Azerbaijan Capital Baku
Currency AZN · Azerbaijani manat
Language Azerbaijani, Azerbaijani Sign Language
Since 1991
ISO AZE · AZ
Population 10.2M as of 2025
Watermark portrait: Ilham Aliyev — THE COUNTRY —
Country in Eastern Europe and West Asia
Azerbaijan, officially the Republic of Azerbaijan, is a transcontinental landlocked country at the boundary of Western Asia and Eastern Europe. It is a part of the South Caucasus region and is bounded by the Caspian Sea to the east, Russia's republic of Dagestan to the north, Georgia to the northwest, Turkey and Armenia to the west, and Iran to the south. Baku is the capital and largest city.
Text: Wikipedia — Azerbaijan CC BY-SA 4.0 · revised 2026-07-28
Capital Baku
Currency Azerbaijani manat (AZN)
Official language Azerbaijani, Azerbaijani Sign Language
Drives on the Right
Calling code +994
Licence plate code AZ
Top-level domain .az
Independence / founding 1991
Highest point Mount Bazardüzü (4,466 m)
Lowest point Caspian Sea (-28 m)
Anthem Azərbaycan marşı Facts: Wikidata (CC0) · as of 2026-08-02 — LAND —
5 of 5 figures unavailable for Azerbaijan.
— PEOPLE —
Population
10.2M people
#94 of 216 2025
Population growth
0.4% % per year
#145 of 216 2025
Population density
123 people per km²
#88 of 215 2023
People living in cities
58.6% % of population
#134 of 216 2025
Urban population growth
0.5% % per year
#153 of 216 2025
People living rurally
41.4% % of population
#83 of 216 2025
Population aged 0-14
21.2% % of population
#113 of 216 2025
Population aged 15-64
69.6% % of population
#28 of 216 2025
Population aged 65+
9.2% % of population
#105 of 216 2025
▸ ISSUE 7 MORE Age dependency ratio
43.6% % of working-age population
#189 of 216 2025
Female population
51.0% % of population
#62 of 216 2025
Births per woman
1 births per woman
#169 of 216 2024
Birth rate
10.0 /1,000 per 1,000 people
#156 of 216 2024
Death rate
5.8 /1,000 per 1,000 people
#167 of 216 2024
Net migration
8,731 people (5-year total)
#45 of 216 2025
Migrants living in the country
2.1% % of population
#151 of 215 2024
— MONEY —
GDP
$75.94B current US$
#88 of 211 2025
GDP, purchasing power parity
$267.57B current int'l $
#74 of 199 2025
GDP per person
$7,411 current US$
#117 of 211 2025
GDP per person, purchasing power parity
$26,113 current int'l $
#88 of 199 2025
GDP growth
1.4% % per year
#160 of 210 2025
GDP per person growth
1.0% % per year
#146 of 210 2025
Gross national income
$73.95B current US$
#87 of 204 2025
Gross national income per person
$7,360 current US$
#110 of 203 2025
Gross national income per person, PPP
$25,430 current int'l $
#87 of 197 2025
▸ ISSUE 30 MORE Inflation
5.6% % per year
#149 of 190 2025
Inflation (GDP deflator)
0.6% % per year
#29 of 209 2025
Real interest rate
14.7% %
#11 of 134 2025
Lending interest rate
15.3% %
#28 of 134 2025
Government debt
6.4% % of GDP
not enough data to rank 2010
Government revenue
38.9% % of GDP
#17 of 149 2024
Government spending
23.0% % of GDP
#92 of 149 2022
Government consumption
15.5% % of GDP
#98 of 181 2025
Household consumption
59.4% % of GDP
#102 of 181 2025
Investment (gross capital formation)
18.9% % of GDP
#135 of 178 2025
Fixed investment
16.3% % of GDP
#144 of 173 2025
Gross savings
23.5% % of GDP
#72 of 168 2025
Foreign investment inflows
$374.2M current US$
#127 of 201 2025
Foreign investment inflows
0.5% % of GDP
#155 of 198 2025
Foreign investment outflows
1.2% % of GDP
#48 of 179 2025
Current account balance
4.6% % of GDP
#41 of 191 2025
Foreign reserves
$13.56B current US$
#75 of 177 2025
External debt
$12.20B current US$
#57 of 121 2024
Income inequality (Gini)
27 0-100
not enough data to rank 2005
People below the poverty line
0.0% % of population
not enough data to rank 2005
Income share held by richest 10%
24.2% %
not enough data to rank 2005
Income share held by poorest 10%
4.8% %
not enough data to rank 2005
Stock market value
% of GDP
2025
Money sent home by workers abroad
$1.49B current US$
#80 of 186 2025
Foreign aid received
0.2% % of GNI
#118 of 137 2023
Exchange rate
2 local currency per US$
#152 of 211 2025
Agriculture's share of the economy
5.9% % of GDP
#102 of 199 2025
Industry's share of the economy
39.5% % of GDP
#17 of 202 2025
Manufacturing's share of the economy
6.0% % of GDP
#144 of 195 2025
Services' share of the economy
45.3% % of GDP
#168 of 202 2025
— TRADE —
Exports
43.0% % of GDP
#71 of 187 2025
Imports
36.8% % of GDP
#115 of 187 2025
Trade balance
6.2% % of GDP
#27 of 187 2025
Total trade (openness)
65.1% % of GDP
#76 of 205 2025
Goods exported
$25.04B current US$
#77 of 207 2025
Goods imported
$24.38B current US$
#81 of 207 2025
Services exported
$8.60B current US$
#77 of 191 2025
Services imported
$10.25B current US$
#70 of 191 2025
Goods and services exported
$32.67B current US$
#79 of 191 2025
▸ ISSUE 3 MORE Goods and services imported
$27.95B current US$
#83 of 191 2025
High-tech share of exports
2.9% % of manufactured exports
#122 of 179 2024
Terms of trade
108 index
#74 of 206 2024
— HEALTH —
Life expectancy
74.6 yrs years
#111 of 216 2024
Life expectancy, women
77.3 yrs years
#114 of 216 2024
Life expectancy, men
71.7 yrs years
#106 of 216 2024
Infant deaths
12.5 /1,000 per 1,000 live births
#99 of 196 2024
Deaths under age 5
17.9 /1,000 per 1,000 live births
#117 of 196 2024
Maternal deaths
18 per 100,000 live births
#68 of 194 2023
Health spending
4.3% % of GDP
#149 of 193 2023
Health spending per person
$300 current US$
#113 of 193 2023
11 of 19 figures unavailable for Azerbaijan.
— LEARNING —
10 of 10 figures unavailable for Azerbaijan.
— WORK —
12 of 12 figures unavailable for Azerbaijan.
— CONNECTED —
18 of 18 figures unavailable for Azerbaijan.
— NATURE —
12 of 12 figures unavailable for Azerbaijan.
— STATE —
7 of 7 figures unavailable for Azerbaijan.