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Azerbaijan

Central Asia

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Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan, is the largest low-lying national capital city in the world at 28 meters (92 feet) below sea level. Baku is divided into 12 administrative districts and 48 townships including the old section of the city that is the site of the Palace of the Shirvanshahs and the Maiden Tower that became a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2000. This is a downtown view of the city.
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Geography

Area

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Area - comparative

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<p>about three-quarters the size of Pennsylvania; slightly smaller than Maine</p>

People and Society

Age structure

2024 population pyramid:
This is the population pyramid for Azerbaijan. A population pyramid illustrates the age and sex structure of a country's population and may provide insights about political and social stability, as well as economic development. The population is distributed along the horizontal axis, with males shown on the left and females on the right. The male and female populations are broken down into 5-year age groups represented as horizontal bars along the vertical axis, with the youngest age groups at the bottom and the oldest at the top. The shape of the population pyramid gradually evolves over time based on fertility, mortality, and international migration trends. <br/><br/>For additional information, please see the entry for Population pyramid on the Definitions and Notes page.

Median age

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Population growth rate

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Birth rate

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Death rate

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Net migration rate

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Maternal mortality ratio

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Infant mortality rate

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Total fertility rate

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Tobacco use

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Environment

Government

Economy

Real GDP growth rate

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Real GDP per capita

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Labor force

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Unemployment rate

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Public debt

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Taxes and other revenues

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Current account balance

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Exports

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Imports

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Debt - external

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Energy

Communications

Transportation

Airports

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Heliports

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Merchant marine

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Military and Security

Space

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