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Azerbaijanis

Азербайджанцы · Q482942

language area per Glottologcensus counts
9,436,123
Azerbaijan, census 2019 (national and/or ethnic group, UN)
10,345,189
sum of censuses in 11 countries, 2001-2021
Turkic
language family (Glottolog)

In brief

The largest documented number lives in Azerbaijan: 9,436,123 people in the 2019 census.

Official figures exist for 11 countries; together they add up to 10,345,189. This is not an estimate of the world total: the censuses were held in different years (2001-2021) and define belonging differently, and countries without such data are not counted.

In Russia's 2020 census (reference date 1 October 2021), 474,576 people identified with the nationality "Азербайджанцы" (Azerbaijanis)1. That is 0.36% of the 130,587,364 residents who stated a nationality.

Rosstat also assigns 20 other self-designations to this nationality (listed in Russian in the source table).

Main language: North Azerbaijani. Glottolog classifies it in the Turkic family.

Where they live: census figures

Each figure comes from the country's official census. Censuses define belonging differently (self-identification, citizenship, mother tongue, ancestry); the type is given on each row.

Azerbaijan2019 · national and/or ethnic group, UN · «Azerbaijani» · [2]
9,436,123
Russia2021 · ethnicity / nationality · «Азербайджанцы» · [1]
474,576
Georgia2014 · national and/or ethnic group, UN · «Azeris» · [3]
233,024
Kazakhstan2021 · national and/or ethnic group, UN · «Azerbaijani» · [4]
145,615
Ukraine2001 · national and/or ethnic group, UN · «Azerbaijani» · [5]
45,176
Belarus2019 · national and/or ethnic group, UN · «Azerbaijani» · [6]
6,001
Estonia2021 · national and/or ethnic group, UN · «Azerbaijani» · [7]
1,546
Latvia2021 · national and/or ethnic group, UN · «Azerbaijani» · [8]
1,515
Moldova, Republic of2014 · national and/or ethnic group, UN · «Azerbaijani» · [9]
667
Lithuania2021 · national and/or ethnic group, UN · «Azerbaijani» · [10]
575
Tajikistan2010 · national and/or ethnic group, UN · «Azerbaijani» · [11]
371
Sum across 11 countries10,345,189

In detail: Russia, 2021 census

Sex, urban and rural, Russian regions

Sex

Men 272,390 · 57.4%Women 202,186 · 42.6%

Urban and rural

Urban 337,436 · 71.1%Rural 137,140 · 28.9%

Where: the 10 regions with the largest numbers

Republic of Dagestan
116,907
Moscow (city)
37,259
Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug - Yugra
21,259
Moscow Oblast
21,258
Saint Petersburg (city)
16,406
Stavropol Krai
13,996
Saratov Oblast
12,362
Rostov Oblast
12,083
Krasnoyarsk Krai
11,658
Samara Oblast
10,596

Source [1]: Rosstat, 2020 census, vol. 5, table 1

Languages and their lineage

North Azerbaijani

  1. Turkicturk1311
  2. Common Turkiccomm1245
  3. Oghuzoghu1243
  4. Nuclear Oghuznucl1769
  5. Central Oghuzazer1255
  6. North Azerbaijaninort2697

People-to-language links: Wikidata (properties P103 and P2936), checked against ISO 639-3 codes. Language classification: Glottolog 5.3.

Peoples of the same language family

KazakhsUyghursTatarsKyrgyz peopleBashkir peopleChuvash peopleUzbeksKumyk peopleTurkish peopleYakutsTuvansCrimean TatarsKarachaysSalar peopleGagauzBalkarsNogaisAltai peopleKhakass peopleTurkmensKryashensKarakalpaksShorsDolgans

Sources

  1. Rosstat. National composition of the population of the Russian Federation. Results of the 2020 All-Russian Population Census (reference date 1 October 2021), vol. 5, table 1. Tom5_tab1_VPN-2020.xlsx (archived copy)
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  9. United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD). Demographic Yearbook, table 26: Population by national and/or ethnic group. Republic of Moldova, Census - de facto - complete tabulation, Final figure, complete. https://data.un.org/Data.aspx?d=POP&f=tableCode%3a26%3bsexCode%3a0%3bareaCode%3a0%3bcountr…
  10. United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD). Demographic Yearbook, table 26: Population by national and/or ethnic group. Lithuania, Census - de jure - complete tabulation, Final figure, complete. https://data.un.org/Data.aspx?d=POP&f=tableCode%3a26%3bsexCode%3a0%3bareaCode%3a0%3bcountr…
  11. United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD). Demographic Yearbook, table 26: Population by national and/or ethnic group. Tajikistan, Census - de facto - complete tabulation, Final figure, complete. https://data.un.org/Data.aspx?d=POP&f=tableCode%3a26%3bsexCode%3a0%3bareaCode%3a0%3bcountr…
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