LA28 Olympics · resolves 30 Jul 2028
How many gold medals does Azerbaijan win at LA28?
1 gold medals80% range 0 gold medals to 5 gold medals
Azerbaijan
2026 population
10.3M
Rank #93 globally
Area
87k km² (33k sq mi)
Metros tracked
14
56% of population in metros
Composite score
22.6
Rank #66 globally
population: Monthly national estimate (1 Mar 2026) · indicators as of 5 Sep 2026 · 14 metros tracked
🗺️ Geography14 metros
Azerbaijan metro footprint, shaded by composite tier.
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14 polygons
Select a metro for its rank and a link to its page. Boundaries derived from Overture Maps administrative divisions; metros without source coverage are omitted.
🏙️ 14 tracked metros
14 metros
#151Baku★ Capital▲ Largest
Baku · Absheron-Khizi · 3.6M · Regional Hub
19.7
#1671Ganja
Ganja-Dashkasan · 419K · Local Metro
0.6
#1842Qabala
Shaki-Zagatala · 102K · Local Metro
0.5
#1853Nakhchivan
Nakhchivan · 94K · Local Metro
0.5
#2208Lankaran
Lankaran-Astara · 220K · Local Metro
0.3
#2313Tovuz
Gazakh-Tovuz · 164K · Local Metro
0.3
#2416Imishli
Mil-Mughan · 129K · Local Metro
0.3
#2431Zaqatala
Shaki-Zagatala · 126K · Local Metro
0.3
#3206Masally
Lankaran-Astara · 220K · Local Metro
0.1
#3217Shamkir
Gazakh-Tovuz · 212K · Local Metro
0.1
#3434Yevlakh
Central Aran · 131K · Local Metro
0.0
#3486Mingechevir
Central Aran · 120K · Local Metro
0.0
🗂️ Economic Regions
15 entries listed under Azerbaijan. Select any to see its metros and footprint.
15 total
📋 At a glance
- Official languages
- Azerbaijani, Azerbaijani Sign Language
- Currency
- Azerbaijani manat (AZN)
- Government
- Unitary state
- Legislature
- National Assembly of Azerbaijan
- Constitution
- 1995, 3 amendment events since
- Demonym
- Azerbaijani
- Time zone
- UTC+04:00
- Driving side
- Right
- Calling code
- +994
- Internet TLD
- .az
- ISO 3166
- AZ
- Established
- 1991
- Highest point
- Mount Bazardüzü (4,466 m (14,652 ft))
- National anthem
- Azərbaycan marşı
Facts via Wikidata.
🗣️ Languages of Azerbaijan
North Azerbaijani first; one language carries the country; 1 official.
| Language | Share | Status | Basis |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Azerbaijani | 89% | Official | CLDR, country |
| North-Central Talysh | 9.8% | None | CLDR, country |
| Kurdish | 0.2% | None | CLDR, country |
| Muslim Tat | 0.2% | None | CLDR, country |
| Tsakhur | 0.2% | None | CLDR, country |
Shares count first and second language, so they overlap and can add past 100%.
- Effective languages
- 1.2
- Official-language gap
- 11%
- North Azerbaijani is spoken by 89%
📰 In the news3 stories
Men in Blazers · 14 Oct 2026
Champions League: Meet This Year's CinderellaMen in Blazers previews Champions League matchday two and profiles Azerbaijan's nine-year-old club Sabah.
The Guardian · 14 Oct 2026
The unlikely story of Valdas DambrauskasSabah manager Valdas Dambrauskas funded his coaching career with $1,000 won on a quiz show.
Front Office Sports · 28 Sept 2026
Mark Walter's Cadillac F1 team still has zero points after Azerbaijan Grand PrixThe first-year Formula One operation remains pointless following Saturday's race in Baku.
💹 Economy and developmentUpper middle income
Human Dev. Index
#81 / 1910.789
UNDP · 2023
GDP
#86 / 193$75.9B
World Bank · 2025
GDP per capita
#97 / 193$7.4k
World Bank · 2025
GDP/capita (PPP)
#76 / 190$26.1k
World Bank · 2025
GNI/capita (Atlas)
#97 / 192$7.4k
World Bank · 2025
Life expectancy
#92 / 19474.6 yrs
World Bank · 2024
Median age
32.6 yrs
UN WPP · 2023
Urban population
#115 / 19459%
World Bank · 2025
Pop. growth
0.4%
World Bank · 2025
Pop. density
#72 / 193123/km² (318/mi²)
World Bank · 2023
Foreign-born
#130 / 1932.1%
World Bank · 2024
Rule of law
#168 / 1750.05
V-Dem · 2025
Internet users
#52 / 19391%
World Bank · 2025
Inflation
#143 / 1855.6%
World Bank · 2025
CO₂ per capita
#122 / 1923.9 t
Global Carbon Budget · 2024
Renewable electricity
#143 / 18612%
Ember · 2025
Ranks are among sovereign countries with data; ★ marks a top-5% finish. Sources: World Bank Open Data and Our World in Data (UNDP, UN WPP, V-Dem, Global Carbon Budget, Ember, Energy Institute; CC BY 4.0). Each card credits its originating body. Renewable share is of electricity generation, not of primary energy. Each figure is the most recent year available.
🔮 What happens next
Our forecasts, frozen before the result and scored after it.
LA28 Olympics · resolves 30 Jul 2028
How many medals in all does Azerbaijan win at LA28?
9 medals80% range 4 medals to 18 medals
Alliances & Organisations4 full memberships
Full memberDashed border = Candidate / ApplicantItalic = Dialogue / Observer
🏛️ Leadership History6 leaders · click to expand
Aliyev dynasty
Ali Asadov✦ Current
Prime Minister · New Azerbaijan Party · 2019–present
2019–Present
Ilham Aliyev✦ Current
President · New Azerbaijan Party · 2003–present
2003–Present
Heydar Aliyev
President · New Azerbaijan Party · 1993–2003
1993–2003
Post-Soviet independence
Abulfaz Elchibey
President · Popular Front of Azerbaijan · 1992–1993
1992–1993
Yagub Mammadov
President (acting) · Independent · 1992
1992–1992
Ayaz Mutallibov
President · Independent (ex-Communist) · 1991–1992
1991–1992
📈 Power over timeThe Power Atlas →
Today
Minor#61 · 0.2%
Power (headline share)Latent (material mass)Recognised (standing)
The power line is the headline share of world power, running from the state’s first ranked year (benchmark estimates with wide error bars before 1816). Latent power is material mass a state could mobilise (population, manpower, heavy industry). Recognised power is what the system actually treats it as (military spending, productive economy, reach, and status such as a Security Council seat or nuclear arsenal). When latent runs above recognised, a power is rising or under-rated; when recognised runs higher, it is punching above its weight or coasting on prestige. Material sub-indices run 1816 through 2016.
⚔️ Wars and conflicts4 interstate wars · click to expand
Armenian–Azerbaijani War1918–1920
First Republic of Armenia,Republic of Artsakh Republic of Mountainous Armenia,Republic of Artsakh Nagorno-Karabakh rebels,British Empire (1918 only),Centrocaspian Dictatorship (1918 only)
Combat deaths: —
| Conflict | Years | Against | Combat deaths |
|---|---|---|---|
| Second Nagorno-Karabakh War | 2020 | Armenia,Artsakh | 7,726+ |
| First Nagorno-Karabakh War● | 1988–1994 | Nagorno-Karabakh Republic,Armenia | 37,413–56,000 |
| Battle of Mountainous Armenia | 1921 | Armenia Armenia | — |
| Armenian–Azerbaijani War | 1918–1920 | First Republic of Armenia,Republic of Artsakh Republic of Mountainous Armenia,Republic of Artsakh Nagorno-Karabakh rebels,British Empire (1918 only),Centrocaspian Dictatorship (1918 only) | — |
Bold = principal belligerent. Source: Wikipedia, “List of interstate wars since 1945.”
👥 Population over time
Population 2023
10.3m
#94 in the world
Since 1800
12×
from 880k
Peak
2023
at its largest now
Share of world
0.13%
0.09% in 1800
Our World in Data population (CC BY): UN WPP 2024 from 1950, Gapminder v7 1800-1949, HYDE 3.3 earlier; today's borders. Figures above are as of 2023, the last year that is estimated rather than forecast. The dashed tail to 2026 is a UN WPP medium-variant projection. It is drawn because the line should reach the present, and drawn differently because it has not happened yet: no rank, peak or share on this page uses it. Before 1950 the series is reconstruction rather than contemporaneous statistics, which is worth knowing when a country’s peak sits back there. The current population shown elsewhere on this page comes from the workbook and is unchanged by this. Note that people and share of world can move in opposite directions. A country can grow steadily and still become a smaller part of humanity, which is what happened to almost every rich country after 1960.
👥 To 2100
The UN’s probabilistic projection for Azerbaijan: the median with its 80% and 95% bands, the UN’s own high, low and zero-migration scenarios beside it. Not this site’s model; the site reads it and says what it implies.
Peak on the median
2050
11.2m on the UN median
2050
11.2m
95% band 9.2m to 12.5m
2100
10.0m
95% band 5.5m to 15.1m
2100 against 2025
0.96×
median falling from 2051
Deaths outnumber births
from 2049
on the UN medium path; migration decides the rest
estimateUN median80% and 95% bandshigh and low fertilityzero migration
What drives it
Births, deaths and net migration on the UN medium path, with fertility, life expectancy and median age, every decade from 1950.
1950
118k born · 64k died · -33 net migration
TFR 5.08 · life expectancy 46.3 · median age 20.2
1960
195k born · 72k died · -148 net migration
TFR 5.88 · life expectancy 50.9 · median age 20.6
1970
164k born · 59k died · -4k net migration
TFR 4.90 · life expectancy 56.6 · median age 16.4
1980
182k born · 56k died · -28k net migration
TFR 3.59 · life expectancy 61.4 · median age 19.7
1990
208k born · 65k died · -63k net migration
TFR 2.98 · life expectancy 62.8 · median age 22.6
2000
124k born · 61k died · +16k net migration
TFR 1.70 · life expectancy 65.4 · median age 24.8
2010
169k born · 64k died · +1k net migration
TFR 1.92 · life expectancy 70.3 · median age 28.2
2020
143k born · 88k died · +1k net migration
TFR 1.76 · life expectancy 70.3 · median age 31.1
Source: United Nations, DESA, Population Division. World Population Prospects 2024. Licensed under CC BY 3.0 IGO. Estimates to 2023; projections 2024 to 2100, medium variant and probabilistic intervals. The UN revises every two years; this is the WPP 2024 revision.
🏆 National Teams
Azerbaijan on the international stage. Select a card for the full record.