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.

Total population (in thousands) ^[1]

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
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.[2]

Notes about table

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

9,047,000^[3] (2010)

Vital statistics^[4][5]

	Average population (x 1000)	Live births	Deaths	Natural change	Crude birth rate (per 1000)	Crude death rate (per 1000)	Natural change (per 1000)
1960	3 895	165 849	25 918	139 931	42.6	6.7	35.9
1961	4 026	170 504	27 295	143 209	42.4	6.8	35.6
1962	4 163	168 341	30 901	137 440	40.4	7.4	33.0
1963	4 303	175 033	30 230	144 803	40.7	7.0	33.7
1964	4 441	176 546	31 841	144 705	39.8	7.2	32.6
1965	4 575	167 429	29 095	138 334	36.6	6.4	30.2
1966	4 703	166 545	31 657	134 888	35.4	6.7	28.7
1967	4 826	157 270	32 338	124 932	32.6	6.7	25.9
1968	4 945	158 962	32 950	126 012	32.1	6.7	25.4
1969	5 060	148 078	35 428	112 650	29.3	7.0	22.3
1970	5 172	150 976	34 506	116 470	29.2	6.7	22.5
1971	5 281	146 261	34 236	112 025	27.7	6.5	21.2
1972	5 387	137 752	35 658	102 094	25.6	6.6	19.0
1973	5 491	138 569	34 770	103 799	25.2	6.3	18.9
1974	5 591	139 084	36 082	103 002	24.9	6.5	18.4
1975	5 689	141 857	39 291	102 566	24.9	6.9	18.0
1976	5 784	147 199	38 029	109 170	25.4	6.6	18.8
1977	5 878	146 822	39 035	107 787	25.0	6.6	18.4
1978	5 970	148 812	39 936	108 876	24.9	6.7	18.2
1979	6 028	153 080	43 022	110 058	25.4	7.1	18.3
1980	6 161	154 974	43 064	111 910	25.2	7.0	18.2
1981	6 260	164 577	42 898	121 679	26.3	6.9	19.4
1982	6 351	160 425	42 376	118 049	25.3	6.7	18.6
1983	6 453	168 644	42 944	125 700	26.1	6.7	19.5
1984	6 560	174 437	44 845	129 592	26.6	6.8	19.8
1985	6 661	177 657	45 179	132 478	26.7	6.8	19.9
1986	6 760	186 609	45 344	141 265	27.6	6.7	20.9
1987	6 866	184 585	45 744	138 841	26.9	6.7	20.2
1988	6 980	184 350	47 485	136 865	26.4	6.8	19.6
1989	7 085	181 631	44 016	137 615	25.6	6.2	19.4
1990	7 153	182 989	42 819	140 170	25.6	6.0	19.6
1991	7 271	190 353	44 659	145 694	26.2	6.1	20.0
1992	7 382	181 361	51 258	130 103	24.6	6.9	17.6
1993	7 495	174 618	52 809	121 809	23.3	7.0	16.3
1994	7 597	159 761	54 921	104 840	21.0	7.2	13.8
1995	7 685	143 315	50 828	92 487	18.6	6.6	12.0
1996	7 763	129 247	48 242	81 005	16.6	6.2	10.4
1997	7 838	132 052	46 962	85 090	16.8	6.0	10.9
1998	7 915	123 996	46 299	77 697	15.7	5.8	9.8
1999	7 985	117 539	46 295	71 244	14.7	5.8	8.9
2000	8 074	116 994	46 701	70 293	14.5	5.8	8.7
2001	8 153	110 356	45 284	65 072	13.5	5.6	8.0
2002	8 230	110 715	46 522	64 193	13.5	5.7	7.8
2003	8 309	113 467	49 001	64 466	13.7	5.9	7.8
2004	8 398	131 609	49 568	82 041	15.7	5.9	9.8
2005	8 500	141 901	51 962	89 939	16.7	6.1	10.6
2006	8 609	148 946	52 248	96 698	17.3	6.1	11.2
2007	8 723	151 963	53 655	98 308	17.4	6.2	11.3
2008	8 838	152 086	52 710	99 376	17.2	6.0	11.3
2009	8 947	152 139	52 514	99 625	17.0	5.9	11.1
2010		165 643	53 580	112 063	18.5	6.0	12.5

Ethnic groups ^[6][7]

Population of Azerbaijan according to ethnic group 1926–1999

Ethnic group	census 19261		census 19392		census 19593		census 19704		census 19795		census 19896		census 19996		census 2009[8]
	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	8,172,800	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	180,300	2.02
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	119,300	1.35
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	120,7458	1.5	120,3008	1.35
Talysh	77,323	3.3	87,510	2.7	85	0.0					21,169	0.3	76,841	1.0	112,000	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	49,800	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	38,000	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	25,900	0,29
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	21,500	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	12,300	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	3,800	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	9,900	0.11
Kurds	41,1937	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	6,100	0.07
Tat	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	25,200	0.28
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	9,100	0.1
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	9,500	0.11
Total	2,314,571		3,205,150		3,697,717		5,117,081		6,026,515		7,021,178		7,953,438		8,922,400
1 Source: [2]. 2 Source: [3]. 3 Source: [4]. 4 Source: [5]. 5 Source: [6]. 6 Source: [7]. 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.

Languages

Azerbaijani (Azeri) 92.3%, Lezgi 2.2%, Russian 1.8%, other 3.3%, unspecified 1% (1999 census)

Demographic statistics

The following demographic statistics are from the CIA World Factbook, unless otherwise indicated.

Age structure

0-14 years: 25.8% (male 1,046,501/female 1,011,492)

15-64 years: 66.3% (male 2,573,134/female 2,706,275)

65 years and over: 7.8% (male 246,556/female 377,661) (2006 est.)

Median age

Total: 28.2 years

Male: 26.6 years

Female: 30 years (2009 est.)

Urbanization

Urban population: 52% of total population (2008)

Rate of urbanization: 1% of annual rate of change (2005-10 est.)

Sex ratio

See also: Women in Azerbaijan

At birth: 1.13 male(s)/female

Under 15 years: 1.12 male(s)/female

15-64 years: 0.96 male(s)/female

65 years and over: 0.58 male(s)/female

Total population: 0.97 male(s)/female (2009 est.)

Infant mortality rate

Total: 10.6 deaths/1,000 live births

Life expectancy at birth

Total population: 66.66 years

country comparison to the world: 158

Male: 62.53 years

Female: 71.34 years (2009 est.)

Total fertility rate

2.04 children born/woman (2009 est.)

country comparison to the world: 126

HIV/AIDS

Adult prevalence rate: less than 0.2% (2007 est.)

country comparison to the world: 92

People living with HIV/AIDS: 7,800 (2007 est.)

country comparison to the world: 113

Deaths: less than 100 (2007 est.)

country comparison to the world: 127

Nationality

Noun: Azerbaijani(s)

Adjective: Azerbaijani

Religions

• Islam (of which majority Shi'a Islam) 93.4%
• Russian Orthodox Church 2.5%
• Georgian Orthodox Church 0.18%
• Judaism (incl. Mountain Jews) 0.11%

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: 98.8%

Male: 99.5%

Female: 98.2% (2003 est.)

Education expenditures

2.1% of toal GDP

country comparison to the world: 162

References

1. ^ Demoqrafik göstəricilər - Əhalinin sayının dəyişilməsi
2. ^ Azərbaycanın 9 milyonuncu vətəndaşı anadan olub
3. ^ Население Азербайджана достигло 9 млн. 47 тыс. человек
4. ^ http://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/products/dyb/dyb2.htm#2001 United nations. Demographic Yearbooks
5. ^ [1]
6. ^ Statistical Yearbook of Azerbaijan 2006, State Statistical Committee, Baku, table 2.6, p. 69
7. ^ The Population of Azerbaijan
8. ^ Censuses of Republic of Azerbaijan 1979, 1989, 1999, 2009

 This article incorporates public domain material from the CIA World Factbook document "200p edition".