Demographics of Azerbaijan

This article is about the demographic features of the population of Azerbaijan, including population density, ethnicity, education level, health of the populace, economic status, religious affiliations and other aspects of the population.

Azerbaijan: Population and rural population 1958-2006 (in millions). Statistical Committee of Azerbaijan, yearbooks from various years.

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1897	1,806,700	—
1908	2,014,300	+11.5%
1917	2,353,700	+16.8%
1926	2,313,600	−1.7%
1939	3,205,200	+38.5%
1959	3,697,700	+15.4%
1970	5,117,100	+38.4%
1979	6,028,300	+17.8%
1989	7,021,200	+16.5%
1999	7,953,400	+13.3%
2009	8,922,000	+12.2%
2018	9,898,000	+10.9%
2019	9,981,457[1]	+0.8%
Source:[2]

Total population

In thousands[3]

Year	1897	1908	1917	1920	1923	1930	1940	1941	1942	1943	1944	1945	1946	1947	1948	1949	1950	1960	1970	1980	1990	2000	2009	2010	2016	2019
City	305.1	-	560.2	405.8	486.0	750.9	1212.0	1239.8	1195.5	1138.1	1105.8	1118.5	1159.9	1163.1	1110.1	1149.1	1252.3	1835.2	2564.6	3247.5	3847.3	4116.4	4818.7	-
Rural	1501.6	-	1793.5	1546.4	1377.0	1818.6	2062.0	2092.0	1961.6	1780.0	1670.9	1587.1	1574.6	1577.4	1589.2	1583.5	1606.6	1980.5	2552.5	2866.8	3284.6	3916.4	4078.6	-
Total	1806.7	2014.3	2353.7	1952.2	1863.0	2569.5	3274.0	3331.8	3157.1	2918.1	2776.7	2705.6	2734.5	2740.5	2699.3	2732.6	2858.9	3815.7	5117.1	6114.3	7131.9	8032.8	8896.9	9000.0[4]	9747.0[5]	9981.4[6]

Notes about table

• To see the effect of periodical events on the population period until 1950 is not given in decades.

9,047,000[7] (2010)

Vital statistics

[8][9][10]

	Average population	Live births	Deaths	Natural change	Crude birth rate (per 1000)	Crude death rate (per 1000)	Natural change (per 1000)	Total Fertility Rate
1935	2,933,800	65,245	32,134	33,111	22.0	10.8	11.2
1936	3,004,300	75,761	34,966	40,795	24.9	11.5	13.4
1937	3,082,600	110,341	40,787	69,554	35.3	13.1	22.2
1938	3,167,400	99,729	40,937	58,792	31.3	12.8	18.5
1939	3,205,200	101,529	39,828	61,701	31.4	12.3	19.1
1940	3,274,000	96,981	48,568	48,413	29.4	14.7	14.7
1941	3,331,800	75,735	41,144	34,591	23.3	12.7	10.6
1942	3,157,100	53,410	52,993	417	17.6	17.4	0.2
1943	2,918,100	28,958	43,510	-14,552	10.2	15.3	-5.1
1944	2,776,700	33,564	40,671	-7,107	12.2	14.8	-2.6
1945	2,705,600	39,818	39,027	791	14.6	14.3	0.3
1946	2,737,500	62,727	23,233	39,494	22.9	8.5	14.4
1947	2,719,900	80,046	23,509	56,537	29.4	8.6	20.8
1948	2,716,000	78,324	26,632	51,692	28.8	9.8	19.0
1949	2,795,800	83,760	29,102	54,658	30.0	10.4	19.6
1950	2,896,200	90,280	27,746	62,534	31.2	9.6	21.6
1951	2,995,000	100,979	27,331	73,648	33.7	9.1	24.6
1952	3,102,900	106,687	30,244	76,443	34.4	9.7	24.6
1953	3,170,600	101,378	29,707	71,671	32.0	9.4	22.6
1954	3,234,600	117,428	28,855	88,573	36.3	8.9	27.4
1955	3,326,000	125,599	25,074	100,525	37.8	7.5	30.2
1956	3,429,600	134,594	23,931	110,663	39.2	7.0	32.3
1957	3,539,700	139,529	25,667	113,862	39.4	7.3	32.2
1958	3,644,000	147,534	27,119	120,415	40.5	7.4	33.0
1959	3,754,300	155,872	26,086	129,786	41.5	6.9	34.6
1960	3,894,500	165,849	25,918	139,931	42.6	6.7	35.9
1961	4,045,800	170,504	27,295	143,209	42.1	6.7	35.4	5.2
1962	4,168,200	168,341	30,901	137,440	40.4	7.4	33.0	5.2
1963	4,293,600	175,033	30,230	144,803	40.8	7.0	33.7	5.4
1964	4,439,300	176,546	31,841	144,705	39.8	7.2	32.6	5.5
1965	4,574,700	167,429	29,095	138,334	36.6	6.4	30.2	5.5
1966	4,708,200	166,545	31,657	134,888	35.4	6.7	28.6	5.3
1967	4,832,000	157,270	32,338	124,932	32.5	6.7	25.9	5.1
1968	4,948,500	158,962	32,950	126,012	32.1	6.7	25.5	5.0
1969	5,061,100	148,078	35,428	112,650	29.3	7.0	22.3	4.8
1970	5,169,900	150,976	34,506	116,470	29.2	6.7	22.5	4.7
1971	5,283,000	146,261	34,236	112,025	27.7	6.5	21.2	4.6
1972	5,391,500	137,752	35,658	102,094	25.6	6.6	18.9	4.1
1973	5,493,900	138,569	34,770	103,799	25.2	6.3	18.9	4.1
1974	5,594,100	139,084	36,082	103,002	24.9	6.5	18.4	4.0
1975	5,689,100	141,857	39,291	102,566	24.9	6.9	18.0	3.7
1976	5,781,000	147,199	38,029	109,170	25.5	6.6	18.9	3.9
1977	5,876,200	146,822	39,035	107,787	25.0	6.6	18.3	3.8
1978	5,974,200	148,812	39,936	108,876	24.9	6.7	18.2	3.6
1979	6,069,300	153,080	43,022	110,058	25.2	7.1	18.1	3.5
1980	6,160,500	154,974	43,064	111,910	25.2	7.0	18.2	3.3
1981	6,257,800	164,577	42,898	121,679	26.3	6.9	19.4	3.2
1982	6,357,600	160,425	42,376	118,049	25.2	6.7	18.6	3.1
1983	6,459,800	168,644	42,944	125,700	26.1	6.6	19.5	3.0
1984	6,567,900	174,437	44,845	129,592	26.6	6.8	19.7	3.0
1985	6,670,200	177,657	45,179	132,478	26.6	6.8	19.9	2.9
1986	6,770,300	186,609	45,344	141,265	27.6	6.7	20.9	2.9
1987	6,875,400	184,585	45,744	138,841	26.8	6.7	20.2	2.9
1988	6,972,900	184,350	47,485	136,865	26.4	6.8	19.6	2.8
1989	7,074,800	181,631	44,016	137,615	25.7	6.2	19.5	2.8
1990	7,175,200	182,989	42,819	140,170	25.5	6.0	19.5	2.77
1991	7,271,300	190,353	44,659	145,694	26.2	6.1	20.0	2.9
1992	7,382,100	181,361	51,258	130,103	24.6	6.9	17.6	2.7
1993	7,494,800	174,618	52,809	121,809	23.3	7.0	16.3	2.7
1994	7,596,600	159,761	54,921	104,840	21.0	7.2	13.8	2.5
1995	7,684,900	143,315	50,828	92,487	18.6	6.6	12.0	2.29
1996	7,763,000	129,247	48,242	81,005	16.6	6.2	10.4	2.10
1997	7,838,300	132,052	46,962	85,090	16.8	6.0	10.9	2.10
1998	7,912,000	123,996	46,299	77,697	15.7	5.9	9.8	2.00
1999	7,990,100	117,539	46,295	71,244	14.7	5.8	8.9	2.00
2000	8,073,600	116,994	46,701	70,293	14.7	5.9	8.8	1.99
2001	8,152,900	110,356	45,284	65,072	13.7	5.6	8.1	1.83
2002	8,230,300	110,715	46,522	64,193	13.7	5.7	8.0	1.84
2003	8,309,200	113,467	49,001	64,466	13.9	6.0	7.9	1.91
2004	8,398,300	131,609	49,568	82,041	15.9	6.0	9.9	2.10
2005	8,447,400	141,901	51,962	89,939	16.9	6.2	10.7	2.33
2006	8,553,100	148,946	52,248	96,698	17.5	6.2	11.3	2.33
2007	8,666,100	151,963	53,655	98,308	17.7	6.2	11.5	2.33
2008	8,779,900	152,086	52,710	99,376	17.4	6.0	11.4	2.25
2009	8,897,000	152,139	52,514	99,625	17.2	5.9	11.3	2.26
2010	8,997,600	165,643	53,580	112,063	18.5	6.0	12.5	2.27
2011	9,111,100	176,072	53,762	122,310	19.4	5.9	13.5	2.38
2012	9,235,100	174,469	55,017	119,452	19.0	6.0	13.0	2.34
2013	9,356,500	172,671	54,383	118,288	18.6	5.8	12.8	2.22
2014	9,477,100	170,503	55,648	114,855	18.1	5.9	12.2	2.18
2015	9,593,000	166,210	54,697	111,513	17.4	5.7	11.7	2.12
2016	9,705,600	159,464	56,648	102,816	16.5	5.9	10.6	2.02
2017	9,810,000	144,041	57,109	86,932	14.8	5.9	8.9	1.90
2018	9,898,000	138,982	57,250	81,732	14.2	5.8	8.4	1.80
2019	9,981,400	141,179	55,916	85,263	14.3	5.6	8.7	1.8

Prediction of Azerbaijan population[11]

Year	Population	Yearly % Change	Yearly change	Median age	Fertility rate	Density P/Km²	Urban Pop. %	Urban Population	Country's share of World Pop.	World Population	Azerbaijan Global rank
2020	10.099.743	0.98%	96.452	32.4	2/04	122	55.7%	5.626.766	0.13%	7,795,482,309	91
2025	10.442.074	0.67%	68.466	34.6	1.98	126	57.1%	5.961.261	0.13%	8,185,613,757	90
2030	10.680.202	0.45%	47.626	36.7	1.94	129	58.6%	6.259.496	0.12%	8,551,198,644	92
2035	10.860.905	0.34%	36.141	38.3	1.90	131	60.2%	6.537.855	0.12%	8,892,701,940	93
2040	10.988.920	0.23%	25.603	39.2	1.87	133	61.8%	6.788.584	0.12%	9,210,337,004	95
2050	11.039.198	-0.02%	-2.036	40.0	1.83	134	64.6%	7.136.014	0.11%	9,771,822,753	95

Current birth and death statistics

[12]

• Number of births from January–June 2019 = 66,687 (13.6)
• Number of deaths from January–June 2019 = 28,745 (5.9)
• Natural growth from January–June 2019 = 37,942 (7.7)

Structure of the population [13]

Structure of the population (01.07.2012) (Estimates) :

Age Group	Male	Female	Total	%
Total	4 616 139	4 679 645	9 295 784	100
0-4	424 224	364 639	788 863	8,49
5-9	331 543	290 248	621 791	6,69
10-14	349 403	309 664	659 067	7,09
15-19	427 434	395 702	823 136	8,85
20-24	471 966	468 961	940 927	10,12
25-29	436 352	449 314	885 666	9,53
30-34	374 627	377 208	751 835	8,09
35-39	308 030	321 923	629 953	6,78
40-44	312 384	337 501	649 885	6,99
45-49	317 396	348 790	666 186	7,17
50-54	309 238	332 171	641 409	6,90
55-59	202 120	223 269	425 389	4,58
60-64	128 100	148 800	276 900	2,98
65-69	57 499	72 190	129 689	1,40
70-74	72 995	99 345	172 340	1,85
75-79	55 132	78 468	133 600	1,44
80-84	27 839	40 680	68 519	0,74
85-89	7 756	14 359	22 115	0,24
90-94	1 759	4 441	6 200	0,07
95-99	294	1 109	1 403	0,02
100+	48	863	911	0,01

Age group	Male	Female	Total	Percent
0-14	1 105 170	964 551	2 069 721	22,27
15-64	3 287 647	3 403 639	6 691 286	71,98
65+	223 322	311 455	534 777	5,75

Fertility rate (The Demographic Health Survey) [14]

Fertility Rate (TFR) (Wanted Fertility Rate) and CBR (Crude Birth Rate):

Year	CBR (Total)	TFR (Total)	CBR (Urban)	TFR (Urban)	CBR (Rural)	TFR (Rural)
2006	17,2	2,0 (1,8)	15,6	1,8 (1,7)	19,3	2,3 (2,0)

Geographical differences

As of 2016, Azerbaijan has a crude birth rate of 16.5‰. Rural areas tend to have higher birth rates compared to urban areas.

Crude birth rate by towns and regions in Azerbaijan [15]

Town/region	CBR in 1990 (‰)	CBR in 2000 (‰)	CBR in 2010 (‰)	CBR in 2016 (‰)
Baku (city)	19.5	11.6	17.3	14.9
Absheron District	28.2	14.5	11.9	13.6
Sumqayit (city)	25.1	12.5	14.9	15.2
Ganja (city)	20.7	9.5	12.5	11.3
Agstafa District	15.9	14.7	18.6	17.7
Tovuz District	26.3	17.4	18.5	18.6
Shamkir District	27.8	13.7	21.2	18.3
Gadabay District	25.1	18.0	19.5	16.2
Dashkasan District	33.8	18.5	20.5	16.0
Samukh District	-	11.3	16.7	17.9
Goranboy District	26.9	15.4	19.0	18.2
Goygol District	23.9	12.8	17.2	16.6
Republic of Azerbaijan	25.9	14.7	18.5	16.5

Life expectancy

Period	Life expectancy in Years	Period	Life expectancy in Years
1950–1955	58.4	1985–1990	65.2
1955–1960	60.4	1990–1995	64.6
1960–1965	61.5	1995–2000	66.2
1965–1970	62.6	2000–2005	67.4
1970–1975	63.5	2005–2010	70.1
1975–1980	63.9	2010–2015	71.6
1980–1985	64.4

Source: UN World Population Prospects[16]

Ethnic groups

Population of Azerbaijan according to ethnic group 1926–2009[17][18]

Ethnic group	Census 1926^1		Census 1939^2		Census 1959^3		Census 1970^4		Census 1979^5		Census 1989^6		Census 1999^6		Census 2009[19]
	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%
Azerbaijanis	1,437,977	62.1	1,870,471	58.4	2,494,381	67.5	3,776,778	73.8	4,708,832	78.1	5,804,980	82.7	7,205,464	90.6	8,172,809	91.6
Lezgins	37,263	1.6	111,666	3.5	98,211	2.7	137,250	2.7	158,057	2.6	171,395	2.4	178,021	2.2	180,312	2.02
Armenians	282,004	12.2	388,025	12.1	442,089	12.0	483,520	9.4	475,486	7.9	390,505	5.6	120,745^8	1.5	120,306^8	1.35
Russians	220,545	9.5	528,318	16.5	501,282	13.6	510,059	10.0	475,255	7.9	392,304	5.6	141,687	1.8	119,307	1.35
Talysh	77,323	3.3	87,510	2.7	85	0.0					21,169	0.3	76,841	1.0	111,996	1.26
Avars	19,104	0.8	15,740	0.5	17,254	0.5	30,735	0.6	35,991	0.6	44,072	0.6	50,871	0.6	49,838	0.56
Turks	95	0.0	600	0.0	202	0.0	8,491	0.2	7,926	0.1	17,705	0.3	43,454	0.5	37,975	0.43
Tatars	9,948	0.4	27,591	0.9	29,370	0.8	31,353	0.6	31,204	0.5	28,019	0.4	30,011	0.4	25,911	0.29
Tats	28,443	1.2	2,289	0.1	5,887	0.2	7,769	0.2	8,848	0.1	10,239	0.1	10,922	0.1	25,218	0.28
Ukrainians	18,241	0.8	23,643	0.7	25,778	0.7	29,160	0.6	26,402	0.4	32,345	0.5	28,984	0.4	21,509	0.24
Tsakhurs	15,552	0.7	6,464	0.2	2,876	0.1	6,208	0.1	8,546	0.1	13,318	0.2	15,877	0.2	12,289	0.14
Udins	2,445	0.1			3,202	0.1	5,492	0.1	5,841	0.1	6,125	0.1	4,152	0.1	3,821	0.04
Georgians	9,500	0.4	10,196	0.3	9,526	0.3	13,595	0.3	11,412	0.2	14,197	0.2	14,877	0.2	9,912	0.11
Jews	20,578	0.9	41,245	1.3	40,198	1.1	48,652	1.0	35,487	0.6	30,792	0.4	8,916	0.1	9,084	0.1
Kurds	41,193^7	1.8	6,005	0.2	1,487	0.0	5,488	0.1	5,676	0.1	12,226	0.2	13,075	0.2	6,065	0.07
Others	94,360	4.1	85,387	2.7	25,889	0.7	22,531	0.4	31,552	0.5	31,787	0.5	9,541	0.1	16,095	0.11
Total	2,314,571		3,205,150		3,697,717		5,117,081		6,026,515		7,021,178		7,953,438		8,922,447
^1 Source: . ^2 Source: . ^3 Source: . ^4 Source: . ^5 Source: . ^6 Source: . ^7 Almost all Kurds lived in Kurdistan Uyezd, the territory between Armenia and Nagorno Karabach. In the late 1930s Soviet authorities deported most of the Kurdish population of Azerbaijan to Kazakhstan. ^8 Almost all Armenians live in the break-away region of Nagorno Karabach since the early 1990s.

Demographic statistics

Languages[20]

• Azerbaijani (official) 92.5%
• Russian 1.4%
• Other 4.7% t.)

Ethnic groups[20]

• Azerbaijanis 91.6%
• Lezgins 2%
• Russians 1.3%,
• Armenians 1.3%
• Talysh 1.3%
• Other 2.4%

Age structure

0-14 years: 22.7% (male 1,176,438/female 1,017,926)

15-24 years: 17.5% (male 877,773/female 818,380)

25-54 years: 45.1% (male 2,127,239/female 2,236,520)

55-64 years: 8.5% (male 379,081/female 442,970)

65 years and over: 6.3% (male 232,297/female 377,586) (2014 est.)

Median age

Total: 30.7 years[21]

Male: 28.5 years

Female: 31.9 years (2014 est.)

Urbanization

Urban population:5.554.445 people. This is 55.5% of total population (2019)[22]

Rate of urbanization: 1.64% of annual rate of change (2010-15 est.)

Sex ratio

See also: Women in Azerbaijan

At birth: 1.12 male(s)/female

0-14 years: 1.16 male(s)/female

15-24 years: 1.07 male(s)/female

25-54 years: 0.95 male(s)/female

55-64 years: 0.98 male(s)/female

65 years and over: 0.62 male(s)/female

Total population: 0.98 male(s)/female (2014 est.)

Infant mortality rate

Total: 26.67 deaths/1,000 live births

Country comparison to the world: 69

Male: 27.47 deaths/1,000 live births

Female: 25.76 deaths/1,000 live births (2014 est.)

Life expectancy at birth

Total population: 71.91 years[23]

Country comparison to the world: 141

Male: 68.92 years

Female: 75.26 years (2014 est.)

Total fertility rate

2.04 children born/woman (2009 est.)

1.92 children born/woman (2012 est.)

1.91 children born/woman (2014 est.)

Country comparison to the world: 138

HIV/AIDS

Adult prevalence rate: less than 0.2% (2012 est.)

Country comparison to the world: 106

People living with HIV/AIDS: 10.400 (2012 est.)

Country comparison to the world: 102

Deaths: 65 (2012 est.)

Country comparison to the world: 85

Nationality

Noun: Azerbaijani(s)

Adjective: Azerbaijani

Religions[20]

• Islam 96.9% (predominantly Shia)
• Christian 3%
• Other <0.1
• Unaffiliated <0.1

Note: Religious affiliation is still nominal in Azerbaijan; percentages for actual practicing adherents are much lower.

Literacy

Definition: age 15 and over can read and write

Total population: 99.8%

Male: 99.9%

Female: 99.7% (2010 census)

Education expenditures

2.4% of total GDP (2011)

Country comparison to the world: 158

See also

Census in Azerbaijan

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