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Demographics Of AzerbaijanThe people of Azerbaijan: Population: 7,748,163 (July 2000 est.) Age structure:
0-14 years: 30% (male 1,172,944; female 1,127,624)
15-64 years: 63% (male 2,388,737; female 2,525,797)
65 years and over: 7% (male 210,774; female 322,287) (2000 est.) Population growth rate: 0.27% (2000 est.) Birth rate: 18.08 births/1,000 population (2000 est.) Death rate: 9.47 deaths/1,000 population (2000 est.) Net migration rate: -5.92 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.) Sex ratio:
at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.04 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 0.95 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.65 male(s)/female
total population: 0.95 male(s)/female (2000 est.) Infant mortality rate: 83.41 deaths/1,000 live births (2000 est.) Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 62.87 years
male: 58.51 years
female: 67.45 years (2000 est.) Total fertility rate: 2.19 children born/woman (2000 est.) Nationality:
noun: Azerbaijani(s)
adjective: Azerbaijani Ethnic groups: Azeris 90%, Iranic (Tati-Talishi) 1%, Dagestanis 3%, Russians 2%, Armenians 2%, other 2% (1998 est.)
note: almost all Armenians live in the separatist Nagorno-Karabakh region Religions: Muslim 93.4%, Russian Orthodox 2.5%, Armenian Orthodox 2.3%, other 1.8% (1995 est.)
note: religious affiliation is still nominal in Azerbaijan; percentages for actual practicing adherents are much lower Languages: Azeri-Turkish 90%, Talysh 1%, Russian 3%, Armenian 2%, other 4% (1995 est.) Literacy:
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 97%
male: 99%
female: 96% (1989 est.) Reference Much of the material in this article comes from the CIA World Factbook 2000. Azerbaijan
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