AZERBAIJAN

GOVERNMENT

• Azerbaijan is a democracy.
• They declared independence from the Soviet Union on August 30, 1991.
• The prime minister of Azerbaijan's government is Arter Rasizade.
• The Chief of State in Azerbaijan is President Ilham Aliyev.
• The capitol of Azerbaijan is Baku, a city located by the Caspian Sea.

LANGUAGE!!!

RELIGION

ECONOMY

• Azerbaijan has a market economy.
• Unemployment rate: 6%
• Per capita GDP: $10,800

GEO AND LAND USE

• Natural resources: petroleum, nat. Gas, iron ore, and aluminum.
• Azerbaijan borders the Caspian Sea, giving the country easy acess to neighboring countries.
• Hazards: droughts
• Azerbaijan's land is long and flat.
• Azerbaijan's land is considered ecologically endangered.

AZERBAIJAN

• GDP: $76.01 billion
• Per Capita GDP: $10,800
• Urban population: 53.6%
• Industry % of GDP: 63%

RUSSIA

• GDP: $2.11 trillion
• Per Capita GDP: $18,100
• Urban Population: 73.8%
• Industry % of GDP: 37.5%

AZERBAIJAN'S ELECTRONIC USE

• Telephone lines: 1.734 million
• Internet users: 2.42 million
• Electricity consumption: 20.29 billion

RUSSIA'S ELECTRONIC USE

• Telephone lines: 42.9 million
• Internet users: 40.853 million
• Electricity consumption: 1.030 trillion

AZERBAIJAN

• Literacy rate: 99.8%
• Life expectency: 71 years
• Physician density: 3.38 physicians/ 1,000

RUSSIA

• Literacy rate: 99.7%
• Life expectency: 70 years
• Physician density: 4.31 physicians/ 1,000

My conclusion from comparing Azerbaijan and Russia is that Azerbaijan is a developing country, whereas, Russia is a developed country.

Cited sources:
1. "Middle East: Azerbaijan." The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency,2013. Web. December 11, 2014

Cited sources (continued):
2. "Azerbaijan." The Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia 1994,2000,2001,2002,2003,2004,2006. Fact Monster, 2006. Web. December 11, 2014.