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Demographic indicators

7. Migration
Methodological explonations

The information on migration between Azerbaijan, CIS and other foreign countries is obtained as a result of processing of data indicated in cut out coupan attached to statistical register from of arrived (departure) migrants compiled by local bodies of Migration department of Ministry of Internal Affairs.
Immigrants - is the number of those with the permission to enter the country for constant 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).
Definitions of "immigrants" and "emigrants" with certain conditionality characterize migration, as the place of constant residence of a person can change several times over a year.
Net migration growth is a difference between number of departure during calendar year.
Migration growth rate is computed as ratio between the migration growth to the current data on average annual number of resident population. Migration growth for the calendar year is a ration to the average annual population size. As general ratios it is computed per 1000 of population.

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