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]^[6]

	Average population (x 1000)	Live births	Deaths	Natural change	Crude birth rate (per 1000)	Crude death rate (per 1000)	Natural change (per 1000)	Total Fertility Rate
1946	2 737.5	62 727	23 233	39 494	22.9	8.5	14.4
1947	2 719.9	80 046	23 509	56 537	29.4	8.6	20.8
1948	2 716.0	78 324	26 632	51 692	28.8	9.8	19.0
1949	2 795.8	83 760	29 102	54 658	30.0	10.4	19.6
1950	2 896.2	90 280	27 746	62 534	31.2	9.6	21.6
1951	2 995.0	100 979	27 331	73 648	33.7	9.1	24.6
1952	3 102.9	106 687	30 244	76 443	34.4	9.7	24.6
1953	3 170.6	101 378	29 707	71 671	32.0	9.4	22.6
1954	3 234.6	117 428	28 855	88 573	36.3	8.9	27.4
1955	3 326.0	125 599	25 074	100 525	37.8	7.5	30.2
1956	3 429.6	134 594	23 931	110 663	39.2	7.0	32.3
1957	3 539.7	139 529	25 667	113 862	39.4	7.3	32.2
1958	3 644.0	147 534	27 119	120 415	40.5	7.4	33.0
1959	3 754.3	155 872	26 086	129 786	41.5	6.9	34.6
1960	3 894.5	165 849	25 918	139 931	42.6	6.7	35.9
1961	4 045.8	170 504	27 295	143 209	42.1	6.7	35.4	5.2
1962	4 168.2	168 341	30 901	137 440	40.4	7.4	33.0	5.2
1963	4 293.6	175 033	30 230	144 803	40.8	7.0	33.7	5.4
1964	4 439.3	176 546	31 841	144 705	39.8	7.2	32.6	5.5
1965	4 574.7	167 429	29 095	138 334	36.6	6.4	30.2	5.5
1966	4 708.2	166 545	31 657	134 888	35.4	6.7	28.6	5.3
1967	4 832.0	157 270	32 338	124 932	32.5	6.7	25.9	5.1
1968	4 948.5	158 962	32 950	126 012	32.1	6.7	25.5	5.0
1969	5 061.1	148 078	35 428	112 650	29.3	7.0	22.3	4.8
1970	5 169.9	150 976	34 506	116 470	29.2	6.7	22.5	4.7
1971	5 283.0	146 261	34 236	112 025	27.7	6.5	21.2	4.6
1972	5 391.5	137 752	35 658	102 094	25.6	6.6	18.9	4.1
1973	5 493.9	138 569	34 770	103 799	25.2	6.3	18.9	4.1
1974	5 594.1	139 084	36 082	103 002	24.9	6.5	18.4	4.0
1975	5 689.1	141 857	39 291	102 566	24.9	6.9	18.0	3.7
1976	5 781.0	147 199	38 029	109 170	25.5	6.6	18.9	3.9
1977	5 876.2	146 822	39 035	107 787	25.0	6.6	18.3	3.8
1978	5 974.2	148 812	39 936	108 876	24.9	6.7	18.2	3.6
1979	6 069.3	153 080	43 022	110 058	25.2	7.1	18.1	3.5
1980	6 160.5	154 974	43 064	111 910	25.2	7.0	18.2	3.3
1981	6 257.8	164 577	42 898	121 679	26.3	6.9	19.4	3.2
1982	6 357.6	160 425	42 376	118 049	25.2	6.7	18.6	3.1
1983	6 459.8	168 644	42 944	125 700	26.1	6.6	19.5	3.0
1984	6 567.9	174 437	44 845	129 592	26.6	6.8	19.7	3.0
1985	6 670.2	177 657	45 179	132 478	26.6	6.8	19.9	2.9
1986	6 770.3	186 609	45 344	141 265	27.6	6.7	20.9	2.9
1987	6 875.4	184 585	45 744	138 841	26.8	6.7	20.2	2.9
1988	6 972.9	184 350	47 485	136 865	26.4	6.8	19.6	2.8
1989	7 074.8	181 631	44 016	137 615	25.7	6.2	19.5	2.8
1990	7 175.2	182 989	42 819	140 170	25.5	6.0	19.5	2.77
1991	7 271.3	190 353	44 659	145 694	26.2	6.1	20.0	2.9
1992	7 382.1	181 361	51 258	130 103	24.6	6.9	17.6	2.7
1993	7 494.8	174 618	52 809	121 809	23.3	7.0	16.3	2.7
1994	7 596.6	159 761	54 921	104 840	21.0	7.2	13.8	2.5
1995	7 684.9	143 315	50 828	92 487	18.6	6.6	12.0	2.29
1996	7 763.0	129 247	48 242	81 005	16.6	6.2	10.4	2.10
1997	7 838.3	132 052	46 962	85 090	16.8	6.0	10.9	2.10
1998	7 912.0	123 996	46 299	77 697	15.7	5.9	9.8	2.00
1999	7 990.1	117 539	46 295	71 244	14.7	5.8	8.9	2.00
2000	8 073.6	116 994	46 701	70 293	14.7	5.9	8.8	1.99
2001	8 152.9	110 356	45 284	65 072	13.7	5.6	8.1	1.83
2002	8 230.3	110 715	46 522	64 193	13.7	5.7	8.0	1.84
2003	8 309.2	113 467	49 001	64 466	13.9	6.0	7.9	1.91
2004	8 398.3	131 609	49 568	82 041	15.9	6.0	9.9	2.10
2005	8 447.4	141 901	51 962	89 939	16.9	6.2	10.7	2.33
2006	8 553.1	148 946	52 248	96 698	17.5	6.2	11.3	2.33
2007	8 666.1	151 963	53 655	98 308	17.7	6.2	11.5	2.33
2008	8 779.9	152 086	52 710	99 376	17.4	6.0	11.4	2.25
2009	8 897.0	152 139	52 514	99 625	17.2	5.9	11.3	2.26
2010	8 997.6	165 643	53 580	112 063	18.5	6.0	12.5	2.27
2011	9 111.1	176 072	53 762	122 310	19.4	5.9	13.5	2.38
2012	9 235.1	174 469	55 017	119 452	19.0	6.0	13.0	2.34
2013	9 356.5	172 671	54 383	118 288	18.6	5.8	12.8	2.22
2014	9 477.1	170 503	55 648	114 855	18.1	5.9	12.2	2.18
2015	9 593.0

Structure of the population ^[7]

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) ^[8]

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)

Ethnic groups

**Population of Azerbaijan according to ethnic group 1926–2009**^[9]^[10]
Ethnic group	Census 1926¹		Census 1939²		Census 1959³		Census 1970⁴		Census 1979⁵		Census 1989⁶		Census 1999⁶		Census 2009^[11]
Ethnic group	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
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
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
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
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
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	6,464	0.2	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
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
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
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 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.

Languages

Azerbaijani 92.5%, Lezgi 1.4%, Russian 1.4%, other 4.7% (2009 census)

Demographic statistics

Population

9,686,210 (July 2014 est.)

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: 30.1 years

Male: 28.5 years

Female: 31.9 years (2014 est.)

Urbanization

Urban population: 53.6% of total population (2011)

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

Sex ratio

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^[12]

Country comparison to the world: 141

Male: 68.92 years

Female: 75.26 years (2014 est.)

Total fertility rate

1.91 children born/woman (2014 est.)

2.04 children born/woman (2009 est.)

1.92 children born/woman (2012 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

Islam
- Shi'a 85%^[13]
- Sunni 15%^[13]
Christianity 3%
- Russian Orthodox Church 2.5%
- Georgian Orthodox Church 0.18%
Judaism (incl. Mountain Jews) 0.11%

Note: Religious affiliation is nominal in Azerbaijan; percentages for actual practicing Muslims 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

References

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

Ethnic groups in Azerbaijan

Azerbaijanis

Arabs Armenians Avars Budukh Germans Greeks Jek Khinalug Kryts Kurds Lezgians Mountain Jews Russians Rutul Talysh Tats Tsakhur Turks Udi

See Also: Ethnic minorities in Azerbaijan

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