Azərbaycanlılar آذربایجانلیلار | |
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Azerbaijani girls in traditional dresses | |
Tot population | |
c. 30–35 million (2002)[1] | |
Regions wi signeeficant populations | |
Iran | 15 million (Encyclopædia Britannica)[2] 10.9–15 million (CIA World Factbook,[3] Knüppel,[4] Ethnologue,[5] Swietochowski)[6] 12–18.5 million (e.g. Elling,[7] Gheissari)[8] 6–6.5 million (Arakelova)[9] |
Azerbaijan | 8,172,800[10][11] |
Roushie | 603,070[12][13] |
Turkey | 530,000–800,000[13] |
Georgie | 233,178[14] |
Kazakhstan | 85,292[15] |
Fraunce | 70,000[16] |
Ukraine | 45,176[17] |
Uzbekistan | 44,400[18] |
Turkmenistan | 33,365[19] |
United States | 24,377–400,000[20][21][22] |
Netherlands | 18,000[23] |
Kyrgyzstan | 17,823[24] |
Germany | 15,219[25] |
Unitit Arab Emirates | 7,000[26] |
Canadae | 6,425[27] |
Unitit Kinrick | 6,220[28] |
Belaroushie | 5,567[29] |
Swaden | 2,935[30] |
Latvie | 1,657[31] |
Australie | 1,036[32] |
Austrick | 1,000[33] |
Estonie | 940[34] |
Norawa | 806[35] |
Lithuanie | 648[36] |
Italy | 552[37] |
Leids | |
Releegion | |
Predominantly Shia Islam, minority Sunni Islam an Bahá'í Faith[38] | |
Relatit ethnic groups | |
Turkis fowk,[39] Turkmen fowk[40] |
Azerbaijani fowk or Azerbaijanis (/ˌæzərbaɪˈdʒæni, -ɑːni/; Azerbaijani: Azərbaycanlılar, آذربایجانلیلار) or (آذریلر), also known as Azerbaijani Turks (Azerbaijani: Azərbaycan Türkləri, آذربایجان تۆرکلری),[41][42][43] are a naition an ethnic group native tae the Caucasus region.
They are a Turkic fowk livin mainly in northwastren Iran an in the sovereign Republic o Azerbaijan, with a mixed cultural heritage, includin Turkic, Caucasian, Iranian elements.[2][44][45][46] They are the seicont-most numerous ethnic group among the Turkic-speaking fowk after Turkis fowk[47] an are predominantly Shia Muslims.[48] They comprise the lairgest ethnic group in the Republic o Azerbaijan an the seicont-lairgest ethnic group in neighbourin Iran an Georgie.[49] They speak the Azerbaijani leid, belongin tae the Oghuz branch o the Turkic leid family.
Acause o wide-rangin an lang-lastin diaspora, an estimatit tot o 4 million fowk o fou or pairtial Azerbaijani ancestry live ootwi Azerbaijan an Iran, maist notably in Roushie, Unitit States, Turkey, Ukraine, Kazakhstan an ither pairts o Europe