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South of Russia, north of Iran and east of Armenia.
Azerbaijan is a member of the Commonwealth of Independent States, former republics within the Soviet Union that today are closely associated with Russia economically, in defense and foreign policy.
Figures unless otherwise stated are from the CIA Factbook.
Factbook: "Azerbaijan's high economic growth during 2006-08 is attributable to large and growing oil exports, but the non-energy sector also featured double-digit growth in 2008, spurred by growth in the construction, banking, and real estate sectors."
Estimated per capita
GDP
:
2008 $9,000
2007 $8,100
2006 $6,600
GDP annual growth rate:
2008: 11.6%
2007: 23.4%
2006: 30.5%
Unemployment rate estimated for 2008: 0.8%
Military expenditures as a percentage of GDP: 2.6 (estimated for 2005).
CIA Factbook: "A consortium of Western oil companies began pumping 1 million barrels a day from a large offshore field in early 2006, through a $4 billion pipeline it built from Baku to Turkey's Mediterranean port of Ceyhan."
Estimated oil production for 2007: 834,400 barrel per day.
For 2008: Deaths 8.32. Births 17.52, down from 20.4 in 2005
Estimated for July 2008:, 8.178 million. Growth estimated rate for 2008: 0.723 percent per year.
More leaving than arriving, a net loss of 1.197 persons per 1,000 population.
Infant mortality for 2008: 56.43, down from 58.31 in 2007 (deaths before the age of one year, per 1,000 live births).
Average life expectancy at birth estimated for 2008: 66.31 years, up from 63.35 in 2005
Living with HIV/AIDS, ages 15 to 49: 0.1percent (2003)
Azerbaijan is a secular society, but predominately Shi'a.
SOURCES:
http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/
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