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Azerbaijan

Azerbaijan
Capital Baku
86,600 km² · 10,246,996 people (2025) · Azerbaijani manat

On the Caspian Sea, whose surface is about 28 m below sea level. Azerbaijan has more mud volcanoes than any other country — several hundred of the world's roughly thousand — and the burning gas seep at Yanar Dag has been alight for decades.

The facts

Capital
Baku
Area
86,600 km² — 33,436 sq mi
Population
10,246,996 (2025)
Density
118.3 people per km²
Currency
Azerbaijani manat (AZN, ₼)
Official language
Azerbaijani
Time zone
UTC+04:00
Calling code
+994
Drives on the
right
ISO codes
AZ · AZE
Continent
Asia

How it compares

By area
112 of 200
By population
95 of 200

Population is the only figure on this page that dates — it is a 2025 estimate and will drift. Area, capital, currency, languages, calling code and driving side change rarely or never.

Countries of a similar size

Country Area (km²) Population
Portugal 92,090 10,804,871
Jordan 89,342 11,520,684
Azerbaijan ← 86,600 10,246,996
Austria 83,871 9,208,163
United Arab Emirates 83,600 11,513,149

Common questions

What is the capital of Azerbaijan?
Baku
What currency does Azerbaijan use?
The Azerbaijani manat (AZN).
How big is Azerbaijan?
86,600 km², or 33,436 square miles — 112 of 200 by area.
Which side of the road does Azerbaijan drive on?
The right.

Related pages

Sources

  1. The World Factbook — Central Intelligence Agency (Public domain (US Government))
  2. World Bank Open Data — The World Bank (CC BY 4.0)

How these figures are compiled and checked