United States. Central Intelligence Agency

The 1992 CIA World Factbook


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Azeris and Christian Armenians, makes foreign investors wary. Azerbaijan

       accounts for 1.5% to 2% of the capital stock and output of the former Soviet

       Union. Although immediate economic prospects are not favorable because of

       civil strife, lack of economic reform, political disputes about new economic

       arrangements, and the skittishness of foreign investors, Azerbaijan's

       economic performance was the best of all former Soviet republics in 1991

       largely because of its reliance on domestic resources for industrial output.

       GDP:

       $NA, per capita $NA; real growth rate —0.7% (1991)

       Inflation rate (consumer prices):

       87% (1991)

       Unemployment rate:

       NA%

       Budget:

       revenues $NA; expenditures $NA, including capital expenditures of $NA (1992)

       Exports:

       $780 million (f.o.b., 1991)

       commodities:

       oil and gas, chemicals, oilfield equipment, textiles, cotton (1991)

       partners:

       mostly CIS countries

       Imports:

       $2.2 billion (c.i.f., 1990)

       commodities:

       machinery and parts, consumer durables, foodstuffs, textiles (1991)

       External debt:

       $1.3 billion (1991 est.)

       Industrial production:

       growth rate 3.8% (1991)

       Electricity:

       6,025,000 kW capacity; 23,300 million kWh produced, 3,280 kWh per capita

       (1991)

       Industries:

       petroleum and natural gas, petroleum products, oilfield equipment; steel,

       iron ore, cement; chemicals and petrochemicals; textiles

       Agriculture:

       cotton, grain, rice, grapes, fruit, vegetables, tea, tobacco; cattle, pigs,

       sheep and goats

       Illicit drugs:

       illicit producer of cannabis and opium; mostly for domestic consumption;

       status of government eradication programs unknown; used as transshipment

       points for illicit drugs to Western Europe

       Economic aid:

       NA

       Currency:

       as of May 1992, retaining ruble as currency

       Exchange rates:

       NA

       Fiscal year:

       calendar year

      :Azerbaijan Communications

      Railroads:

       2,090 km (includes NA km electrified); does not include industrial lines

       (1990)

       Highways:

       36,700 km total (1990); 31,800 km hard surfaced; 4,900 km earth

       Inland waterways:

       NA km perennially navigable

       Pipelines:

       NA

       Ports:

       inland - Baku (Baky)

       Merchant marine:

       none - landlocked

       Civil air:

       none

       Airports:

       NA

       Telecommunications:

       quality of local telephone service is poor; connections to other former USSR

       republics by landline or microwave and to countries beyond the former USSR

       via the Moscow international gateway switch; Azeri and Russian TV broadcasts

       are received; Turkish and Iranian TV broadcasts are received from INTELSAT

       through a TV receive-only earth station

      :Azerbaijan Defense Forces

      Branches:

       Republic Security Forces (internal and border troops), National Guard; CIS

       Forces (Ground, Navy, Air, Air Defense)

       Manpower availability:

       males 15-49, NA; NA fit for military service; NA reach military age (18)

       annually

       Defense expenditures:

       $NA million, NA% of GDP

      :The Bahamas Geography

      Total area:

       13,940 km2

       Land area:

       10,070 km2

       Comparative area:

       slightly larger than Connecticut

       Land boundaries:

       none

       Coastline:

       3,542 km

       Maritime claims:

       Continental shelf:

       200 m (depth) or to depth of exploitation

       Exclusive fishing zone:

       200 nm

       Territorial sea:

       3 nm

       Disputes:

       none

       Climate:

       tropical marine; moderated by warm waters of Gulf Stream

       Terrain:

       long, flat coral formations with some low rounded hills

       Natural resources:

       salt, aragonite, timber

       Land use:

       arable land 1%; permanent crops NEGL%; meadows and pastures NEGL%; forest

       and woodland 32%; other 67%

       Environment:

       subject to hurricanes and other tropical storms that cause extensive flood

       damage

       Note:

       strategic location adjacent to US and Cuba; extensive island chain

      :The Bahamas People

      Population:

       255,811 (July 1992), growth rate 1.4% (1992)

       Birth rate:

       19 births/1,000 population (1992)

       Death rate:

       5 deaths/1,000 population (1992)

       Net migration rate:

       0 migrants/1,000 population (1992)

       Infant mortality rate:

       19 deaths/1,000 live births (1992)

       Life expectancy at birth:

       69 years male, 76 years female (1992)

       Total fertility rate:

       2.2 children born/woman (1992)

       Nationality:

       noun—Bahamian(s); adjective—Bahamian

       Ethnic divisions:

       black 85%, white 15%

       Religions:

       Baptist 32%, Anglican