Bank Of Baku

Birth rate in Azerbaijan hits 17-year high

Birth rate in Azerbaijan hits 17-year high
# 19 January 2012 08:00 (UTC +04:00)
The State Statistics Committee says 53% of the population lives in the city, 47% - in rural areas. Males accounted for 49.6% of the population, women - 50.4%. There are 1,017 women per 1,000 men.

“Life expectancy for the newborns of last year was 73.6, including for boys – 70.9, for girls – 76.2. During the reporting period, 175.4 thousand babies were born. This is the highest indicator in the last 17 years. 53.8% of newborn were boys, 46.2% - girls. Last year, 1,506 twins and 33 triplets were born in the country”, told the Committee.

The most popular names for boys were the names of Yusuf, Ali, Hussein, Mohammad, Murad, Nihad, for girls - Zahra, Nuray, Fatima, Fidan, Zeynab and Ayan.
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