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GeographyLocation: Southwestern Asia, bordering the Caspian Sea, between Iran and Russia
Area: Land boundaries: total 2,013 km, Armenia (west) 566 km, Armenia (southwest) 221 km,Georgia 322 km, Iran (south) 432 km, Iran (southwest) 179 km, Russia 284km, Turkey 9 km Coastline: 0 km
PeoplePopulation: 7,789,886 (July 1995 est.)
Age structure:
Population growth rate: 1.32% (1995 est.) Birth rate: 22.05 births/1,000 population Death rate: 6.56 deaths/1,000 population Net migration rate: -2.32 migrant(s)/1,000 population Infant mortality rate: 33.9 deaths/1,000 live births
Life expectancy at birth:
Total fertility rate: 2.64 children born/woman Ethnic divisions: Azeri 90%, Dagestani Peoples 3.2%, Russian 2.5%, Armenian 2.3%, other2% (1995 est.) Religions: Muslim 93.4%, Russian Orthodox 2.5%, Armenian Orthodox 2.3%, other1.8% (1995 est.) Languages: Azeri 89%, Russian 3%, Armenian 2%, other 6% (1995 est.)
Literacy:
age 15 and over can read and write (1989)
Government
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Type: republic Capital: Baku (Baki) Independence: 30 August 1991 (from Soviet Union) Constitution: adopted NA April 1978; writing a new constitution
EconomyNational product: GDP - purchasing power parity - $13.8 billion National product real growth rate: -22% National product per capita: $1,790 Inflation rate (consumer prices): 28% Unemployment rate: 0.9% includes officially registered unemployed; also large numbersof other unemployed and underemployed workers
Electricity:
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