Azerbaijan: People & Society#
| Population | 9,872,765 (July 2016 est.) |
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| 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% note: the separatist Nagorno-Karabakh region is populated almost entirely by ethnic Armenians (2009 est.) |
| Languages | Azerbaijani (Azeri) (official) 92.5%, Russian 1.4%, Armenian 1.4%, other 4.7% (2009 est.) |
| Religions | Muslim 96.9% (predominantly Shia), Christian 3%, other <0.1, unaffiliated <0.1 (2010 est.) note: religious affiliation is still nominal in Azerbaijan; percentages for actual practicing adherents are much lower |
| Age structure | 0-14 years: 22.82% (male 1,204,976/female 1,047,737) 15-24 years: 15.77% (male 812,537/female 744,538) 25-54 years: 45.28% (male 2,188,683/female 2,281,242) 55-64 years: 9.64% (male 439,566/female 512,118) 65 years and over: 6.5% (male 245,144/female 396,224) (2016 est.) |
| Dependency ratios | total dependency ratio: 38% youth dependency ratio: 30.3% elderly dependency ratio: 7.8% potential support ratio: 12.9% (2015 est.) |
| Median age | total: 30.9 years male: 29.3 years female: 32.6 years (2016 est.) |
| Population growth rate | 0.92% (2016 est.) |
| Birth rate | 16.2 births/1,000 population (2016 est.) |
| Death rate | 7.1 deaths/1,000 population (2016 est.) |
| Net migration rate | 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2016 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 evenly distributed population |
| Urbanization | urban population: 54.6% of total population (2015) rate of urbanization: 1.56% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.) |
| Major urban areas - population | BAKU (capital) 2.374 million (2015) |
| Sex ratio | at birth: 1.11 male(s)/female 0-14 years: 1.15 male(s)/female 15-24 years: 1.09 male(s)/female 25-54 years: 0.96 male(s)/female 55-64 years: 0.86 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.62 male(s)/female total population: 0.98 male(s)/female (2016 est.) |
| Mother's mean age at first birth | 23.5 (2013 est.) |
| Maternal mortality rate | 25 deaths/100,000 live births (2015 est.) |
| Infant mortality rate | total: 24.7 deaths/1,000 live births male: 25.6 deaths/1,000 live births female: 23.8 deaths/1,000 live births (2016 est.) |
| Life expectancy at birth | total population: 72.5 years male: 69.5 years female: 75.8 years (2016 est.) |
| Total fertility rate | 1.9 children born/woman (2016 est.) |
| Contraceptive prevalence rate | 51.1% (2006) |
| Health expenditures | 6% of GDP (2014) |
| Physicians density | 3.4 physicians/1,000 population (2013) |
| Hospital bed density | 4.7 beds/1,000 population (2012) |
| Drinking water source | improved: urban: 94.7% of population rural: 77.8% of population total: 87% of population unimproved: urban: 5.3% of population rural: 22.2% of population total: 13% of population (2015 est.) |
| Sanitation facility access | improved: urban: 91.6% of population rural: 86.6% of population total: 89.3% of population unimproved: urban: 8.4% of population rural: 13.4% of population total: 10.7% of population (2015 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate | 0.17% (2015 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS | 10,700 (2015 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - deaths | 300 (2015 est.) |
| Obesity - adult prevalence rate | 22.2% (2014) |
| Children under the age of 5 years underweight | 4.9% (2013) |
| Education expenditures | 2.6% of GDP (2014) |
| Literacy | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 99.8% male: 99.9% female: 99.8% (2015 est.) |
| School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) | total: 13 years male: 13 years female: 13 years (2014) |
| Child labor - children ages 5-14 | total number: 144,397 percentage: 7% note: data represent children ages 5-17 (2005 est.) |
| Unemployment, youth ages 15-24 | total: 13.8% male: 12% female: 15.6% (2013 est.) |