People (Azerbaijan)
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     Population:
         7,450,787 (July 1992), growth rate 1.6% (1992)
     Birth rate:
         26 births/1,000 population (1992)
     Death rate:
         7 deaths/1,000 population (1992)
     Net migration rate:
         --3 migrants/1,000 population (1992)
     Infant mortality rate:
         45 deaths/1,000 live births (1992)
     Life expectancy at birth:
         65 years male, 73 years female (1992)
     Total fertility rate:
         2.9 children born/woman (1992)
     Nationality:
         noun - Azerbaijani(s); adjective - Azerbaijani
     Ethnic divisions:
         Azeri 82.7%, Russian 5.6%, Armenian 5.6%, Daghestanis 3.2%, other 2.9%; note
         - Armenian share may be less than 5.6% because many Armenians have fled the
         ethnic violence since 1989 census
     Religions:
         Moslem 87%, Russian Orthodox 5.6%, Armenian Orthodox 5.6%, other 1.8%
     Languages:
         Azeri 82%, Russian 7%, Armenian 5%, other 6%
     Literacy:
         NA% (male NA%, female NA%) age 15 and over can read and write (1992 est.)
     Labor force:
         2,789,000; agriculture and forestry 32%, industry and construction 26%,
         other 42% (1990)
     Organized labor:
         NA (1992)