Azerbaijan

• 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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