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Azerbaijan: map and facts
Azerbaijan is in Western Asia. It has about 10.2 million people (2025), the 94th largest population. It covers 86,600 km², the 112th largest by area. That is about 118 people per km². Its highest point is Bazarduzu, at 4,466 m. The longest river on its map is the Kura, 1,360 km from source to mouth.
Facts
- Population: 10,246,996 (2025, World Bank)
- Area: 86,600 km² (2024, World Bank)
- Capital: Baku
- Highest point: Bazarduzu, 4,466 m (Wikidata)
- Forest: 14.6% of the land (2024, World Bank)
Rivers
The longest rivers on the map of Azerbaijan, with the length of each whole river (Wikidata):
- Kura: 1,360 km
- Aras: 1,072 km
- Alazani: 351 km
- Iori: 320 km
- Samur: 213 km
- Terter: 184 km
- Vorotan: 178 km
Mountains and landscapes
Its highest peaks:
- Bazarduzu: 4,466 m (its highest point)
Mountain ranges: Caucasus Mountains and Lesser Caucasus.
Plateaus, plains, deserts and other regions: Absheron Peninsula.
Land
Land cover seen from satellites (NASA MODIS, 2024): grassland 53.6%, farmland 24%, deciduous broadleaf forest 5.7%, savanna 5.2%, open shrubland 3.7%, wooded savanna 2.6%.
Landforms, worked out from the height of the land (USGS GMTED2010): mountains 37.6%, plains 31.2%, hills 27.5%, high mountains 3.1%.
Forests covered 14.6% of its land in 2024, up from 11.6% in 1995 (World Bank).
Neighbours
Azerbaijan shares land borders with Armenia, Georgia, Iran, Russia and Turkey on this map.
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Sources
India’s boundaries are drawn according to India’s official position, simplified for small-scale maps (data: Natural Earth, India view). Each figure shows its year and source; some are rounded. Data release 2026.2.
- Natural Earth (naturalearthdata.com), public domain. Boundaries follow India's official position (Natural Earth's India point of view). Terms
- GMTED2010 courtesy of the U.S. Geological Survey (Danielson and Gesch 2011, USGS Open-File Report 2011-1073). Terms
- Friedl, M., Sulla-Menashe, D. (2022). MODIS/Terra+Aqua Land Cover Type Yearly L3 Global 500m SIN Grid V061. NASA EOSDIS Land Processes DAAC. doi:10.5067/MODIS/MCD12Q1.061. Terms
- The World Bank: World Development Indicators, Population, total (SP.POP.TOTL): UN Population Division, national statistical offices (2025 data, retrieved 2026-10-17). CC BY 4.0. Rounded by Make Me Smarter. Terms
- The World Bank: World Development Indicators, Surface area (AG.SRF.TOTL.K2): FAO (2024 data, retrieved 2026-10-17). CC BY 4.0. Terms
- The World Bank: World Development Indicators, Forest area (% of land area) (AG.LND.FRST.ZS): FAO, FAOSTAT (2024 data, retrieved 2026-10-17). CC BY 4.0. Rounded by Make Me Smarter. Terms
- Wikidata (CC0): names, capitals, peak heights and river lengths, checked by Make Me Smarter. Terms
- Landforms worked out by Make Me Smarter from GMTED2010.
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