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Azerbaijan

40.5N 47.5E · 22 EVENTS · 9 DOMAINS
RESTORATION OF STATE INDEPENDENCE · 18 OCTOBER 1991
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1991 – present · Independence, the Aliyev era and Karabakh
5 EVENTS
18 October 1991 · Independence restored 2 REFS
1994 · First Karabakh war ends in ceasefire 2 REFS
1920 – 1991 · The Azerbaijan SSR
4 EVENTS
1920 · Azerbaijan SSR established 2 REFS
1923 · Nagorno-Karabakh autonomous oblast created 2 REFS
1870 – 1920 · The Baku oil boom and the 1918 republic
3 EVENTS
1872 · The Baku oil boom begins 2 REFS
28 May 1918 · Azerbaijan Democratic Republic declared 2 REFS
1500 – 1870 · Persian khanates and Russian annexation
3 EVENTS
1501 · Ismail I and the Safavid empire 2 REFS
1813 · Treaty of Gulistan 2 REFS
7th century – 1500 · Islam, the Seljuks and the Shirvanshahs' Baku
4 EVENTS
7th century · Arab conquest and the coming of Islam 3 REFS
12th century · The Shirvanshahs make Baku their capital 3 REFS
c. 38,000 BCE – 7th century CE · Gobustan, Caucasian Albania and the land of fire
3 EVENTS
c. 40,000 years ago · The rock art of Gobustan 1 REF
c. 1st century BCE · The kingdom of Caucasian Albania 2 REFS
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Quick facts · atlas reference
Capital
Baku
Population
10.0 m
Area
86,600 km²
Region
Western Asia
Languages
Azerbaijani, Russian
Currency
Azerbaijani manat (₼)
Demonym
Azerbaijani
UN member
Yes
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Economy

GDP
$76 B’25 WB-WDI
GDP per capita
$7,411’25 WB-WDI
GDP growth
1.4%’25 WB-WDI
Inflation
5.6%’25 WB-WDI
Trade openness
79.8%’25 WB-WDI

Society

Population
10 m’25 WB-WDI
Life expectancy
74.6 yrs’24 WB-WDI
Urban population
58.6%’25 WB-WDI
Fertility rate
1.4’24 WB-WDI
Literacy rate
99.8%’23 WB-WDI

Governance

Voice & accountability
30.5’24 WB-WGI
Political stability
63.5’24 WB-WGI
Government effectiveness
54.6’24 WB-WGI
Regulatory quality
57.0’24 WB-WGI
Rule of law
48.6’24 WB-WGI
Control of corruption
32.2’24 WB-WGI

Health

Health spending
4.3%’23 WB-WHO
Physicians
3.19’22 WB-WHO
Under-5 mortality
17.9’24 WB-UNICEF-WHO
Measles immunisation
71.0%’24 WB-UNICEF-WHO
Safe drinking water
57.8%’24 WB-WHO

Education

Adult literacy
99.8%’23 WB-UNESCO
Education spending
3.7%’23 WB-UNESCO
Primary enrolment
105.6%’24 WB-UNESCO
Secondary enrolment
91.1%’24 WB-UNESCO
Tertiary enrolment
41.3%’24 WB-UNESCO

Technology

R&D spending
0.2%’24 WB-UNESCO
Researchers (per million)
1,663’24 WB-UNESCO
Internet users
90.8%’25 WB-ITU
Mobile subscriptions
110’24 WB-ITU
High-tech exports
2.9%’24 WB-WDI

Geography

Land area
82,650 km²’23 WB-WDI
Forest area
14.1%’23 WB-WDI
Agricultural land
57.8%’23 WB-WDI
CO₂ per capita (t)
3.8’24 WB-WDI
Renewable energy
1.3%’21 WB-WDI

Resources

Resource rents
29.9%’21 WB-WDI
Oil rents
21.0%’21 WB-WDI
Mineral rents
0.3%’21 WB-WDI
Forest rents
0.0%’21 WB-WDI
Electricity access
100.0%’24 WB-WDI

Military

Military burden
5.0%’24 WB-SIPRI
Defense spending
$3.8 B’24 WB-SIPRI
Armed forces
82,000’20 WB-SIPRI

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