State Statistical Committee of the Republic of Azerbaijan

Population statistics department

AZ1136, Baku, İnshaatchilar avenue

First results on the main demographic developments in the year of reference.

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Number of persons.

Data are available at national level of geographical detail.

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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.

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According to Law of the Republic of Azerbaijan on “Official Statistics'' the submission of primary data is prohibitedOptional

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%.

The dissemination of statistics and information is carried out on the basis of an approved schedule.

http://www.stat.gov.az/menu/6/calendar_y/ 

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 19.02.2014, №8/02s. (http://www.stat.gov.az/menu/6/dissemination_policy/d_policy.pdf)

Yearly

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Demographic indicators of Azerbaijan, Women and men in Azerbaijan, Children in Azerbaijan, Population of Azerbaijan

https://www.azstat.org/portal/tblInfo/TblInfoList.do;jsessionid=5BA1AB9F62EA661D2348F9ACDCA89B91#994_001

Access to microdata is prohibited. Primary data should be used according to rules approved by the chairman of the SSC dated on 13.06.2011 on submission of microdata to users only with the purpose of research

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The ISO 9001 compliant quality management system is being introduced at the State Statistics Committee (SSC). The external audit in 2013 resulted in the consequent certification of the system under the ISO 9001:2008 international standard, covering production and dissemination of official statistics, in August of the same year. Following changes to ISO 9001:2008 in 2015, all documentation underwent redesigning under the requirements of the ISO 9001:2015 international standard. The Committee’s compliance with that standard was subjected to external (certification) audit on the 9th and 10th of March 2017, accompanied by the consequent certification of the system under the ISO 9001:2015 international standard, covering production and dissemination of official statistics (https://www.stat.gov.az/menu/2/quality/en/certificate_2015.pdf). The Generic Statistical Business Processes Model (GSBPM) has been operational since 2012 to standardize statistical production. The GSBPM functionality, customized for national requirements, proved to be a response to the needs for the management of statistical processes concerning population estimate The staff of the structural units of SSC headquarters and local statistics authorities attend workshops on quality management system (QMS) no less than once a year. In 2010 and 2017, Eurostat (statistical office of the European Union), UNECE (United Nations Economic Commission for Europe), and EFTA (European Free Trade Association) conducted the Global Assessment of the National Statistical System of the Republic of Azerbaijan, with follow-up activities carried out in response to expert recommendations on system improvements.

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.

The meetings with users on population statistics are organised once a year and their needs are assessed. The requirements with regard to meeting of users' needs are assessed operatively and if obtaining of this requirement is actual then this data is added in official statistical report form for the next year.

Once a year, a meeting is held with the users of demographic and gender statistics to assess their needs. Subsequently, the users logged in to www.stat.gov.az (official website of the State Statistics Committee) to fill in the questionnaire about key branches of statistics, in the section Questionnaire on the provision of statistical data for users.

Data on population statistics are complete. 

Such comparison is not being conducted.

According to Art 4 (2) of the Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 205/2014, each year Member States shall provide the Commission (Eurostat) with data at national and regional level as described in Annex II and related standard reference metadata ( In the metadata structure definition defined for the Euro SDMX Metadata Structure) for the reference year within 12 months of the end of the reference year. According to Art 3 (2) of the Commission Regulation (EU) No 862/2007, Statistics on international migration, usually resident population and acquisition of citizenship shall be supplied to the Commission (Eurostat) within 12 months of the end of the reference year.

Carried out according to statistical works program. There is no delay cases from the date defined in release calendar and program.

 From geographical standpoint it covers economic and administrative regions and towns of the country.

Such estimation is not being conducted.

There has not been any case involving the release of inconsistent statistical data

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Data is gathered in monthly basis.

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.

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 ane detected case of inconsistency with the online database, with the explanations collected from respondents, to make relevant amendments (or alterations) before the end of the reporting period.

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.

 No seasonal adjustments

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