Total Area:
86,600 sq. km

Population:
8,177,717 (July 2008 est.)
 
Ethnicity:
Azeri 90.6%, Dagestani 2.2%, Russian 1.8%, Armenian 1.5%, other 3.9% (1999 est.)  NOTE: almost all Armenians live in the separatist Nagorno-Karabakh region

Language:
Azerbaijani (Azeri) 90.3%, Lezgi 2.2%, Russian 1.8%, other 3.3%, unspecified 1% (1999)

Religion:
Muslim 93.4%, Russian Orthodox 2.5%, Armenian Orthodox 2.3%, other 1.8% (1995 est.)

Government Type:
Republic

Capital:
Baku (Baki, Baky)

Population Below Poverty Line:
24% (2005 est.)