Azerbaijani population

The Azerbaijani people are a Turkic ethnic group, whose origins are in the Caucasus and Middle East. The region of Iran generally Iranian Azerbaijan, Caucasus generally Azerbaijan, Borchali and Dagestan, Anatolia generally Iğdır and Kars. the original geographic region of the Azerbaijani people and the home to the majority of Azerbaijani today. This geo-cultural region means "Land of the Azerbaijanis". a space was carved out to develop Azerbaijani culture, Azerbaijani language, Azerbaijani art, Azerbaijani literature, Azerbaijani folklore, Azerbaijani music, Azerbaijani dances, Azerbaijani Traditional dress, Azerbaijani cuisine and Azerbaijani identity.

Traditional areas

Azerbaijani native population; in Azerbaijan, Iran, Dagestan, Georgia, Turkey

Map of Dagestan. Azerbaijani populated regions are shown in yellow

Iranian Azerbaijani-Americans in Nowruz celebration parade on a cloudy afternoon.

Azerbaijani Americans protesting near the U.S. Capitol, Spring 2013.

Iran

Main articles: Iranian Azerbaijanis, List of Iranian Azerbaijanis, Demographics of Iran, and Ethnic minorities in Iran

According to a report by Ethnologue, in 2013, out of the total population of 70,496,000 million people in Iran[1] there were 15.5 million Azerbaijani living in Iran[2] (Above to 20% of the total population). New America Foundation has reported in 2009 that the Azerbaijani population in Iran is 21.6%.[3] According to the World Factbook[4] and Library of Congress,[5] Azerbaijani people make up 16% of Iran's population (about 12–13 million, out of 77 million people) the online encyclopaedia of writing systems & languages report South Azerbaijani variety has about 16.9 million speakers mainly in the northwest of Iran, and also in parts of Iraq and Turkey, and in Afghanistan and Syria.[6]

Azerbaijani mostly live in West and northwest parts of Iran. But large Azerbaijani populations can be found in central Iran due to internal migration. Azerbaijanis make up 25%[7] of Tehran's population and 30.3%[8] – 33%[9][10] of the population of the Tehran Province. Azerbaijanis in Tehran live in all of the cities Tehran Province.[11] They are the largest ethnic groups after Persians in Tehran and the Tehran Province.[12][13] There are Iranian Azerbaijanis with Khorasani Turks living in Khorasan Province area, Some Azerbaijanis have emigrated and to Khorasan.[14]

Republic of Azerbaijan

Main articles: Azerbaijan, Demographics of Azerbaijan, and Ethnic minorities in Azerbaijan

Azerbaijanis make up the majority of the Azerbaijan. The ethnic composition of the population according to the 2009 population census: 91.6% of the population in the Republic of Azerbaijan are Azerbaijanis.[15] According to the World Factbook, Azerbaijani people make up 90.6% of Azerbaijan's population in 1999.[16] According to the statistics presented by the World Bank Data, the total number of Azerbaijani population in 2017 was 9,862.430 million people.

Dagestan

Main articles: Azerbaijanis of Dagestan and Demographics of Russia

Azerbaijanis of Dagestan are Azerbaijani branch of the indigenous peoples of Dagestan Republic.[17][18] Based on the latest census Russian Federation in 2010, 130,919 person Azeris live in Dagestan.[19] which makes them the region's sixth largest ethnic group and 4.5% of its total population.[20]

Borchali

Main articles: Borchali and Demographics of Georgia (country)

Borchali is a region of Georgia largely populated by ethnic Azerbaijanis. Historical name of present day-Kvemo Kartli. In 2002, Kvemo Kartli province of Georgia had the following ethnic makeup of 497,530 total population, and 45.1% are Azerbaijanis.[21]

Iğdır and Kars

Main articles: Iğdır, Kars Province, Demographics of Turkey, and Minorities in Turkey

Azerbaijani native in Turkey living in Iğdır and Kars Province from the Eastern Anatolia Region. By 1990, about 400,000 Azerbaijanis lived in a belt of land on the Turkish side of the Soviet border.[22] They currently are the largest ethnic group in the city of Iğdır[23] and second largest ethnic group in Kars Province.[24]

Diaspora

Main article: Azerbaijani diaspora

Country	Official figures	Current est. Azerbaijanis population	№ of Azerbaijanis	List of Azerbaijanis by country
Iran		13,000,000[25]	Azerbaijanis in Iran	List of Iranian Azerbaijanis
Azerbaijan	9,981,457 [26]
Russia (Including Temporary Population)	603,070 (Census 2010)[27]	1,500,000[28][29] to 3,000,000 [30]	Azerbaijanis in Russia	List of Russian Azerbaijanis
Turkey		80,000 to 800,000	Azerbaijanis in Turkey	List of Turkish Azerbaijanis
Georgia	284,761 (2002)[31]	360,000 (2007)[32]	Azerbaijanis in Georgia	List of Georgian Azerbaijanis
Kazakhstan	85,292 (2009)[33]	150,000[34]	Azerbaijanis in Kazakhstan
Germany	15,219 (2006)	200,000[35]	Azerbaijanis in Germany
Ukraine	45,176 (2001)[36]		Azerbaijanis in Ukraine
Netherlands		18,000 (2009)[37]
Kyrgyzstan	17,267(2009)[38]		Azerbaijanis in Kyrgyzstan
United Kingdom		15,000 (2009)[39]	Azerbaijanis in the United Kingdom
United States	14,205 Republic of Azerbaijan(2000)[40] – 40,400 Iranian Azerbaijanis[41]	400,000[42][43][44]	Azerbaijani American	List of Azerbaijanian Americans
Canada	4,580 (2011)[45]	80,000[46]	Azerbaijani Canadian
France		1,112 (asylum-seekers),[47] 70,000[48]	Azerbaijanis in France
Uzbekistan	44,410 (1989)[49]		Azerbaijanis in Uzbekistan
Turkmenistan	33,365 (1989)[50]		Azerbaijanis in Turkmenistan
Belarus	5,567 (2009)[51]
Latvia	1,697 (2001)[52]
Estonia	880 (2000)[53]
Lithuania	788[53]
Tajikistan	800 (2000)[54]
Australia	300[55]
Austria	1 000.[56]
Denmark	231[57]
Armenia	no data available		Azerbaijanis in Armenia	List of Armenian Azerbaijanis
World		30–35 million [58]

See also

• Azerbaijan
• Azerbaijani diaspora
• Azerbaijani people
• Iranian Azerbaijan

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Notes

^a Pars Advanced Research Scholars Ltd, under Council of Public Cilture (Iran) Agent of World Bank in Iran.[59]

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