Europe & Central Asia

A life that begins in Azerbaijan

One in every 1,309 babies in the world is born here: about 102,470 a year, 0.19 a minute.

Population: 10,246,996
Births a year: 102,470
Life expectancy: 74.5
Children who die before 5 (per 1,000): 17.9

Health and survival

Life expectancy, women (years)
77.3
World: 75.9
Life expectancy, men (years)
71.7
World: 71
Babies who die before 1 (per 1,000)
12.5
World: 27.8
Children who die before 5 (per 1,000)
17.9
World: 37.6
Mothers who die in childbirth (per 100,000 births)
18
World: 189
Adults living with HIV (%)
0.1
World: 0.7
Adults who smoke (%)
19
World: 20
Alcohol per adult (litres a year)
2.5
World: 4.6
Road deaths (per 100,000)
6.7
World: 17
Homicides (per 100,000)
2.2
World: 4.7

Family and school

Children per woman
1.43
World: 2.85
Women married before 18 (%)
15
World: 18
Children in primary school (%)
92
World: 89
Secondary school enrolment (%)
91
World: 81
Higher education enrolment (%)
41
World: 48
Children aged 7–14 who work (%)
5.2
World: 11.9

Money and work

Income per person (PPP)
$22,314
World: $21,797
Income inequality (Gini, 0–100)
27
World: 34
Living on under $3 a day (%)
0
World: 9.9
Unemployment (%)
5.5
World: 5.1
Jobs in farming (%)
34
World: 27
Women in the workforce (%)
61
World: 48
Health costs paid out of pocket (%)
65
World: 37

Home and connection

Living in cities (%)
59
World: 58
Access to electricity (%)
100
World: 92
Safe drinking water (%)
98
World: 91
Internet users (%)
91
World: 72

Peace and wellbeing

Life satisfaction (0–10)
4.99
World: 5.4
Deaths in armed conflict (per 100,000 a year)
1.16
World: 2.43
Refugees abroad (% of population)
1.28
World: 0.34

From 1960 to 2050

How life here has changed, and where UN projections expect it to go. The dashed part is a projection.

Life expectancy

1960: 50.8 → 2026: 73.4 → 2050: 78.5

World

Children who die before 5 (per 1,000)

1960: 153 → 2026: 16 → 2050: 4

World

Children per woman

1960: 5.9 → 2026: 1.7 → 2050: 1.6

World

Living in cities (%)

1960: 48 → 2026: 59 → 2050: 59

World

Nobody chooses where they are born

In the game, the country is drawn by the real share of births: Azerbaijan comes up about once in every 1,309 lives.

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Sources: World Bank (WDI), UN World Population Prospects, Our World in Data, World Happiness Report, UCDP and PRIO. Updated 2026-10-18.