Azerbaijan

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PROFILE
  • Area: 86,600 sq. km (33,436 sq. mi.)
  • Population: 9,872,765 (2016 est.)
  • Population growth rate: 0.92% (2016 est.)
  • Life expectancy: 72.5 years (2016)
  • Languages: Azerbaijani (Azeri) (official) 92.5%, Russian 1.4%, Armenian 1.4%
  • Religions: Muslim 96.9% (predominantly Shia), Christian 3%, other <0.1, unaffiliated <0.1
  • Formal name: Republic of Azerbaijan
  • Alternate names: Azärbaycan, Azärbayjan Respublikasy, Azerbaidzhanian Soviet Socialist Republic, Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic, Azerbaijani Republic, Azerbaydzhan Soviet Socialist Republic, Azerbaydzhanskaya Sovetskaya Sotsialisticheskaya Respublika, Azərbaycan, Az
  • Government type: presidential republic
  • Leaders: chief of state: President Ilham ALIYEV; head of government: Prime Minister Artur RASIZADE
  • Capital: Baku
  • Administrative divisions: 66 districts and 11 cities (including 1 autonomous republic, which contains 7 districts and 1 city)
  • GDP per capita (PPP): $18,000 (2015 est.)
  • Exports: oil and gas 90%, machinery, foodstuffs, cotton
  • Imports: machinery and equipment, foodstuffs, metals, chemicals
  • Currency: Azerbaijani manat (AZN)
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