Azeri population over 8.6m

The population of Azerbaijan increased 1.1% over the past year to make up 8,630,000, including 4,253,000 men and 4,377,000 women, as of early January, the State Statistics Committee chairman Arif Valiyev said.

He told reporters that 152,000 babies were born in 2007, or 3,100 over last year, while 53,700 people died.

The committee head said that according to estimates, in 2007 the increase in the number of population was 98,300 people, or 1,600 over last year.*