OREANDA-NEWS. October 22, 2008. State Statistical Committee of Azerbaijan has announced number of inhabitants in Azerbaijan as of October 1, 2008.

The Committee has informed that for the three quarters of 2008 the population of Azerbaijan grew by 69,000 (0.8%) and reached 8.699 million. Of them males made up 49% and females 51%. 1,027 females fell per every 1,000 males.

Average age of the population is 32 years, average life duration 72.4 years (men: 69.7 years; women: 75.1 years).

For Jan-Sep 2008, 107,900 children were born (about 394,000 new-born a day), 53.9% of whom are boys and 46.4% - girls. There were 1,110 twins and 18 triplets among new-born children,” it was reported.

Number of deceased people made 6.4% per 1,000 ones and grew up to 39,900 persons.

From early 2008 it has been registered about 54,500 marriages versus 5,700 divorces.