Azerbaijan - The World Factbook
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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.](https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/static/8beb7c8426726ba7ecd48392dab1e22a/c382a/AJ_002_large.jpg)
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Introduction
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Definitions and Notes
Geography
People and Society
Population
comparison rankings: female 90; male 90; total 88
Median age
comparison ranking: total 104
Population growth rate
comparison ranking: 156
Birth rate
comparison ranking: 161
Death rate
comparison ranking: 142
Net migration rate
comparison ranking: 129
Maternal mortality ratio
comparison ranking: 102
Infant mortality rate
comparison ranking: total 123
Life expectancy at birth
comparison ranking: total population 120
Total fertility rate
comparison ranking: 167
Obesity - adult prevalence rate
comparison ranking: 107
Alcohol consumption per capita
comparison ranking: total 143
Tobacco use
comparison ranking: total 58
Children under the age of 5 years underweight
comparison ranking: 75
Education expenditures
comparison ranking: 108
Environment
Revenue from forest resources
comparison ranking: 139
Revenue from coal
comparison ranking: 123
Government
Economy
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)
comparison ranking: 74
Real GDP growth rate
comparison ranking: 164
Real GDP per capita
comparison ranking: 98
Inflation rate (consumer prices)
comparison ranking: 163
GDP - composition, by sector of origin
comparison rankings: services 199; industry 15; agriculture 113
Industrial production growth rate
comparison ranking: 120
Labor force
comparison ranking: 78
Unemployment rate
comparison ranking: 111
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24)
comparison ranking: total 104
Public debt
comparison ranking: 192
Taxes and other revenues
comparison ranking: 134
Current account balance
comparison ranking: 26
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold
comparison ranking: 89
Debt - external
comparison ranking: 45
Energy
Electricity
comparison rankings: transmission/distribution losses 127; imports 109; exports 48; consumption 71; installed generating capacity 74
Carbon dioxide emissions
comparison ranking: total emissions 66
Energy consumption per capita
comparison ranking: 77
Communications
Telephones - fixed lines
comparison ranking: total subscriptions 58
Telephones - mobile cellular
comparison ranking: total subscriptions 89
Broadband - fixed subscriptions
comparison ranking: total 58
Transportation
Merchant marine
comparison ranking: total 56
Military and Security
Military expenditures
comparison ranking: 12