Ethnic minorities in Azerbaijan
This article is about the ethnic minorities in Azerbaijan.
Data change
Although more than 91% of the people are ethnic Azerbaijanis, Azerbaijan has many ethnic minorities including Russians, Ukrainians, Georgians, Jews and other minorities. However, the numbers of most of these ethnic minorities are small.
History change
After the end of the Soviet Union with the independence of Azerbaijan and the Nagorno-Karabakh War, almost all Armenians (outside the separatist region of Nagorno-Karabakh) fled or were deported from the country. At the same time, almost all Azerbaijanis fled or were deported from Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh.
Most Russians and other minorities have also left the country and are continuing to leave. As a result, Azerbaijan has become ethnically more "pure".
Ethnic group |
Census 19261 | Census 19392 | Census 19593 | Census 19704 | Census 19795 | Census 19896 | Census 19996 | Census 2009[3] | ||||||||
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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 | 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: [1]. 2 Source: [2]. 3 Source: [3]. 4 Source: [4]. 5 Source: [5]. 6 Source: [6]. 7 Almost all Armenians live in the break-away region of Nagorno-Karabakh since the early 1990s. |
References change
- ↑ Statistical Yearbook of Azerbaijan 2006, State Statistical Committee, Baku, table 2.6, p. 69
- ↑ "The Population of Azerbaijan". Archived from the original on 2018-03-28. Retrieved 2016-08-18.
- ↑ "Censuses of Republic of Azerbaijan 1979, 1989, 1999, 2009". Archived from the original on 2012-11-30. Retrieved 2016-08-18.
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