Azerbaijan
Country in Asia
CountryScope
In brief
Population: 10.2M (2025). World rank 94 of 216; in Asia, 29 of 49. Area: 86,600 km². World rank 115 of 249; in Asia, 32 of 50. GDP: $75.9B (2025). World rank 88 of 210; in Asia, 27 of 47. From 2015 to 2025: population 9.6M → 10.2M, GDP $53.1B → $75.9B, and GDP per person $5,501 → $7,411.
State
- Official name
- Republic of Azerbaijan
- Local name
- Azərbaycan
- Capital
- Baku
- Region
- Asia
- Form of government
- Presidential republic
- UN member
- Yes
- Head of state
- Ilham Aliyev
- Head of government
- Ali Asadov
- Independence
- August 30, 1991
- Women in parliament
- 20.8% 2025
Key figures
- Population
- 10,246,996 2025
- Area
- 86,600 km²
- GDP
- $75.9B 2025
- GDP per person
- $7,411 2025
- Life expectancy
- 74.6 years 2024
Practical information
- Languages
- Azerbaijani, Russian
- Currency
- Azerbaijani Manat (AZN)
- Time zones
- UTC+4
- Calling code
- +994
- Emergency numbers
- 101, 102, 103, 112
- Driving side
- Right
- Plug types
- C, F
- Mains voltage
- 220 V
Territory
- Sea access
- Landlocked
- Coastline, km
- 0
- Neighbours
- Armenia, Georgia, Iran, Russia, Türkiye
- Agricultural land
- 57.8% 2024
Elevation
- Highest point
- Bazarduzu Dagi, 4,466 m
- Lowest point
- Caspian Sea, -28 m
- Mean elevation, m
- 384
Climate
- Average temperature in the capital, °C
- 15
- Warmest month in the capital
- August, 27°C
- Coldest month in the capital
- February, 6°C
- Precipitation, mm per year
- 447 2022
Population and migration
- Population density
- 118.3 per km² 2025
- Population growth per year
- +0.4% 2025
- Living in cities
- 58.6% 2025
- Net migration per year
- +8.7K 2025
- Born in another country
- 2.1% 2024
Age and life expectancy
- Aged 0–14
- 21.2% 2025
- Aged 15–64
- 69.6% 2025
- Aged 65 and over
- 9.2% 2025
- Life expectancy, women
- 77.3 years 2024
- Life expectancy, men
- 71.7 years 2024
Births and deaths
- Children per woman
- 1.4 2024
- Births per 1,000 people
- 10 2024
- Deaths per 1,000 people
- 5.8 2024
Society
- Religions
- Muslim 97.3% and Christian 2.6% (2020)
Quality of governance (100 = best)
- Rule of law, score 0–100
- 51.1 2025
- Control of corruption, score 0–100
- 32.4 2025
- Government effectiveness, score 0–100
- 54.9 2025
- Regulatory quality, score 0–100
- 56.4 2025
- Voice and accountability, score 0–100
- 29.7 2025
Size and growth
- GDP per person at purchasing power parity
- $26,113 2025
- GDP growth per year
- +1.4% 2025
Income and prices
- Income level (World Bank)
- Upper-middle income
- Gross national income per person
- $7,360 2025
- Inflation
- +5.6% 2025
- Price level, USA = 100
- 28 2025
Structure and jobs
- Agriculture, share of GDP
- 5.9% 2025
- Industry, share of GDP
- 39.5% 2025
- Services, share of GDP
- 45.3% 2025
- Unemployment
- 5.5% 2025
- Youth unemployment, ages 15–24
- 13.1% 2025
- Women in work or seeking work
- 60.8% 2025
Trade and finance
- Exports, share of GDP
- 43% 2025
- Imports, share of GDP
- 36.8% 2025
- Current account balance, share of GDP
- +4.6% 2025
- Foreign direct investment, share of GDP
- +0.5% 2025
- Remittances received, share of GDP
- 2% 2025
- Tax revenue, share of GDP
- 17.3% 2024
Poverty and inequality
- Gini index (0 = full equality)
- 26.6 2005
- Living on under $3 a day
- 0% 2005
Education
- Adult literacy
- 99.8% 2023
- Primary school enrolment
- 106% 2024
- Secondary school enrolment
- 91.1% 2024
- Higher education enrolment
- 41.3% 2024
- Public spending on education, share of GDP
- 3.7% 2023
Healthcare
- Health spending, share of GDP
- 4.3% 2023
- Health spending per person
- $300 2023
- Out-of-pocket health spending, share of total
- 64.6% 2023
- Doctors per 1,000 people
- 3.2 2022
- Nurses and midwives per 1,000 people
- 5.6 2022
- Hospital beds per 1,000 people
- 3.7 2023
- Children vaccinated against measles
- 71% 2024
Public health
- Infant deaths per 1,000 births
- 12.5 2024
- Deaths under age 5 per 1,000 births
- 17.9 2024
- Maternal deaths per 100,000 births
- 18 2023
- HIV prevalence, ages 15–49
- 0.1% 2024
- Diabetes prevalence, ages 20–79
- 10.2% 2024
- Overweight adults
- 61.7% 2022
- Adults who use tobacco
- 18.7% 2024
Living conditions
- Access to safe drinking water
- 97.7% 2024
- Access to basic sanitation
- 99% 2024
- Access to clean cooking fuels
- 99% 2024
Safety
- Homicides per 100,000 people
- 2.2 2023
- Road deaths per 100,000 people
- 6.7 2019
- Suicides per 100,000 people
- 1.6 2021
- Political stability and absence of violence, score 0–100
- 64 2025
- Natural hazards
- droughts
Air and emissions
- Air pollution PM2.5, µg/m³
- 23.7 2023
- CO₂ emissions, tonnes per person
- 3.8 2024
- All greenhouse gases, tonnes CO₂e per person
- 5.7 2024
Nature and water
- Forest cover
- 14.6% 2024
- Protected areas
- 12% 2025
- Renewable fresh water, m³ per person
- 800 2022
- Water stress, share of fresh water withdrawn
- 57.5% 2022
Internet and communications
- Using the internet
- 90.8% 2025
- Mobile subscriptions per 100 people
- 110 2024
- Home broadband per 100 people
- 21.8 2024
- Internet domain
- .az
Energy
- Access to electricity
- 100% 2024
- Electricity use, kWh per person
- 2,444 2024
- Renewable share of energy use
- 1.3% 2021
- Electricity from renewables
- 5.8% 2021
- Electricity from fossil fuels
- 86.5% 2024
Transport
- Air passengers per year
- 2,581,841 2023
- Airports
- 32 2025
- Railways, km
- 2,944 2017
Science and innovation
- Research spending, share of GDP
- 0.2% 2024
- Researchers per million people
- 1,663 2024
- Scientific articles per year
- 1,544 2023
- Patent applications by residents
- 194 2024
- High-tech share of manufactured exports
- 2.9% 2024