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Azerbaijan - Introduction 2016

Azerbaijan - a nation with a majority-Turkic and majority-Shia Muslim population - was briefly independent (from 1918 to 1920) following the collapse of the Russian Empire; it was subsequently incorporated into the Soviet Union for seven decades. Azerbaijan has yet to resolve its conflict with Armenia over Nagorno-Karabakh a primarily ethnic Armenian-populated region that Moscow recognized in 1923 as an autonomous republic within Soviet Azerbaijan after Armenia and Azerbaijan disputed the territory's status. Armenia and Azerbaijan began fighting over the area in 1988; the struggle escalated after both countries attained independence from the Soviet Union in 1991. By May 1994 when a cease-fire took hold ethnic Armenian forces held not only Nagorno-Karabakh but also seven surrounding provinces in the territory of Azerbaijan. The OSCE Minsk Group co-chaired by the US France and Russia is the framework established to mediate a peaceful resolution of the conflict.
Corruption in the country is widespread and the government which eliminated presidential term limits in a 2009 referendum has been accused of authoritarianism. Although the poverty rate has been reduced and infrastructure investment has increased substantially in recent years due to revenue from oil and gas production reforms have not adequately addressed weaknesses in most government institutions particularly in the education and health sectors as well as the court system.

Geographic coordinates: 40 30 N 47 30 E

Map reference: Asia

Area
Total: 86,600 km²
Land: 82,629 km²
Water: 3,971 km²
Note: includes the exclave of Naxcivan Autonomous Republic and the Nagorno-Karabakh region; the region's autonomy was abolished by Azerbaijani Supreme Soviet on 26 November 1991
Rank: 113
Comparative: slightly smaller than Maine

Land boundaries
Total: 2,468 km
Border countries: (5) Armenia 996 km; Georgia 428 km; Iran 689 km; Russia 338 km; Turkey 17 km

Coastline: 0 km (landlocked); note - Azerbaijan borders the Caspian Sea (713 km)

Maritime claims: none (landlocked)

Climate: dry semiarid steppe

Terrain: large flat Kur-Araz Ovaligi (Kura-Araks Lowland much of it below sea level) with Great Caucasus Mountains to the north Qarabag Yaylasi (Karabakh Upland) to the west; Baku lies on Abseron Yasaqligi (Apsheron Peninsula) that juts into Caspian Sea

Elevation
Mean elevation: 384 m
Elevation extremes: lowest point: Caspian Sea -28 m: highest point: Bazarduzu Dagi 4,485 m

Natural resources: petroleum natural gas iron ore nonferrous metals bauxite

Land use
Agricultural land: 57.6%

arable land: 22.8%
permanent crops: 2.7%
permanent pasture: 32.1%

Forest: 11.3%
Other: 31.1%

Irrigated land: 14,277 km² (2012)

Major rivers

Major watersheds area km²

Total water withdrawal

Total renewable water resources

Natural hazards: droughts

Geography
Note: both the main area of the country and the Naxcivan exclave are landlocked

Azerbaijan - People 2016

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Population
Distribution: highest population density is found in the far eastern area of the county in and around Baku; apart from smaller urbanized areas the rest of the country has a fairly evenly distributed population: 9,872,765 (July 2016 est.)
Rank: 92
Growth rate: 0.92% (2016 est.)
Growth rate rank: 123
Below poverty line: 6% (2012 est.)

Nationality
Noun: Azerbaijani
Adjective: Azerbaijani

Ethnic groups: Azerbaijani 91.6% Lezgian 2% Russian 1.3% Armenian 1.3% Talysh 1.3% other 2.4%
Note: the separatist Nagorno-Karabakh region is populated almost entirely by ethnic Armenians

Languages: Azerbaijani (Azeri) (official) 92.5% Russian 1.4% Armenian 1.4% other 4.7% (2009 est.)

Religions: Muslim 96.9% (predominantly Shia) Christian 3% other 0.1 unaffiliated 0.1 (2010 est.)
Note: religious affiliation is still nominal in Azerbaijan; percentages for actual practicing adherents are much lower

Demographic profile

Age structure
0-14 years: 22.82%
15-24 years: 15.77%
25-54 years: 45.28%
55-64 years: 9.64%
65 years and over: 6.5% (2016 est.)

Dependency ratios
Total dependency ratio: 38%
Youth dependency ratio: 30.3%
Elderly dependency ratio: 7.8%
Potential support ratio: 12.9%

Median age
Total: 30.9 years
Male: 29.3 years
Female: 32.6 years
Rank: 107

Population growth rate: 0.92% (2016 est.)
Rank: 123

Birth rate: 16.2 births/1000 population (2016 est.)
Rank: 116

Death rate: 7.1 deaths/1000 population (2016 est.)
Rank: 130

Net migration rate: 0 migrant(s)/1000 population (2016 est.)
Rank: 72

Population distribution: highest population density is found in the far eastern area of the county in and around Baku; apart from smaller urbanized areas the rest of the country has a fairly evenly distributed population

Urbanization
Urban population: 54.6% of total population
Rate of urbanization: 1.56% annual rate of change

Major urban areas
Population: BAKU (capital) 2.374 million (2015)

Environment
Current issues: local scientists consider the Abseron Yasaqligi (Apsheron Peninsula) (including Baku and Sumqayit) and the Caspian Sea to be the ecologically most devastated area in the world because of severe air soil and water pollution; soil pollution results from oil spills from the use of DDT pesticide and from toxic defoliants used in the production of cotton
International agreements party to: Air Pollution Biodiversity Climate Change Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol Desertification Endangered Species Hazardous Wastes Marine Dumping Ozone Layer Protection Ship Pollution Wetlands
International agreements signed but not ratified: none of the selected agreements

Air pollutants

Sex ratio
At birth: 1.11 male/female
0-14 years: 1.15 male/female
15-24 years: 1.09 male/female
25-54 years: 0.96 male/female
55-64 years: 0.86 male/female
65 years and over: 0.62 male/female
Total population: 0.98 male/female

Mothers mean age at first birth: 23.5 (2013 est.)

Maternal mortality ratio

Infant mortality rate
Total: 24.7 deaths/1000 live births
Male: 25.6 deaths/1000 live births
Female: 23.8 deaths/1000 live births
Rank: 70

Life expectancy at birth
Total population: 72.5 years
Male: 69.5 years
Female: 75.8 years
Rank: 143

Total fertility rate: 1.9 children born/woman (2016 est.)
Rank: 138

Contraceptive prevalence rate: 51.1% (2006)

Drinking water source:

urban: 94.7% of population
rural: 77.8% of population
total: 87% of population
urban: 5.3% of population
rural: 22.2% of population
total: 13% of population (2015 est.)

Current health expenditure

Physicians density: 3.4 physicians/1000 population (2013)

Hospital bed density: 4.7 beds/1000 population (2012)

Sanitation facility access:

urban: 91.6% of population
rural: 86.6% of population
total: 89.3% of population
urban: 8.4% of population
rural: 13.4% of population
total: 10.7% of population (2015 est.)

Hivaids
Adult prevalence rate: 0.17% (2015 est.)
Adult prevalence rate rank: 106
People living with hivaids: 10,700 (2015 est.)
People living with hivaids rank: 100
Deaths: 300 (2015 est.)
Deaths rank: 92

Major infectious diseases

Obesity adult prevalence rate: 22.2% (2014)
Rank: 71

Alcohol consumption

Tobacco use

Children under the age of 5 years underweight: 4.9% (2013)
Rank: 75

Education expenditures: 2.5% of GDP (2013)
Rank: 158

Literacy
Definition: age 15 and over can read and write
Total population: 99.8%
Male: 99.9%
Female: 99.8%

School life expectancy primary to tertiary education
Total: 13 years
Male: 13 years
Female: 13 years

Youth unemployment

Azerbaijan - Government 2016

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Country name
Conventional long form: Republic of Azerbaijan
Conventional short form: Azerbaijan
Local long form: Azarbaycan Respublikasi
Local short form: Azarbaycan
Former: Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic
Etymology: the name translates as 'Land of fire' and refers to naturally occurring surface fires on ancient oil pools or from natural gas discharges

Government type: presidential republic

Capital
Name: Baku
Geographic coordinates: 40 23 N 49 52 E
Time difference: UTC+4

Administrative divisions: 66 rayons (rayonlar; rayon - singular) 11 cities (saharlar; sahar - singular);
Rayons: Abseron Agcabadi Agdam Agdas Agstafa Agsu Astara Babak Balakan Barda Beylaqan Bilasuvar Cabrayil Calilabad Culfa Daskasan Fuzuli Gadabay Goranboy Goycay Goygol Haciqabul Imisli Ismayilli Kalbacar Kangarli Kurdamir Lacin Lankaran Lerik Masalli Neftcala Oguz Ordubad Qabala Qax Qazax Qobustan Quba Qubadli Qusar Saatli Sabirabad Sabran Sadarak Sahbuz Saki Salyan Samaxi Samkir Samux Sarur Siyazan Susa Tartar Tovuz Ucar Xacmaz Xizi Xocali Xocavand Yardimli Yevlax Zangilan Zaqatala Zardab
Cities: Baku Ganca Lankaran Mingacevir Naftalan Naxcivan Saki Sirvan Sumqayit Xankandi Yevlax

Dependent areas

Independence: 30 August 1991 (declared from the Soviet Union); 18 October 1991 (adopted by the Supreme Council of Azerbaijan)

National holiday: Founding of the Democratic Republic of Azerbaijan 28 May (1918)

Constitution: several previous; latest adopted 12 November 1995; amended 2002 2009 (2016)

Legal system: civil law system

International law organization participation: has not submitted an ICJ jurisdiction declaration; non-party state to the ICCt

Citizenship
Citizenship by birth: yes
Citizenship by descent: yes
Dual citizenship recognized: no
Residency requirement for naturalization: 5 years

Suffrage: 18 years of age; universal

Executive branch
Chief of state: President Ilham ALIYEV
Head of government: Prime Minister Artur RASIZADE ; First Deputy Prime Minister Yaqub EYYUBOV (since June 2006); note - RASIZADE was previously prime minister from 20 July 1996 to 4 August 2003
Cabinet: Council of Ministers appointed by the president and confirmed by the National Assembly
Electionsappointments: president directly elected by absolute majority popular vote in 2 rounds if needed for a 5-year term ; election last held on 9 October 2013 (next to be held in October 2018); prime minister and first deputy prime minister appointed by the president and confirmed by the National Assembly
Election results: Ilham ALIYEV reelected president; percent of vote - Ilham ALIYEV 84.5% Jamil HASANLI (National Council of Democratic Forces) 5.5% other 10%
Note: OSCE observers concluded that the election did not meet international standards

Legislative branch
Description: unicameral National Assembly or Milli Mejlis
Elections: last held on 1 November 2015
Election results: percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - YAP 72 CSP 2 Democratic Reforms 1 Social Democratic Party 1 Social Prosperity 1 Unity Party 1 Democratic Enlightenment 1 Whole Azerbaijan Popular Front 1 Motherland 1 Civil Unity 1 Great Undertaking Party 1 independent 42

Judicial branch
Highest court: Supreme Court ; Constitutional Court (consists of 9 judges)
Judge selection and term of office: Supreme Court judges nominated by the president and appointed by the Milli Majlis; judges appointed for 10 years; Constitutional Court chairman and deputy chairman appointed by the president; other court judges nominated by the president and appointed by the Milli Majlis to serve single 15-year terms
Subordinate courts: Courts of Appeal ; district and municipal courts;

Political parties and leaders:

Social Democratic Party [Ayaz MUTALIBOV]
Social Prosperity Party [Khanhusein KAZIMLI]
Unity Party [Tahir KARIMLI]
Whole Azerbaijan Popular Front Party [Gudrat HASANGULIYEV]
Yeni (New) Azerbaijan Party or YAP [President Ilham ALIYEV]

International organization participation: ADB BSEC CD CE CICA CIS EAPC EBRD ECO EITI (compliant country) FAO GCTU GUAM IAEA IBRD ICAO ICC (NGOs) ICRM IDA IDB IFAD IFC IFRCS ILO IMF IMO Interpol IOC IOM IPU ISO ITSO ITU ITUC (NGOs) MIGA NAM OAS (observer) OIC OPCW OSCE PFP SELEC (observer) UN UNCTAD UNESCO UNHCR UNIDO UNWTO UPU WCO WFTU (NGOs) WHO WIPO WMO WTO (observer)

Diplomatic representation
In the us chief of mission: Ambassador Elin SULEYMANOV
In the us chancery: 2,741 34th Street NW Washington DC 20,008
In the us telephone: [1] 337-3,500
In the us FAX: [1] 337-5,911
In the us consulate general: Los Angeles
From the us chief of mission: Ambassador Robert CEKUTA
From the us embassy: 111 Azadlig Prospecti Baku AZ1007
From the us mailing address: American Embassy Baku US Department of State 7,050 Baku Place Washington DC 20,521-7,050
From the us telephone: [994] 488-3,300
From the us FAX: [994] 488-3,320

Flag description

: three equal horizontal bands of blue (top) red and green; a crescent and eight-pointed star in white are centered in the red band; the blue band recalls Azerbaijan's Turkic heritage red stands for modernization and progress and green refers to Islam; the crescent moon and star are a Turkic insignia; the eight star points represent the eight Turkic peoples of the world

National symbols: flames of fire; national colors: blue red green

National anthem
Name: 'Azerbaijan Marsi'
Lyrics and music: Ahmed JAVAD/Uzeyir HAJIBEYOV
Note: adopted 1992; although originally written in 1919 during a brief period of independence 'Azerbaijan Marsi' did not become the official anthem until after the dissolution of the Soviet Union

National heritage

Azerbaijan - Economy 2016

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Economy overview:

Azerbaijan's high economic growth has been attributable to large and growing oil and gas exports but some non-export sectors also featured double-digit growth including construction banking and real estate. Oil exports through the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan Pipeline the Baku-Novorossiysk and the Baku-Supsa pipelines remain the main economic driver but efforts to boost Azerbaijan's gas production are underway. The eventual completion of the geopolitically important Southern Gas Corridor between Azerbaijan and Europe will open up another albeit smaller source of revenue from gas exports.
Azerbaijan has made only limited progress on instituting market-based economic reforms. Pervasive public and private sector corruption and structural economic inefficiencies remain a drag on long-term growth particularly in non-energy sectors. Several other obstacles impede Azerbaijan's economic progress including the need for stepped up foreign investment in the non-energy sector and the continuing conflict with Armenia over the Nagorno-Karabakh region. Trade with Russia and the other former Soviet republics is declining in importance while trade is building with Turkey and the nations of Europe.
Long-term prospects depend on world oil prices Azerbaijan's ability to negotiate export routes for its growing gas production and its ability to use its energy wealth to promote growth and spur employment in non-energy sectors of the economy.

Real gdp purchasing power parity:

$169.4 billion (2015 est.)
$167.6 billion (2014 est.)
$163 billion (2013 est.)

Note: data are in 2015 US dollars
Rank: 67

Real gdp growth rate:

1.1% (2015 est.)
2.8% (2014 est.)
5.8% (2013 est.)

Rank: 163

Real gdp per capita:

$18,000 (2015 est.)
$17,900 (2014 est.)
$17,600 (2013 est.)

Note: data are in 2015 US dollars
Rank: 93

Gross national saving:

28.3% of GDP (2015 est.)
41.4% of GDP (2014 est.)
43.3% of GDP (2013 est.)

Rank: 47

Gdp composition by end use
Household consumption: 55.8%
Government consumption: 12.5%
Investment in fixed capital: 28.6%
Investment in inventories: 0.1%
Exports of goods and services: 37.8%
Imports of goods and services: -34.8%

Gdp composition by sector of origin
Agriculture: 6%
Industry: 59.1%
Services: 34.9%

Agriculture products: fruit vegetables grain rice grapes tea cotton tobacco; cattle pigs sheep goats

Industries: petroleum and petroleum products natural gas oilfield equipment; steel iron ore; cement; chemicals and petrochemicals; textiles

Industrial production growth rate: 2.4% (2015 est.)
Rank: 91

Labor force: 4.899 million (2015 est.)
Rank: 84
By occupation agriculture: 38.3%
By occupation industry: 12.1%
By occupation services: 49.6%

Unemployment rate:

5.3% (2015 est.)
5.4% (2014 est.)

Rank: 59

Youth unemployment

Population below poverty line: 6% (2012 est.)

Gini index

Household income or consumption by percentage share
Lowest 10: 3.4%
Highest 10: 27.4%

Distribution of family income gini index:

33.7 (2008)
36.5 (2001)

Rank: 100

Budget
Revenues: $16.74 billion
Expenditures: $17.36 billion
Surplus or deficit: -1.1% of GDP (2015 est.)
Surplus or deficit rank: 58

Taxes and other revenues: 31% of GDP (2015 est.)
Rank: 79

Public debt:

20.1% of GDP (2015 est.)
11.6% of GDP (2014 est.)

Rank: 158

Revenue

Fiscal year: calendar year

Inflation rate consumer prices:

4.1% (2015 est.)
1.5% (2014 est.)

Rank: 156

Central bank discount rate:

5% (31 December 2012)
5.25% (31 December 2011)

Note: this is the Refinancing Rate the key policy rate for the National Bank of Azerbaijan
Rank: 79

Commercial bank prime lending rate:

13.86% (31 December 2015 est.)
14.19% (31 December 2014 est.)

Rank: 49

Stock of narrow money:

$5.612 billion (31 December 2015 est.)
$16.36 billion (31 December 2014 est.)

Rank: 95

Stock of broad money:

$24.18 billion (31 December 2014 est.)
$20.95 billion (31 December 2013 est.)

Rank: 82

Stock of domestic credit:

$15.63 billion (31 December 2015 est.)
$25.38 billion (31 December 2014 est.)

Rank: 93

Market value of publicly traded shares: $N/A

Current account balance:

$125 million (2015 est.)
$10.43 billion (2014 est.)

Rank: 84

Exports:

$15.59 billion (2015 est.)
$28.26 billion (2014 est.)

Rank: 74
Commodities: oil and gas 90% machinery foodstuffs cotton
Partners: Italy 26.3% Germany 13.3% Indonesia 7% France 6.9% Czech Republic 6% (2015)

Imports:

$9.774 billion (2015 est.)
$9.332 billion (2014 est.)

Rank: 98
Commodities: machinery and equipment foodstuffs metals chemicals
Partners: Russia 19.9% Turkey 16.5% UK 8.6% Germany 6.6% Italy 6.3% US 4.1% (2015)

Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:

$7.91 billion (31 December 2015 est.)
$15.55 billion (31 December 2014 est.)

Rank: 78

Debt external:

$12.28 billion (31 December 2015 est.)
$11.69 billion (31 December 2014 est.)

Rank: 103

Stock of direct foreign investment at home:

$66.5 billion (31 December 2015 est.)
$59.02 billion (31 December 2014 est.)

Rank: 53

Stock of direct foreign investment abroad:

$14.48 billion (31 December 2015 est.)
$11.22 billion (31 December 2014 est.)

Rank: 56

Exchange rates:

Azerbaijani manats (AZN) per US dollar -
1.0246 (2015 est.)
0.7844 (2014 est.)
0.7844 (2013 est.)
0.79 (2012 est.)
0.7897 (2011 est.)

Azerbaijan - Energy 2016

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Coal

Petroleum
Petroleum total petroleum production: 848,500 bbl/day (2015 est.)
Petroleum total petroleum production rank: 22
Crude oil exports: 744,400 bbl/day (2013 est.)
Crude oil exports rank: 17
Crude oil imports: 0 bbl/day (2013 est.)
Crude oil imports rank: 154
Crude oil proven reserves: 7 billion bbl (1 January 2016 es)
Crude oil proven reserves rank: 20

Crude oil

Refined petroleum
Products production: 139,300 bbl/day (2013 est.)
Products production rank: 67
Products consumption: 104,000 bbl/day (2014 est.)
Products consumption rank: 78
Products exports: 37,330 bbl/day (2013 est.)
Products exports rank: 64
Products imports: 2,249 bbl/day (2013 est.)
Products imports rank: 201

Natural gas
Production: 19.96 billion m³ (2014 est.)
Production rank: 34
Consumption: 11.23 billion m³ (2014 est.)
Consumption rank: 46
Exports: 8.44 billion m³ (2014 est.)
Exports rank: 27
Imports: 450 million m³ (2013 est.)
Imports rank: 154
Proven reserves: 991.1 billion m³ (1 January 2016 es)
Proven reserves rank: 27

Carbon dioxide emissions
From consumption of energy: 35 million Mt (2013 est.)
From consumption of energy rank: 73

Energy consumption per capita

Azerbaijan - Communication 2016

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Telephones
Fixed lines total subscriptions: 1,796,027
Fixed lines subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 18
Fixed lines rank: 63
Mobile cellular total: 10.697 million
Mobile cellular subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 109
Mobile cellular rank: 83

Telephone system
General assessment: requires considerable expansion and modernization; fixed-line telephone and a broad range of other telecom services are controlled by a state-owned telecommunications monopoly and growth has been stagnant; more competition exists in the mobile-cellular market with four providers in 2009
Domestic: teledensity of 18 fixed lines per 100 persons; mobile-cellular teledensity has increased to 109 telephones per 100 persons; satellite service connects Baku to a modern switch in its exclave of Naxcivan
International: country code - 994; the Trans-Asia-Europe fiber-optic link transits Azerbaijan providing international connectivity to neighboring countries; the old Soviet system of cable and microwave is still serviceable; satellite earth stations - 2 (2015)

Broadcast media: 3 state-run and 1 public TV channels; 4 domestic commercial TV stations and about 15 regional TV stations; cable TV services are available in Baku; 1 state-run and 1 public radio network operating; a small number of private commercial radio stations broadcasting; local FM relays of Baku commercial stations are available in many localities; local relays of several international broadcasters had been available until late 2008 when their broadcasts were banned from FM frequencies (2010)

Internet
Country code: .az
Users total: 7.531 million
Users percent of population: 77%
Users rank: 60

Broadband fixed subscriptions

Azerbaijan - Military 2016

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Military expenditures:

5.1% of GDP (2014)
4.7% of GDP (2013)
4.64% of GDP (2012)
4.67% of GDP (2011)
4.64% of GDP (2010)

Rank: 6

Military and security forces

Military service age and obligation: 18-35 years of age for compulsory military service; service obligation 18 months or 12 months for university graduates; 17 years of age for voluntary service; 17 year olds are considered to be on active service at cadet military schools (2012)

Space program

Terrorist groups

Azerbaijan - Transportation 2016

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National air transport system
Number of registered air carriers: 2
Inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers: 35
Annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers: 1,803,112
Annual freight traffic on registered air carriers: 41,954,600 mt-km

Civil aircraft registration country code prefix: 4K (2016)

Airports: 37 (2013)
Rank: 108
With paved runways total: 30
With paved runways over 3047 m: 5
With paved runways 2438 to 3047 m: 5
With paved runways 15-24 to 2437 m: 13
With paved runways 914 to 1523 m: 4
With paved runways under 914 m: 3
With unpaved runways total: 7
With unpaved runways under 914 m: 7

Heliports: 1 (2012)

Pipelines: condensate 89 km; gas 3,890 km; oil 2,446 km (2013)

Railways
Total: 2,068 km
Broad gauge: 2,068 km 1.520-m gauge (2014)
Rank: 70

Roadways
Total: 52,942 km
Paved: 26,789 km
Unpaved: 26,153 km
Rank: 74

Waterways

Merchant marine
Total: 90
By type: cargo 27 chemical tanker 1 passenger 2 passenger/cargo 8 petroleum tanker 47 roll on/roll off 3 specialized tanker 2
Foreign owned: 1
Registered in other countries: 2 (2010)
Rank: 53

Ports and terminals
Major seaport: Baku located on the Caspian Sea

Azerbaijan - Transnational issues 2016

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Disputes international: Azerbaijan Kazakhstan and Russia ratified the Caspian seabed delimitation treaties based on equidistance while Iran continues to insist on a one-fifth slice of the sea; the dispute over the break-away Nagorno-Karabakh region and the Armenian military occupation of surrounding lands in Azerbaijan remains the primary focus of regional instability; residents have evacuated the former Soviet-era small ethnic enclaves in Armenia and Azerbaijan; local border forces struggle to control the illegal transit of goods and people across the porous undemarcated Armenian Azerbaijani and Georgian borders; bilateral talks continue with Turkmenistan on dividing the seabed and contested oilfields in the middle of the Caspian

Refugees and internally displaced persons
IDPs: 618,220 (2015)
Stateless persons: 3,585

Illicit drugs: limited illicit cultivation of cannabis and opium poppy mostly for CIS consumption; small government eradication program; transit point for Southwest Asian opiates bound for Russia and to a lesser extent the rest of Europe

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