Azerbaijan
Republic of Azerbaijan · Western Asia
Azerbaijan is a country in Western Asia, with Baku as its capital, home to about 10,246,996 people. Azerbaijan shares land borders with 5 countries, listed below alongside its flag, currency, calling code and ISO codes.
| Capital | Baku |
|---|---|
| Region | Western Asia |
| Currency | Azerbaijani manat (AZN ₼) |
| Calling code | +994 |
| ISO codes | AZ / AZE / 031 ISO 3166-1 |
| Flag emoji | 🇦🇿 |
| Population | 10,246,996 (2025) World Bank |
| Area | 86,600 km² |
| Languages | Azerbaijani, Russian |
| Internet domain | .az |
| Demonym | Azerbaijani |
Bordering countries
What does the flag of Azerbaijan mean?
Azerbaijan's tricolour is read as bright blue for the country's Turkic identity, red for progress, and green for Islam, the majority religion. A white crescent and an eight-pointed star sit at the centre of the red band. The constitution fixes the proportions at 1:2 and a presidential decree of 5 February 1991 set out the geometry in detail, down to the star being one sixth of the flag's height. Azerbaijan celebrates Flag Day every 9 November, a holiday created by law in 2009 to mark the first official adoption of the tricolour by the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic.
Source: Wikipedia: Flag of Azerbaijan
About Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan, officially Republic of Azerbaijan, is a United Nations member state in Western Asia. Its capital and seat of government is Baku. It is landlocked, sharing all of its borders with neighbouring countries and no coastline. The official currency is the Azerbaijani manat (₼), using the code AZN.
Curious about the city itself? See what is the capital of Azerbaijan for Baku’s own facts and history.
To call Azerbaijan from abroad, dial the country code +994. In international standards it is identified by the ISO 3166-1 codes AZ (alpha-2) and AZE (alpha-3), which appear in everything from web addresses to shipping labels. As of 2025, its population is around 10,246,996.
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How Azerbaijan compares
- Area: 86,600 km², ranking 112 of 194 sovereign states by land area.
- Population: 10,246,996, ranking 94 of 193 sovereign states.
- Density: about 118 people per square kilometre.
- Land borders: 5, against an average of 4.1 across the sovereign states that have any.
Flags with the same colours as Azerbaijan
2 other national flags use exactly the same set of colour families (red, green, blue). Similar colours are the most common reason flags get mistaken for one another, though colour alone says nothing about layout.
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Population from the World Bank (SP.POP.TOTL); flag, capital, currency, calling code and ISO data from open datasets. Rankings, density and flag colour matches are computed from that same dataset. Full sources and vintage on the data page. Last updated . Report a correction.