Reference metadata describe statistical concepts and methodologies used for the collection and generation of data. They provide information on data quality and, since they are strongly content-oriented, assist users in interpreting the data. Reference metadata, unlike structural metadata, can be decoupled from the data.
State Statistical Committee of the Republic of Azerbaijan
1.2. Contact organisation unit
Population statistics department
1.3. Contact name
Confidential because of GDPR
1.4. Contact person function
Confidential because of GDPR
1.5. Contact mail address
AZ1136, Baku, İnshaatchilar avenue
1.6. Contact email address
Confidential because of GDPR
1.7. Contact phone number
Confidential because of GDPR
1.8. Contact fax number
Confidential because of GDPR
2.1. Metadata last certified
13 February 2023
2.2. Metadata last posted
27 June 2024
2.3. Metadata last update
2 July 2025
3.1. Data description
First results on the main demographic developments in the year of reference.
3.2. Classification system
Not applicable.
3.3. Coverage - sector
Not applicable.
3.4. Statistical concepts and definitions
3.4.1 Please indicate the definition of:
Population
The mother's residence
The data deaths
1.Usual Residence Population
2.Legal Residence Population
3.Registered Residence Population
4.Other
1.Usual Residence Population
2.Legal Residence Population
3.Registered Residence Population
4.Other
1.Usual Residence Population
2.Legal Residence Population
3.Registered Residence Population
4.Other
Population
Live births
Deaths
Immigrants
Emigrants
Live birth is the complete expulsion or extraction from its mother of a product of conception, irrespective of the duration of pregnancy, which after such separation, breathes or shows any other evidence of life, such as beating of the heart, pulsation of the umbilical cord or definite movement of voluntary muscles, whether or not the umbilical cord has been cut or the placenta is attached; each product of such a birth is considered liveborn (all live-born infants should be registered and counted as such, irrespective of gestational age or whether alive or dead at the time of registration, and if they die at any time following birth they should also be registered and counted as deaths).
Live birth is the complete expulsion or extraction from its mother of a product of conception, irrespective of the duration of pregnancy, which after such separation, breathes or shows any other evidence of life, such as beating of the heart, pulsation of the umbilical cord or definite movement of voluntary muscles, whether or not the umbilical cord has been cut or the placenta is attached; each product of such a birth is considered liveborn (all live-born infants should be registered and counted as such, irrespective of gestational age or whether alive or dead at the time of registration, and if they die at any time following birth they should also be registered and counted as deaths).
Immigrants – is the number of those with the permission to enter the country for permanent stay.
Emigrants – is the number of those obtained permission to leave the country for constant residence (including foreign citizens constantly staying in the country, as well as those without citizenship).
3.4.3 Please provide details of the deviations of the national definition used from the usual residence definition.
Population
Live births
Deaths
Immigrants
Emigrants
3.5. Statistical unit
Number of persons.
3.6. Statistical population
In case of survey as data source, please describe the target statistical population (one or more) which the data set refers to
Population
Live births
Deaths
Immigrants
Emigrants
3.7. Reference area
Data are available at national level of geographical detail.
3.8. Coverage - Time
Optional
3.9. Base period
Not applicable.
Counts of statistical units
The reference date for population data is the end of the reference period (midnight of 31December). The reference period for vital events data is the calendar year in which the events occurred. The reference period for migration flow data is the calendar year in which the migration occurred.
6.1. Institutional Mandate - legal acts and other agreements
The Law of the Republic of Azerbaijan "On Official Statistics", the Decision No. 145 dated October 31, 2003 of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Azerbaijan on the "Regulation of State Registration of Acts of Citizenship Status", official statistical report form No. 1-VVADQ, UN Principles and Recommendations for a Vital Statistics System.
6.2. Institutional Mandate - data sharing
Ministry of Justice, Ministry of Health of the Republic of Azerbaijan
7.1. Confidentiality - policy
According to Law of the Republic of Azerbaijan on “Official Statistics'' the submission of primary data is prohibited
7.2. Confidentiality - data treatment
Dissemination of official statistical materials reflecting or disclosing confidential information is not allowed among users. Releasing the allowed generalized data should cover at least three statistical units data and the share of any of the statistical units in such outcomes should not exceed 85%.
8.1. Release calendar
The dissemination of statistics and information is carried out on the basis of an approved schedule.
One of the important directions of the activity of the State Statistical Committee is dissemination of results of statistical activitities and detailed information is given in the document on a policy of distribution of official statistics of the State Statistical Committee and approved by order dated from February 19, 2014, №8/02s. (Dissemination policy)
Yearly
10.1. Dissemination format - News release
Not available.
10.2. Dissemination format - Publications
Demographic indicators of Azerbaijan, Women and men in Azerbaijan, Children in Azerbaijan, Population of Azerbaijan
Access to microdata is prohibited. Primary data should be used according to rules approved by the chairman of the SSC dated on June 13, 2011 on submission of microdata to users only with the purpose of research.
10.5. Dissemination format - other
All users are given free-of-charge access to data. Furthermore, any request by a user is responded to in writing or electronically.
10.6. Documentation on methodology
Please provide a link to national methodology reports and reference metadata files available on-line concerning the supplied data.
The State Statistical Committee implements the quality management system in accordance with the international standard ISO 9001. In 2013 the external audit of the quality management system was conducted in the State Statistical Committee, and in August of the same year for the first time ISO 9001:2008 international certificate of conformity was obtained in the direction of "Production and dissemination of official statistical data". After a major change of the international standard in 2015, all documents of the quality management system were redesigned in accordance with the requirements of the international standard ISO 9001:2015. According to the results of certification audit conducted on March 09-10, 2017, the apparatus of The State Statistical Committee and 13 local statistical offices where QMS is applied, and then the apparatus of the State Statistics Committee according to the results of recertification audit conducted on March 02-06, 2020 and another 17 local statistical offices where QMS is applied, then according to the results of recertification audit conducted on February 13-17, 2023, the apparatus of the State Statistics Committee and 45 local statistical offices where QMS "Production and dissemination of official statistical data" is applied, have received the international certificate of conformity 9001:2015 in the direction of "Production and dissemination of official statistics" (Certificate ISO 9001:2015). Since 2012 the General Statistical Business Process Model (GSBPM) is applied for standardization of statistical production. On the basis of the national version of "Statistical Business - Common Process Model" the description of statistical processes for the application of GSBPM in the process of statistical process management for statistical indicators of population statistics (Stat AZ website) is prepared.
11.2. Quality management - assessment
Internal audit is carried out in all departments under the annually approved audit program. Audit teams are set up to conduct audits, with each department covered by an individual audit plan. In the State Statistics Committee, internal monitoring of quality properties is a centralized function performed by an authorized structural unit (Quality management and metadata); an integrated (generic) analysis of the audit findings is then annually submitted to the SCC leadership. Before any audit, members of the audit team (auditors) are trained by the principal auditor and at the corresponding workshops no less than once a year. As regards the activity of the State Statistics Committee, compliance with ISO 9001:2015 (Quality management systems – Requirements) international standard is a strong point. On the contrary, the unfinished transition to e-documentation and parallel paperwork activities could give rise to weak points, precisely an increased workload or slow adaptation to the requirements of new standards.
12.1. Relevance - User Needs
The Ministry of Economy of the Republic of Azerbaijan, the Ministry of Health, the Ministry of Science and Education, the Ministry of Youth and Sports, the Ministry of Culture, the Ministry of Labor and Social Protection of the Population, the State Committee on Family, Women and Children's Problems, the State Tourism Agency, the UNFPA - Population Fund, other ministries , committees, scientific-research centers and international organizations.
12.2. Relevance - User Satisfaction
In annual meetings with users in the field of population statistics, their requirements are studied and all necessary measures are taken for their satisfaction. Users enter the official website address and answer questions about the use of the main areas of statistics in the section "Request on providing users with statistical information". Get acquainted with the results of that online survey.
12.3. Completeness
Data are complete, thereby raising no question about any period or area of data collection.
13.1. Accuracy - overall
Please report on the reasons for any unreliability of the data on:
Population
Live births
Deaths
Immigrants
Emigrants
Net migration
No such assessment has been made.
13.2. Sampling error
In case of survey as data source, please provide information on the part of the difference between a population value and an estimate thereof, derived from a random sample, which is due to the fact that only a subset of the population is enumerated.
Population
Live births
Deaths
Immigrants
Emigrants
Sampling error is not calculated.
13.3. Non-sampling error
In case of survey as data source, please provide information on the error in survey estimates which cannot be attributed to sampling fluctuations.
Population
Live births
Deaths
Immigrants
Emigrants
Non-sampling error is not calculated.
14.1. Timeliness
It is carried out in accordance with the "Statistical work program" of the State Statistics Committee of the Republic of Azerbaijan.
14.2. Punctuality
Final results are released on time, in accordance with the "Statistical work program".
15.1. Comparability - geographical
Data are calculated by country.
15.2. Comparability - over time
Please provide information on the length of comparable time series (indicate the first reference year for which data are availble), reference periods at which series occur, the reasons for the breaks and treatments of them.
Population
Live births
Deaths
Immigrants
Emigrants
Since population size data include many subsets, the corresponding time series refers to various indicators, with different time availability of the subset data in question. Example: times series for population size by urban and rural areas is available since 1928; population size by sex – 1959; population size by age groups – 1970; etc. Besides, time series data are uninterrupted.
The number of births by urban and rural areas is available since 1935, with uninterrupted time series data.
The number of deaths by urban and rural areas is available since 1935, with uninterrupted time series data.
It has been conducted since 1970 and the dynamic series are given continuously and no breaks are expected.
It has been conducted since 1970 and the dynamic series are given continuously and no breaks are expected.
15.3. Coherence - cross domain
Inconsistency with the statistical data as regards other fields.
15.4. Coherence - internal
There has not been any case involving the release of inconsistent statistical data.
The cost and burden have gone down significantly since 2014, following the operationalization of online data collection.
17.1. Data revision - policy
Data revision policy: Data update is conducted pursuant to the Regulations for the revision of the data representing key statistical indicators, approved by the State Statistics Committee’s Order #60/t, dated May, 10, 2016.
17.2. Data revision - practice
No revision is made.
18.1. Source data
Please report on the data sources used for the first reference year and inform of any changes thereto, to produce:
Population
Live births
Deaths
Immigrants
Emigrants
Population Census and administrative data
Admininstrative data
Admininstrative data
Admininstrative data
Admininstrative data
18.2. Frequency of data collection
Data is gathered in monthly basis.
18.3. Data collection
Information on birth, death, marriage and divorces are submitted to local statistical bodies by departments of registration of acts of civil status under the Ministry of Justice, then after primary control they forwarded these data to the State Statistical Committee of the Republic of Azerbaijan.
Information on migration are submitted by the State Migration Service of the Republic of Azerbaijan.
18.4. Data validation
To check data completeness and series, all software solutions employed by the State Statistics Committee have a logical supervisor function. Upon entering into the database, the corresponding data are subjected to verification. The validation, based on specifically designed check tables, is done by the staff of the Demographic Statistics Department. Consequently, local statistics authorities are informed of any detected case of inconsistency with the online database, with the explanations collected from respondents, to make relevant amendments before the end of the reporting period.
18.5. Data compilation
Data on the number of births is compiled to produce the following statistics, such as: 1) the number of live births by the age of mother; 2) age-specific birth rate; 3) the number of live births by birth order; 4) the number of live births by marital status of mother, etc.
Mortality data is compiled to produce the following statistics, such as: 1) total deaths by age groups and sex; 2) total deaths among working-age population; 3) mortality rates; 4) maternal mortality; 5) total deaths of children under five years of age (child mortality), etc.
First results on the main demographic developments in the year of reference.
2 July 2025
3.4.1 Please indicate the definition of:
Population
The mother's residence
The data deaths
1.Usual Residence Population
2.Legal Residence Population
3.Registered Residence Population
4.Other
1.Usual Residence Population
2.Legal Residence Population
3.Registered Residence Population
4.Other
1.Usual Residence Population
2.Legal Residence Population
3.Registered Residence Population
4.Other
Population
Live births
Deaths
Immigrants
Emigrants
Live birth is the complete expulsion or extraction from its mother of a product of conception, irrespective of the duration of pregnancy, which after such separation, breathes or shows any other evidence of life, such as beating of the heart, pulsation of the umbilical cord or definite movement of voluntary muscles, whether or not the umbilical cord has been cut or the placenta is attached; each product of such a birth is considered liveborn (all live-born infants should be registered and counted as such, irrespective of gestational age or whether alive or dead at the time of registration, and if they die at any time following birth they should also be registered and counted as deaths).
Live birth is the complete expulsion or extraction from its mother of a product of conception, irrespective of the duration of pregnancy, which after such separation, breathes or shows any other evidence of life, such as beating of the heart, pulsation of the umbilical cord or definite movement of voluntary muscles, whether or not the umbilical cord has been cut or the placenta is attached; each product of such a birth is considered liveborn (all live-born infants should be registered and counted as such, irrespective of gestational age or whether alive or dead at the time of registration, and if they die at any time following birth they should also be registered and counted as deaths).
Immigrants – is the number of those with the permission to enter the country for permanent stay.
Emigrants – is the number of those obtained permission to leave the country for constant residence (including foreign citizens constantly staying in the country, as well as those without citizenship).
3.4.3 Please provide details of the deviations of the national definition used from the usual residence definition.
Population
Live births
Deaths
Immigrants
Emigrants
Number of persons.
In case of survey as data source, please describe the target statistical population (one or more) which the data set refers to
Population
Live births
Deaths
Immigrants
Emigrants
Data are available at national level of geographical detail.
The reference date for population data is the end of the reference period (midnight of 31December). The reference period for vital events data is the calendar year in which the events occurred. The reference period for migration flow data is the calendar year in which the migration occurred.
Please report on the reasons for any unreliability of the data on:
Population
Live births
Deaths
Immigrants
Emigrants
Net migration
No such assessment has been made.
Counts of statistical units
Data on the number of births is compiled to produce the following statistics, such as: 1) the number of live births by the age of mother; 2) age-specific birth rate; 3) the number of live births by birth order; 4) the number of live births by marital status of mother, etc.
Mortality data is compiled to produce the following statistics, such as: 1) total deaths by age groups and sex; 2) total deaths among working-age population; 3) mortality rates; 4) maternal mortality; 5) total deaths of children under five years of age (child mortality), etc.
Please report on the data sources used for the first reference year and inform of any changes thereto, to produce:
Population
Live births
Deaths
Immigrants
Emigrants
Population Census and administrative data
Admininstrative data
Admininstrative data
Admininstrative data
Admininstrative data
Yearly
It is carried out in accordance with the "Statistical work program" of the State Statistics Committee of the Republic of Azerbaijan.
Data are calculated by country.
Please provide information on the length of comparable time series (indicate the first reference year for which data are availble), reference periods at which series occur, the reasons for the breaks and treatments of them.
Population
Live births
Deaths
Immigrants
Emigrants
Since population size data include many subsets, the corresponding time series refers to various indicators, with different time availability of the subset data in question. Example: times series for population size by urban and rural areas is available since 1928; population size by sex – 1959; population size by age groups – 1970; etc. Besides, time series data are uninterrupted.
The number of births by urban and rural areas is available since 1935, with uninterrupted time series data.
The number of deaths by urban and rural areas is available since 1935, with uninterrupted time series data.
It has been conducted since 1970 and the dynamic series are given continuously and no breaks are expected.
It has been conducted since 1970 and the dynamic series are given continuously and no breaks are expected.
