Environment - current issues: local scientists consider the Abseron Yasaqligi (Apsheron Peninsula) (including Baku and Sumqayit) and the Caspian Sea to be the ecologically most devastated area in the world because of severe air, water, and soil pollution; soil pollution results from the use of DDT as a pesticide and also from toxic defoliants used in the production of cotton
Environment - international agreements: party to: Climate Change, Desertification, Endangered Species, Marine Dumping, Ozone Layer Protection signed, but not ratified: Biodiversity
Geography - note: landlocked
@Azerbaijan:People
Population: 7,748,163 (July 2000 est.)
Age structure: 0-14 years: 30% (male 1,172,944; female 1,127,624) 15-64 years: 63% (male 2,388,737; female 2,525,797) 65 years and over: 7% (male 210,774; female 322,287) (2000 est.)
Population growth rate: 0.27% (2000 est.)
Birth rate: 18.08 births/1,000 population (2000 est.)
Death rate: 9.47 deaths/1,000 population (2000 est.)
Net migration rate: -5.92 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.)