Azerbaijan population pyramid in 2020
Azerbaijan population pyramid in 2020

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.
Azerbaijan: Population and rural population 1958-2006 (in millions). Statistical Committee of Azerbaijan, yearbooks from various years.
Historical population
YearPop.±%
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%
2019 9,981,457[2]+11.9%
Source:[1]

Total population

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[3] 9747.0[4] 9981.4[5]

In thousands[6]

Notes about table

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 2.04
2017 9,810,000 144,041 57,109 86,932 14.8 5.9 8.9 1.87
2018 9,898,000 138,982 57,250 81,732 14.2 5.8 8.4 1.76
2019 9,981,400 141,179 55,916 85,263 14.3 5.6 8.7 1.83
2020 10,067,100 126,571 75,647 50,924 12.7 7.6 5.1 1.69
2021 10,119,100 112,284 76,878 35,406 11.2 7.7 3.5 1.52

Current vital statistics

[11][12][13][14]

Period Live births Deaths Natural increase
January - February 2021 20,984 13,338 7,646
January - February 2022 20,462 12,557 7,905
Difference Decrease -522 (-2.49%) Positive decrease -781 (-5.83%) Decrease -259

Prediction of Azerbaijan population

[15]

President of Azerbaijan and his wife met with parents of Azerbaijan's 10 millionth citizen
President of Azerbaijan and his wife met with parents of Azerbaijan's 10 millionth citizen
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

Structure of the population

Structure of the population (01.01.2021) (Estimates):[16]

Age Group Male Female Total %
Total 5 053 800 5 065 300 10 119 100 100
0-4 374 400 329 400 703 800 6.96
5-9 454 100 394 700 848 800 8.39
10-14 379 900 328 300 708 200 7.00
15-19 333 000 291 500 624 500 6.17
20-24 362 800 327 600 690 400 6.82
25-29 447 700 421 800 869 500 8.59
30-34 465 500 473 900 939 400 9.28
35-39 411 600 424 300 835 900 8.26
40-44 349 200 355 000 704 200 6.96
45-49 292 100 314 500 606 600 5.99
50-54 304 700 338 500 643 200 6.36
55-59 299 100 339 800 638 900 6.31
60-64 256 800 292 500 549 300 5.43
65-69 143 500 175 200 318 700 3.15
70-74 82 100 109 400 191 500 1.89
75-79 33 500 49 900 83 400 0.82
80-84 40 100 63 500 103 600 1.02
85-89 15 200 23 000 38 200 0.38
90-94 6 300 9 100 15 400 0.15
95-99 1 600 2 200 3 800 0.04
100+ 600 1 200 1 800 0.02
Age group Male Female Total Percent
0-14 1 208 400 1 052 400 2 260 800 22.34
15-64 3 522 500 3 579 400 7 101 900 70.18
65+ 322 900 433 500 756 400 7.47

Fertility rate (The Demographic Health Survey)

Fertility Rate (TFR) (Wanted Fertility Rate) and CBR (Crude Birth Rate):[17]

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 2020, Azerbaijan has a crude birth rate of 12.7‰. Rural areas tend to have higher birth rates compared to urban areas.

Crude birth rate by towns and regions in Azerbaijan [18]
Town/region CBR in 1990 (‰) CBR in 2000 (‰) CBR in 2010 (‰) CBR in 2020 (‰)
Baku (city) 19.5 Decrease 11.6 Increase 17.3 Decrease 10.9
Absheron District 28.2 Decrease 14.5 Decrease 11.9 Decrease 11.2
Sumqayit (city) 25.1 Decrease 12.5 Increase 14.9 Decrease 11.1
Ganja (city) 20.7 Decrease 9.5 Increase 12.5 Decrease 8.9
Agstafa District 15.9 Decrease 14.7 Increase 18.6 Decrease 13.0
Tovuz District 26.3 Decrease 17.4 Increase 18.5 Decrease 14.3
Shamkir District 27.8 Decrease 13.7 Increase 21.2 Decrease 13.3
Gadabay District 25.1 Decrease 18.0 Increase 19.5 Decrease 12.1
Dashkasan District 33.8 Decrease 18.5 Increase 20.5 Decrease 11.6
Samukh District - 11.3 Increase16.7 Decrease 13.4
Goranboy District 26.9 Decrease 15.4 Increase 19.0 Decrease 13.7
Goygol District 23.9 Decrease 12.8 Increase 17.2 Decrease 13.3
Republic of Azerbaijan 25.9 Decrease 14.7 Increase 18.5 Decrease 12.7

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[19]

Ethnic groups

Population of Azerbaijan according to ethnic group 1926–2009[20][21][22]
Ethnic
group 		Census 19261 Census 19392 Census 19593 Census 19704 Census 19795 Census 19896 Census 19996 Census 2009[23]
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 ~120,700[a] 1.7 ~120,300[b] 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 1.34
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 0.10
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 6,065 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]. 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 Karabakh. In the late 1930s Soviet authorities deported most of the Kurdish population of Azerbaijan to Kazakhstan.

Demographic statistics

Languages

[24]

Ethnic groups

[20]

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 2,207,239/female 2,216,520)
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: 32.3 years[15]
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)[15]
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: 1.09 male(s)/female
25-54 years: 0.99 male(s)/female
55-64 years: 0.98 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.64 male(s)/female
Total population: 0.996 male(s)/female (2021 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[25]
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

[24]

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

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[clarification needed]

See also

Census in Azerbaijan

Notes

  1. ^ AzStat: As a result of expert calculations based on the results of the 1989 census, the number of Azerbaijani citizens of Armenian descent living in the Nagorno-Karabakh region was 120086 people (57904 men, 62182 women). According to the latest census in 1999, the number of Azerbaijani citizens of Armenian descent living in other parts of the country, except Nagorno-Karabakh, was 659 (47 men and 612 women)
  2. ^ AzStat: As a result of expert calculations based on the results of the 1989 census, the number of Azerbaijani citizens of Armenian descent living in the Nagorno-Karabakh region was 120,086,120,097 (57,904 men, 62,182 women). According to the latest census in 2009, the number of Azerbaijani citizens of Armenian descent living in other parts of the country, except Nagorno-Karabakh, was 220 (17 men, 203 women). (See.)

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