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Azerbaijan GIS data sources

Region
Western Asia
ISO 3166
AZ · AZE
Sources
9
Themes
8
Last verified

Where to download GIS data for Azerbaijan: 9 sources across 8 themes, led by UN OCHA and State Service on Property Issues. 4 offer vector downloads such as Shapefile, GeoPackage or GeoJSON. 5 are under an open licence. Every link was last checked on 18 Oct 2026.

Country atlases

National and OpenStreetMap sources for Azerbaijan

Boundaries & admin 2

Administrative boundary data for every country

  • Azerbaijan - Subnational Administrative Boundaries (opens in a new tab)

    Download Cost: Free

    UN OCHA (HDX)

    Common Operational Dataset of subnational administrative boundaries with P-codes; source: www.gadm.org and Open Street Map.

    • Boundaries & admin
    Licence
    CC BY 3.0 IGO
    Formats
    File geodatabase, Shapefile, GeoJSON, XLSX
    Link
    data.humdata.org

    Verified

  • geoBoundaries administrative boundaries (opens in a new tab)

    API Cost: Free

    William & Mary geoLab

    JSON API listing every available admin level with direct download links.

    • Boundaries & admin
    Licence
    Varies (open; see metadata)
    Formats
    GeoJSON, Shapefile, TopoJSON
    Link
    geoboundaries.org

    Verified

Buildings 1

Building footprint data for every country

  • Buildings of Azerbaijan (opens in a new tab)

    Download Cost: Free

    Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HDX)

    OpenStreetMap building footprints exported by HOT and refreshed regularly.

    • Buildings
    Licence
    ODbL 1.0
    Formats
    GeoPackage, GeoParquet, Shapefile, GeoJSON, PMTiles
    Link
    data.humdata.org

    Verified

Population 2

Gridded population data for every country

  • Azerbaijan - Subnational Population Statistics (opens in a new tab)

    Download Cost: Free

    UN OCHA (HDX)

    Common Operational Dataset of population estimates by administrative unit, joinable to the COD-AB via P-codes; source: State Statistical Committee of the Republic of Azerbaijan.

    • Population
    • Census & statistics
    Licence
    CC BY 3.0 IGO
    Formats
    XLSX, CSV
    Link
    data.humdata.org

    Verified

  • WorldPop population data – Azerbaijan (opens in a new tab)

    Download Cost: Free

    WorldPop, University of Southampton

    100 m and 1 km gridded population counts, age/sex structure and related layers.

    • Population
    Licence
    CC BY 4.0
    Formats
    GeoTIFF
    Link
    hub.worldpop.org

    Verified

Census & statistics 1

Census and statistics data for every country

Addresses & cadastre 1

Address and cadastral data for every country

  • State Service on Property Issues (opens in a new tab)

    Portal Cost: Paid

    State Service on Property Issues (Ministry of Economy)

    National body for the real estate registry, cadastre and state geodesy and cartography.

    • Addresses & cadastre
    Licence
    See publisher terms
    Link
    emlak.gov.az

    Verified

Transport 1

Road, rail and transport data for every country

Climate & weather 1

Climate and weather data for every country

Global datasets that cover Azerbaijan

Worldwide and continental layers that include Azerbaijan, useful where national data is missing, restricted or inconsistent across borders.

Boundaries & admin
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Imagery
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Buildings
Population
Census & statistics
Addresses & cadastre
Transport
Hydrology
Climate & weather

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