (2021)

rate of urbanization: 1.38% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)

note: data include Nagorno-Karabakh

total population growth rate v. urban population growth rate, 2000-2030

Major urban areas - population

2.371 million BAKU (capital) (2021)

Sex ratio

at birth: 1.06 male(s)/female

0-14 years: 1.13 male(s)/female

15-24 years: 1.14 male(s)/female

25-54 years: 0.98 male(s)/female

55-64 years: 0.84 male(s)/female

65 years and over: 0.64 male(s)/female

total population: 0.98 male(s)/female (2020 est.)

Mother's mean age at first birth

24 years (2019 est.)

Maternal mortality rate

26 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.)

Infant mortality rate

total: 24.1 deaths/1,000 live births

male: 25.23 deaths/1,000 live births

female: 22.91 deaths/1,000 live births (2021 est.)

Life expectancy at birth

total population: 73.88 years

male: 70.79 years

female: 77.15 years (2021 est.)

Total fertility rate

1.87 children born/woman (2021 est.)

Contraceptive prevalence rate

54.9% (2011)

Drinking water source

improved: urban: 100% of population

rural: 87.4% of population

total: 94.1% of population

unimproved: urban: 0% of population

rural: 12.6% of population

total: 4.9% of population (2017 est.)

Current Health Expenditure

3.5% (2018)

Physicians density

3.45 physicians/1,000 population (2014)

Hospital bed density

4.8 beds/1,000 population (2014)

Sanitation facility access

improved: urban: 100% of population

rural: 89.1% of population

total: 95.1% of population

unimproved: urban: 0% of population

rural: 10.9% of population

total: 4.9% of population (2017 est.)

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate

0.1% (2020 est.)

HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS

9,900 (2020 est.)

HIV/AIDS - deaths

Obesity - adult prevalence rate

19.9% (2016)

Children under the age of 5 years underweight

4.9% (2013)

Education expenditures

2.5% of GDP (2018)

Literacy

definition: age 15 and over can read and write

total population: 99.8%

male: 99.9%

female: 99.7% (2017)

School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)

total: 14 years

male: 13 years

female: 14 years (2019)

Unemployment, youth ages 15-24

total: 12.4%

male: 10.9%

female: 14.2% (2019 est.)

NOTE: The information regarding Azerbaijan on this page is re-published from the 2021 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Azerbaijan 2021 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Azerbaijan 2021 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.