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Azerbaijan
Republic of Azerbaijan
Quick facts
- Capital
- Baku
- Population
- 10.0 m
- Area
- 86,600 km²
- Region
- Western Asia
- Languages
- Azerbaijani, Russian
- Currency
- Azerbaijani manat (₼)
- Demonym
- Azerbaijani
- UN member
- Yes
How Azerbaijan compares
Economy size$74 B
82nd of 178 worldwide · 8th of 15 in Western Asia
Income per person$7,284
86th of 178 worldwide · 9th of 15 in Western Asia
Life expectancy74.6 yrs
87th of 179 worldwide · 11th of 15 in Western Asia
Internet access90.8%
50th of 179 worldwide · 7th of 15 in Western Asia
Military spending$3.8 B
52nd of 163 worldwide · 8th of 14 in Western Asia
Highlights
GDP
$74 B
World Bank2024
Gross Domestic Product — the total market value of all goods and services produced in a year, at current prices.
GDP per capita
$7,284
World Bank2024
GDP divided by population — a rough measure of average economic output per person.
Life expectancy
74.6 yrs
World Bank2024
Years a newborn would live if current mortality patterns held throughout its life.
R&D spending
0.2%
Gross expenditure on research & development as a share of GDP.
Researchers (per million)
1,663
Full-time-equivalent researchers per million people.
Resource rents
29.9%
World Bank2021
Total natural-resource rents (oil, gas, mineral, forest) as a share of GDP.
The history journey
From the fire-altars of Caucasian Albania and the Shirvanshahs' Baku to the oil boom, the 1918 republic, Soviet rule and renewed independence.
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