Government type Presidential republic
Area 86,600 km² (33,436 sq mi)
Population 8,922,000 inh. (2009 census)
Population 10,156,000 inh. (2022 est.)
Population density 117 inh/km² (304 inh/mi²)
Capital Baku (2,303,000 pop., 3,081,000 urban aggl.)
Currency Azerbaijani manat
Human development index 0.745 (91st place)
Languages Azerbaijani (official), Russian, Armenian
Life expectancy M 71 years, F 76 years
Note
The territory of Nagorno-Karabakh, located in the south-west of the country, declared itself independent on January 6, 1992, giving rise to a conflict in the region between Azerbaijan and Armenia which ended in 1994, but without a definitive solution. As things currently stand, Nagorno-Karabakh is not recognized internationally, but has its own government and de facto autonomy; it has an area of 11,458 km² and 147,000 inhabitants, all of Armenian origin (excluding a few hundred Russians, Greeks, Ukrainians and other ethnic groups), due to forced migration caused by the conflict; the capital is Stepanakert (53,700 pop.).