Baku / 07.03.19 / Turan: Women make up 50.1% of the population of Azerbaijan, the State Statistics Committee said on the occasion of the International Women's Day on March 8.
At the beginning of 2019, the number of women in Azerbaijan became 4 million 999.1 thousand
Among 139 thousand children born last year, 46.6% were girls.
Among the employed population of Azerbaijan, women make up 48.2%.
Women make up 80.1% of teachers in secondary schools, 78.9% of teachers in secondary specialized educational institutions, and 52% of university teachers. 62% of doctors are women. They also make up 58.1% of research workers. Over the past five years, the number of women PhD and Doctors of Science has increased by 1.3 times.
The proportion of women among civil servants is 28.6%, MPs - 16.8%, and entrepreneurs - 21.5%.
Over the past 10 years, the number of women who received a driver's license has increased by almost two times. While in 2008 the proportion of women among licensed drivers was 4.6%, in 2018 it became 7.4%. -06D--
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