Statistical information Azerbaijan 1992

Azerbaijan in the World
top of pageBackground: Azerbaijan is plagued by an unresolved conflict with Armenian separatists over its Nagorno-Karabakh region. The Karabakh Armenians have declared independence and seized almost 20% of the country's territory, creating countless Azeri refugees in the process.
top of pageLocationGeographic coordinatesMap referenceAreaTotal: 86,600 km²
Land:86,100 km²; includes the Nakhichevan' Autonomous Republic and the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast; region's autonomy was abolished by
Azerbaijan Supreme Soviet on 26 November 1991
Comparative: slightly larger than Maine
Land boundaries: 2,013 km total; Armenia (west) 566 km, Armenia (southwest) 221 km, Georgia 322 km, Iran (south) 432 km, Iran (southwest) 179 km, Russia 284 km, Turkey 9 km
Coastline: none - landlocked
Maritime claims: NA
Exclusive fishing zone: NA nm; Azerbaijani claims in Caspian Sea unknown; 10 nm fishing zone provided for in 1940 treaty regarding trade and navigation between Soviet Union and Iran
Disputes:violent and longstanding dispute with Armenia over status of
Nagorno-Karabakh, lesser dispute concerns Nakhichevan'; some Azeris desire absorption of and/or unification with the ethnically Azeri portion of Iran; minor irredentist disputes along Georgia border
Climate: dry, semiarid steppe; subject to drought
Terrain:
large, flat Kura Lowland (much of it below sea level) with
Great Caucasus Mountains to the north, Karabakh Upland in west; Baku lies on
Aspheson Peninsula that juts into Caspian Sea
ElevationNatural resources: petroleum, natural gas, iron ore, nonferrous metals, alumina
Land use: NA% arable land; NA% permanent crops; NA% meadows and pastures; NA% forest and woodland; NA% other; includes 70% of cultivated land irrigated (1.2 million hectares)
Irrigated landMajor riversMajor watersheds area km²Total water withdrawalTotal renewable water resourcesNatural hazardsGeographytop of pagePopulation: 7,450,787 (July 1992), growth rate 1.6% (1992)
Nationality: noun - Azerbaijani(s; adjective - Azerbaijani
Ethnic groups:
Azeri 82.7%, Russian 5.6%, Armenian 5.6%, Daghestanis 3.2%, other 2.9%; note - Armenian share may be less than 5.6% because many
Armenians have fled the ethnic violence since 1989 census
Languages: Azeri 82%, Russian 7%, Armenian 5%, other 6%
Religions: Moslem 87%, Russian Orthodox 5.6%, Armenian Orthodox 5.6%, other 1.8%
Demographic profileAge structureDependency ratiosMedian agePopulation growth rateBirth rate: 26 births/1000 population (1992)
Death rate: 7 deaths/1000 population (1992)
Net migration rate: 3 migrants/1000 population (1992)
Population distributionUrbanizationMajor urban areasEnvironmentCurrent issues:local scientists consider Apsheron Peninsula, including
Baku and Sumgait, and the Caspian Sea to be "most ecologically devastated area in the world" because of severe air and water pollution
Current issues note: landlocked; major polluters are oil, gas, and chemical industries
Air pollutantsSex ratioMothers mean age at first birthMaternal mortality ratioInfant mortality rate: 45 deaths/1000 live births (1992)
Life expectancy at birth: 65 years male, 73 years female (1992)
Total fertility rate: 2.9 children born/woman (1992)
Contraceptive prevalence rateDrinking water sourceCurrent health expenditurePhysicians densityHospital bed densitySanitation facility accessHiv/AidsMajor infectious diseasesObesity adult prevalence rateAlcohol consumptionTobacco useChildren under the age of 5 years underweightEducation expendituresLiteracy: NA% (male NA%, female NA%) age 15 and over can read and write (1992 est.)
School life expectancy primary to tertiary educationYouth unemploymenttop of pageCountry nameConventional long form: Azerbaijani Republic; short-form name: Azerbaijan
Government type: republic
Capital: Baku (Baky)
Administrative divisions:
1 autonomous republic (avtomnaya respublika),
Nakhichevan' (administrative center at Nakhichevan'); note - all rayons except for the exclave of Nakhichevan' are under direct republic jurisdiction;1 autonomous oblast, Nagorno-Karabakh (officially abolished by
Azerbaijani Supreme Soviet on 26 November 1991) has declared itself
Nagorno-Karabakh Republic
Dependent areasIndependence:
28 May 1918; on 28 April 1920, Azerbaijan became the
Soviet Socialist Republic of Azerbaijan; on 30 April 1992 it became the
Azerbaijani Republic; independence declared 30 August 1991
National holiday: NA
Constitution: adopted NA April 1978
Legal system: based on civil law system
International law organization participationCitizenshipSuffrage: universal at age 18
National Parliament:last held NA September 1990 (next expected to be held late 1992); results - seats - (360 total) Communists 280, Democratic
Bloc 45 (grouping of opposition parties), other 15, vacant 20; note - these figures are approximate
President: held 8 September 1991 (next to be held 7 June 1992); results - Ebulfez ELCIBEY (6,390 unofficial)
Executive branch: president, Council of Ministers
Legislative branch: National Parliament (Milli Majlis) was formed on the basis of the National Council (Milli Shura)
Judicial branch: Supreme Court
Political parties and leadersInternational organization participation: CIS, CSCE, IMF, OIC, UN, UNCTAD
Diplomatic representation: NA
US:Ambassador (vacant); Robert MILES, Charge d'Affaires; Embassy at
Hotel Intourist (telephone 8-011-7-8,922-91-79-56) plus 8 hours; (mailing address is APO New York is 9,862); telephone NA
Diplomatic representationFlag description
: three equal horizontal bands of blue (top), red, and green; a crescent and eight-pointed star in white are centered in red band
National symbolsNational anthemNational heritagetop of pageEconomy overview:
Azerbaijan is less developed industrially than either Armenia or Georgia, the other Transcaucasian states. It resembles the Central Asian states in its majority Muslim population, high structural unemployment, and low standard of living. The economy's most prominent products are cotton, oil, and gas. Production from the Caspian oil and gas field has been in decline for several years. With foreign assistance, the oil industry might generate the funds needed to spur industrial development. However, civil unrest, marked by armed conflict in the Nagorno-Karabakh region between
Muslim Azeris and Christian Armenians, makes foreign investors wary.
Azerbaijan accounts for 1.5% to 2% of the capital stock and output of the former Soviet Union. Although immediate economic prospects are not favorable because of civil strife, lack of economic reform, political disputes about new economic arrangements, and the skittishness of foreign investors,
Azerbaijan's economic performance was the best of all former Soviet republics in 1991 largely because of its reliance on domestic resources for industrial output.
GDP: $NA, per capita $NA; real growth rate --0.7% (1991)
Real gdp purchasing power parityReal gdp growth rateReal gdp per capitaGross national savingGdp composition by sector of origin
Gdp composition by end useGdp composition by sector of originAgriculture products: cotton, grain, rice, grapes, fruit, vegetables, tea, tobacco; cattle, pigs, sheep and goats
Industries: petroleum and natural gas, petroleum products, oilfield equipment; steel, iron ore, cement; chemicals and petrochemicals; textiles
Industrial production growth rate: growth rate 3.8% (1991)
Labor force: 2,789,000; agriculture and forestry 32%, industry and construction 26%, other 42% (1990)
Organized labor: NA (1992)
Unemployment rate: NA%
Youth unemploymentPopulation below poverty lineGini indexHousehold income or consumption by percentage shareDistribution of family income gini indexBudget: revenues $NA; expenditures $NA, including capital expenditures of $NA (1992)
Taxes and other revenuesPublic debtRevenueFiscal year: calendar year
Inflation rate consumer pricesCentral bank discount rateCommercial bank prime lending rateStock of narrow moneyStock of broad moneyStock of domestic creditMarket value of publicly traded sharesCurrent account balanceExports: $780 million (f.o.b., 1991)
Commodoties: oil and gas, chemicals, oilfield equipment, textiles, cotton (1991)
Partners: mostly CIS countries
Imports: $2.2 billion (c.i.f., 1990)
Commodoties: machinery and parts, consumer durables, foodstuffs, textiles (1991)
Reserves of foreign exchange and goldDebt externalStock of direct foreign investment at homeStock of direct foreign investment abroadExchange rates: NA
top of pageElectricityProduction: 6,025,000 kW capacity; 23,300 million kWh produced, 3,280 kWh per capita (1991)
CoalPetroleumCrude oilRefined petroleumNatural gasCarbon dioxide emissionsEnergy consumption per capitatop of pageTelephonesTelephone systemBroadcast mediaInternetBroadband fixed subscriptionstop of pageMilitary expendituresPercent of gdp: $NA million, NA% of GDP
Military and security forcesMilitary service age and obligationSpace programTerrorist groupstop of pageNational air transport systemCivil aircraft registration country code prefixAirports: NA
HeliportsPipelines: NA
RailwaysRoadwaysWaterways: NA km perennially navigable
Merchant marine: none - landlocked
Civil air: none
Ports and terminalstop of pageDisputes internationalRefugees and internally displaced personsIllicit drugs: illicit producer of cannabis and opium; mostly for domestic consumption; status of government eradication programs unknown; used as transshipment points for illicit drugs to Western Europe