Capital:

Baku

Area:

Total area: 86,600 sq km, Land area: 82,629 sq km

Land boundaries:

2657 km

Border countries:

Armenia 1007 km, Georgia 480 km, Iran 765 km,Russia 390 km, Turkey 15 km

Coastline:

None ( landlocked)Note: Azerbaijan borders the Caspian Sea (800 km)

Climate:

Dry, Semi-arid steppe

Natural resources:

Petroleum, natural gas, iron ore, nonferrous metals, alumina

Land use;

Arable land:                                 21.4%

Permanent crops:                         2.6%

Meadows and pastures:               30.9%

Forest and woodland:                  12.0%

Other:                                          33.1%

Irrigated land:                              14326 sq km

Population:

8629.9 thsd.

Population growth rate:

1.1

Ethnic composition:

Azeri:                                                     90.6 %

Census 1999

Nations with  Dagestani backround:       3.0 %

Russians:                                                 1.8 %

Others:                                                    4.6 %

Religions:

Muslim                                                   95.7 %

Russian orthodox                                     2.5 %

Others                                                      1.8 %

Languages:

Azeri                                                        91 %

Census 1999

Russian                                                      3 %

Other                                                         6 %

Literacy: 2007

Total                                                        99.5 %

Male                                                        99.8 %

Female                                                     99.3 %

Currency:

1 Manat (AZN)=100 Gapik

Exchange rate:

0.8581 (US/AZN) (Annual Average 2007)

GDP: mln. US$

$31249.4 mln. US$ (2007)

GDP per capita:

$ 3692.4   (2007)

GDP Growth Rate:

25.0 % (2007)

Total Imports:

5712.1 million US $ (2007)

Total Exports:

6058.4 million US $ (2007)

Foreign Direct Investment:

4291.1 million US $ (2007)

Total External Debt:

2441.9 million US $ (2007)

Inflation Rate:

16.7% (2007)

Unemployment Rate:

1.2 % (2007)

Industries:

Petroleum and natural gas, petroleum products, oilfield equipment, mineral substances, metallurgy, pulp & paper, wood & its products, steel, iron ore, food stuffs and tobacco, cement, chemicals and petrochemicals, textiles.

Electricity: 2007

Capacity: 5.728.000 kWt

Production: 21.8 billion KWh

Consumption per capita: 2582  kWh

Transportation:

Railways: 2099 km in common carrier service; does not include industrial lines.Highways:21891 kmPorts: Baku (Baki)

Airstrips: 69

Agriculture Products:

Cotton, grain, sugar beet, rice, grapes, fruits, vegetables, tea, tobacco; cattle, pigs, sheep, poultry, goats