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demography Demography () is the statistical study of human populations: their size, composition (e.g., ethnic group, age), and how they change through the interplay of fertility (births), mortality (deaths), and migration. Demographic analysis examine ...

of the

population Population is a set of humans or other organisms in a given region or area. Governments conduct a census to quantify the resident population size within a given jurisdiction. The term is also applied to non-human animals, microorganisms, and pl ...

Azerbaijan Azerbaijan, officially the Republic of Azerbaijan, is a Boundaries between the continents, transcontinental and landlocked country at the boundary of West Asia and Eastern Europe. It is a part of the South Caucasus region and is bounded by ...

including

population density Population density (in agriculture: Standing stock (disambiguation), standing stock or plant density) is a measurement of population per unit land area. It is mostly applied to humans, but sometimes to other living organisms too. It is a key geog ...

ethnicity An ethnicity or ethnic group is a group of people with shared attributes, which they Collective consciousness, collectively believe to have, and long-term endogamy. Ethnicities share attributes like language, culture, common sets of ancestry, ...

, education level, health of the populace, economic status,

religious affiliations Religious identity is a specific type of identity formation. Particularly, it is the sense of group membership to a religion and the importance of this group membership as it pertains to one's self-concept. Religious identity is not necessarily the ...

and other aspects of the population.

Population and structure

:10,200,013 people as of July 2024

Structure of the population

Population Estimates by Sex and Age Group (01.I.2021): :

Urban and rural population

In thousands Notes about table * To see the effect of periodical events on the population period until 1950 is not given in decades. :9,047,000 (2010)

Vital statistics

Registered births and deaths

Current vital statistics

Demographic and Health Surveys

Fertility Rate (TFR) (Wanted Fertility Rate) and CBR (Crude Birth Rate):

Regional differences

As of 2022, Azerbaijan has a crude birth rate of 12.2‰. Rural areas tend to have higher birth rates compared to urban areas (13.8‰ and 10.8‰, respectively). As of 2022, the economic regions of Mountainous Shirvan and Mil-Mughan have the highest birth rate in Azerbaijan. On the other hand, the Absheron-Khizi economic region and the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic have the lowest birth rate in the country. The highest death rate is in the Gazakh-Tovuz economic region, while the lowest is in Absheron-Khizi. , + Vital statistics by economic regions of the Republic of Azerbaijan !

Economic region An economy is an area of the production, distribution and trade, as well as consumption of goods and services. In general, it is defined as a social domain that emphasize the practices, discourses, and material expressions associated with t ...

!! CBR (‰) , , CDR (‰) , , Natural increase (‰) , - ,

Baku city Baku (, ; ) is the Capital city, capital and List of cities in Azerbaijan, largest city of Azerbaijan, as well as the largest city on the Caspian Sea and in the Caucasus region. Baku is below sea level, which makes it the List of capital ci ...

, 10.6 , , 6.2 , , 4.4 , - ,

Absheron-Khizi Economic Region Absheron-Khizi Economic Region () is one of the 14 economic regions of Azerbaijan. It borders the economic regions of Shirvan-Salyan, Mountainous Shirvan, Guba-Khachmaz, and Baku. The region consists of the districts of Absheron, Khizi and th ...

, 7.0 , , 3.8 , , 3.2 , - ,

Ganja-Dashkasan Economic Region Ganja-Dashkasan Economic Region () is one of the 14 Economic regions of Azerbaijan, economic regions of Azerbaijan. It borders Georgia (country), Georgia to the north and Armenia to the south, as well as the economic regions of Shaki-Zagatala Econ ...

, 10.8 , , 6.9 , , 3.9 , - ,

Shaki-Zagatala Economic Region Shaki-Zagatala Economic Region () is one of the 14 economic regions of Azerbaijan. It borders Russia to the north and Georgia to the west, as well as the economic regions of Quba-Khachmaz, Mountainous Shirvan, Central Aran, and Ganja-Dashkasa ...

, 12.2 , , 6.4 , , 5.8 , - ,

Lankaran-Astara Economic Region Lankaran-Astara Economic Region () is one of the 14 economic regions of Azerbaijan. It borders Iran to the south and west, Caspian Sea to the east and Shirvan-Salyan Economic Region to the north. The region consists of the districts of Jalilaba ...

, 14.2 , , 5.4 , , 8.8 , - ,

Guba-Khachmaz Economic Region Guba-Khachmaz Economic Region () is one of the 14 economic regions of Azerbaijan. It borders Russia to the north, as well as the economic regions of Shaki-Zagatala, Mountainous Shirvan, and Absheron-Khizi. It has an area of . Its population wa ...

, 14.1 , , 6.1 , , 8.0 , - ,

Central Aran Economic Region Central Aran Economic Region () is one of the 14 economic regions of Azerbaijan. It borders the economic regions of Shaki-Zagatala, Mountainous Shirvan, Shirvan-Salyan, Mil-Mughan, Karabakh, and Ganja-Dashkasan. The region consists of the di ...

, 13.7 , , 6.4 , , 7.3 , - ,

Karabakh Economic Region The Karabakh Economic Region () is one of the 14 economic regions of Azerbaijan. It borders Iran to the south, as well as the economic regions of East Zangezur, Ganja-Dashkasan, Central Aran, and Mil-Mughan. The region consists of the distric ...

, 14.1 , , 6.6 , , 7.5 , - , East Zangezur Economic Region , 14.5 , , 6.4 , , 8.1 , - , Mountainous Shirvan Economic Region , 15.3 , , 6.5 , , 8.8 , - ,

Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic The Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic (, ) is a landlocked country, landlocked Enclave and exclave, exclave of the Azerbaijan, Republic of Azerbaijan. The region covers Official portal of Nakhchivan Autonomous RepublicNakhchivan Autonomous Republi ...

, 9.8 , , 5.0 , , 4.8 , - , Gazakh-Tovuz Economic Region , 13.3 , , 7.2 , , 6.1 , - , Mil-Mughan Economic Region , 14.7 , , 5.6 , , 9.1 , - ,

Shirvan-Salyan Economic Region Shirvan-Salyan Economic Region () is one of the 14 economic regions of Azerbaijan. It borders Iran to the west, as well as the economic regions of Mil-Mughan, Central Aran, Mountainous Shirvan, Absheron-Khizi, Baku, and Lankaran-Astara. The ...

, 13.8 , , 6.3 , , 7.5 , - !

Republic of Azerbaijan Azerbaijan, officially the Republic of Azerbaijan, is a transcontinental and landlocked country at the boundary of West Asia and Eastern Europe. It is a part of the South Caucasus region and is bounded by the Caspian Sea to the east, Russi ...

! 12.2 , , 6.0 , , 6.2 Life expectancy in Azerbaijan

Life expectancy

Source: ''UN World Population Prospects''

Ethnic groups

Migration

Religion

Islam Islam is an Abrahamic religions, Abrahamic monotheistic religion based on the Quran, and the teachings of Muhammad. Adherents of Islam are called Muslims, who are estimated to number Islam by country, 2 billion worldwide and are the world ...

97.3% (predominantly

Shia Shia Islam is the second-largest branch of Islam. It holds that Muhammad designated Ali ibn Abi Talib () as both his political successor (caliph) and as the spiritual leader of the Muslim community (imam). However, his right is understood ...

) *

Christian A Christian () is a person who follows or adheres to Christianity, a Monotheism, monotheistic Abrahamic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus in Christianity, Jesus Christ. Christians form the largest religious community in the wo ...

2.6% *Other <0.1 *Unaffiliated <0.1 (2020 est.) note: religious affiliation for the majority of Azerbaijanis is largely nominal, percentages for actual practicing adherents are probably much lower.

Notes

References

{{Demographics of Europe Society of Azerbaijan