Azerbaijan vs Russia
Azerbaijan vs Russia: National power
National power in 2022: 0.14% of world capability in Azerbaijan and 3.82% of world capability in Russia, by Correlates of War estimates. In 2022 the value was higher in Russia, by 3.68 percentage points, or 28 times that in Azerbaijan.
% of world capability · Correlates of War
What the numbers say
- Russia has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1992.
- In 2022, Azerbaijan ranked 77 and Russia ranked 4 of 195 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
% of world capability · Correlates of War
| Year | Azerbaijan | Russia |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 0.14 | 3.82 |
| 2021 | 0.15 | 3.49 |
| 2020 | 0.14 | 3.41 |
| 2019 | 0.14 | 3.46 |
| 2018 | 0.14 | 3.58 |
| 2017 | 0.14 | 3.58 |
| 2016 | 0.14 | 3.65 |
| 2015 | 0.14 | 3.68 |
| 2014 | 0.14 | 3.92 |
| 2013 | 0.14 | 3.9 |
| 2012 | 0.14 | 3.96 |
| 2011 | 0.14 | 3.98 |
| 2010 | 0.14 | 3.91 |
| 2009 | 0.14 | 3.92 |
| 2008 | 0.15 | 4.09 |
| 2007 | 0.14 | 4.1 |
| 2006 | 0.14 | 4.11 |
| 2005 | 0.13 | 4.07 |
| 2004 | 0.14 | 4.76 |
| 2003 | 0.14 | 4.97 |
| 2002 | 0.15 | 4.96 |
| 2001 | 0.14 | 5.35 |
| 2000 | 0.14 | 5.14 |
| 1999 | 0.13 | 5.14 |
| 1998 | 0.13 | 5.12 |
| 1997 | 0.13 | 5.59 |
| 1996 | 0.13 | 5.91 |
| 1995 | 0.13 | 6.29 |
| 1994 | 0.12 | 6.7 |
| 1993 | 0.12 | 5.8 |
| 1992 | 0.13 | 6.72 |
| 1991 | 0.09 | – |
| 1922 | – | 14.44 |
| 1921 | – | 14.85 |
| 1920 | – | 10.32 |
| 1919 | – | 6.31 |
| 1918 | – | 3.74 |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- The Correlates of War’s Composite Index of National Capability: the country’s share of the world’s military spending, soldiers, iron and steel, energy use, people and city dwellers, averaged.
- Source: Correlates of War Project, National Material Capabilities v7.0; Singer, Bremer and Stuckey (1972), “Capability Distribution, Uncertainty, and Major Power War, 1820–1965”, in Bruce Russett (ed.), Peace, War, and Numbers, Sage, 19–48.
- Ranks count the 195 countries with a value in 2022, highest first.
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
- 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