Azerbaijan vs Russia
Azerbaijan vs Russia: Internet users
Internet users: 90.8% in Azerbaijan in 2025 and 94.4% in Russia in 2024, by ITU estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Russia, by 3.9 percentage points, or 1.04 times that in Azerbaijan.
% of people · ITU
What the numbers say
- Russia has been higher since 2018, when it overtook Azerbaijan.
- In 2024, Azerbaijan ranked 54 and Russia ranked 32 of 182 countries, counting from the highest.
- The world as a whole: 71.2% in 2024.
Every year
% of people · ITU
| Year | Azerbaijan | Russia | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 90.8 | – | 73.6 |
| 2024 | 90.4 | 94.4 | 71.2 |
| 2023 | 89 | 92.2 | 69.2 |
| 2022 | 88 | 90.4 | 67 |
| 2021 | 86 | 88.2 | 63.8 |
| 2020 | 84.6 | 85 | 60.1 |
| 2019 | 81.1 | 82.6 | 53.9 |
| 2018 | 79.8 | 80.9 | 49.4 |
| 2017 | 79 | 76 | 46.3 |
| 2016 | 78.2 | 73.1 | 43.6 |
| 2015 | 77 | 70.1 | 39.9 |
| 2014 | 75 | 70.5 | 37.4 |
| 2013 | 73 | 68 | 35.3 |
| 2012 | 54.2 | 66 | 33.3 |
| 2011 | 50 | 58 | 30.9 |
| 2010 | 46 | 49 | 28.4 |
| 2009 | 27.4 | 42.6 | 25.3 |
| 2008 | 17.1 | 32 | 22.8 |
| 2007 | 14.5 | 24.7 | 20.2 |
| 2006 | 12 | 18 | 17.2 |
| 2005 | 8 | 15.2 | 15.6 |
| 2004 | – | 12.9 | – |
| 2003 | – | 8.3 | – |
| 2002 | 5 | 4.1 | – |
| 2001 | 0.3 | 2.9 | – |
| 2000 | 0.1 | 2 | – |
| 1999 | 0.1 | 1 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | 0.8 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | 0.5 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | 0.3 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | 0.1 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | 0.1 | – |
| 1993 | – | 0 | – |
| 1992 | – | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | 0 | – |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- The share of people who used the internet in the last three months, from anywhere.
- Source: ITU, via the World Bank.
- Ranks count the 182 countries with a value in 2024, highest first.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Azerbaijan vs Russia
Health
- Life expectancyAzerbaijan: 74.4 years in 2023Russia: 73.2 years in 2023
- Child mortalityAzerbaijan: 1.8 per 100 live births in 2024Russia: 0.5 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityAzerbaijan: 15 per 1,000 live births in 2023Russia: 3.5 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterAzerbaijan: 71.6% in 2022Russia: 76.2% in 2022
- DepressionAzerbaijan: 2.59% in 2017Russia: 3.71% in 2017
- Suicide rateAzerbaijan: 4.1 per 100,000 people in 2017Russia: 25.1 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationAzerbaijan: 10.3 million people in 2023Russia: 145 million people in 2023
- Population growthAzerbaijan: -0.26% a year in 2023Russia: -0.32% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateAzerbaijan: 1.67 births per woman in 2023Russia: 1.45 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationAzerbaijan: 58.6% in 2025Russia: 75.3% in 2025
- Median ageAzerbaijan: 32.6 years in 2023Russia: 39.5 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overAzerbaijan: 8% in 2023Russia: 16.6% in 2023
- Net migration rateAzerbaijan: -8.2 per 1,000 people in 2023Russia: 0.2 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingAzerbaijan: 6.47% of GDP in 2025Russia: 7.5% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsAzerbaijan: $4.67B in 2025Russia: $158B in 2025
- Military spending per personAzerbaijan: $476 in 2025Russia: $1,318 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingAzerbaijan: 17.7% of government spending in 2025Russia: 19.8% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelAzerbaijan: 82,000 people in 2020Russia: 1.45 million people in 2020
- National powerAzerbaijan: 0.14% of world capability in 2022Russia: 3.82% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersAzerbaijan: 1.58% of the labour force in 2020Russia: 1.98% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsAzerbaijan: 463 million TIV in 2025Russia: 129 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsAzerbaijan: 2 million TIV in 2023Russia: 1.94 billion TIV in 2025