Ethnic minorities in Azerbaijan

This article is about the **ethnic minorities in Azerbaijan**.

## Data

Although more than 94% 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

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".

|rowspan="2"|Ethnic group|colspan="2"|Census 1926<sup>1</sup>|colspan="2"|Census 1939<sup>2</sup>|colspan="2"|Census 1959<sup>3</sup>|colspan="2"|Census 1970<sup>4</sup>|colspan="2"|Census 1979<sup>5</sup>|colspan="2"|Census 1989<sup>6</sup>|colspan="2"|Census 1999<sup>6</sup>|colspan="2"|Census 2009|||||||||||||||||
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|align="left"|Azerbaijanis|align="right"|1,437,977|align="right"|62.1|align="right"|1,870,471|align="right"|58.4|align="right"|2,494,381|align="right"|67.5|align="right"|3,776,778|align="right"|73.8|align="right"|4,708,832|align="right"|78.1|align="right"|5,804,980|align="right"|82.7|align="right"|7,205,464|align="right"|90.6|align="right"|8,172,800|align="right"|91.6|
|align="left"|Lezgins|align="right"|37,263|align="right"|1.6|align="right"|111,666|align="right"|3.5|align="right"|98,211|align="right"|2.7|align="right"|137,250|align="right"|2.7|align="right"|158,057|align="right"|2.6|align="right"|171,395|align="right"|2.4|align="right"|178,021|align="right"|2.2|align="right"|180,300|align="right"|2.02|
|align="left"|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|120,745<sup>8</sup>|1.5|120,300<sup>8</sup>|1.35|||||||||||||||||
|align="left"|Russians|align="right"|220,545|align="right"|9.5|align="right"|528,318|align="right"|16.5|align="right"|501,282|align="right"|13.6|align="right"|510,059|align="right"|10.0|align="right"|475,255|align="right"|7.9|align="right"|392,304|align="right"|5.6|align="right"|141,687|align="right"|1.8|align="right"|119,300|align="right"|1.35|
|align="left"|Talysh|align="right"|77,323|align="right"|3.3|align="right"|87,510|align="right"|2.7|align="right"|85|align="right"|0.0|align="right"||align="right"||align="right"||align="right"||align="right"|21,169|align="right"|0.3|align="right"|76,841|align="right"|1.0|align="right"|112,000|align="right"|1.26|
|align="left"|Avars|align="right"|19,104|align="right"|0.8|align="right"|15,740|align="right"|0.5|align="right"|17,254|align="right"|0.5|align="right"|30,735|align="right"|0.6|align="right"|35,991|align="right"|0.6|align="right"|44,072|align="right"|0.6|align="right"|50,871|align="right"|0.6|align="right"|49,800|align="right"|0.56|
|align="left"|Turks|align="right"|95|align="right"|0.0|align="right"|600|align="right"|0.0|align="right"|202|align="right"|0.0|align="right"|8,491|align="right"|0.2|align="right"|7,926|align="right"|0.1|align="right"|17,705|align="right"|0.3|align="right"|43,454|align="right"|0.5|align="right"|38,000|align="right"|0,43|
|align="left"|Tatars|align="right"|9,948|align="right"|0.4|align="right"|27,591|align="right"|0.9|align="right"|29,370|align="right"|0.8|align="right"|31,353|align="right"|0.6|align="right"|31,204|align="right"|0.5|align="right"|28,019|align="right"|0.4|align="right"|30,011|align="right"|0.4|align="right"|25,900|align="right"|0,29|
|align="left"|Tat|align="right"|28,443|align="right"|1.2|align="right"|2,289|align="right"|0.1|align="right"|5,887|align="right"|0.2|align="right"|7,769|align="right"|0.2|align="right"|8,848|align="right"|0.1|align="right"|10,239|align="right"|0.1|align="right"|10,922|align="right"|0.1|align="right"|25,200|align="right"|0.28|
|align="left"|Ukrainians|align="right"|18,241|align="right"|0.8|align="right"|23,643|align="right"|0.7|align="right"|25,778|align="right"|0.7|align="right"|29,160|align="right"|0.6|align="right"|26,402|align="right"|0.4|align="right"|32,345|align="right"|0.5|align="right"|28,984|align="right"|0.4|align="right"|21,500|align="right"|0,24|
|align="left"|Tsakhurs|align="right"|15,552|align="right"|0.7|rowspan="2" align="right"|6,464|rowspan="2" align="right"|0.2|align="right"|2,876|align="right"|0.1|align="right"|6,208|align="right"|0.1|align="right"|8,546|align="right"|0.1|align="right"|13,318|align="right"|0.2|align="right"|15,877|align="right"|0.2|align="right"|12,300|align="right"|0.14|
|align="left"|Udins|align="right"|2,445|align="right"|0.1|align="right"|3,202|align="right"|0.1|align="right"|5,492|align="right"|0.1|align="right"|5,841|align="right"|0.1|align="right"|6,125|align="right"|0.1|align="right"|4,152|align="right"|0.1|align="right"|3,800|align="right"|0.04|||||
|align="left"|Georgians|align="right"|9,500|align="right"|0.4|align="right"|10,196|align="right"|0.3|align="right"|9,526|align="right"|0.3|align="right"|13,595|align="right"|0.3|align="right"|11,412|align="right"|0.2|align="right"|14,197|align="right"|0.2|align="right"|14,877|align="right"|0.2|align="right"|9,900|align="right"|0.11|
|align="left"|Jews|align="right"|20,578|align="right"|0.9|align="right"|41,245|align="right"|1.3|align="right"|40,198|align="right"|1.1|align="right"|48,652|align="right"|1.0|align="right"|35,487|align="right"|0.6|align="right"|30,792|align="right"|0.4|align="right"|8,916|align="right"|0.1|align="right"|9,100|align="right"|0.1|
|align="left"|Kurds|align="right"|41,193<sup>7</sup>|align="right"|1.8|align="right"|6,005|align="right"|0.2|align="right"|1,487|align="right"|0.0|align="right"|5,488|align="right"|0.1|align="right"|5,676|align="right"|0.1|align="right"|12,226|align="right"|0.2|align="right"|13,075|align="right"|0.2|align="right"|6,100|align="right"|0.07|
|align="left"|Others|align="right"|94,360|align="right"|4.1|align="right"|85,387|align="right"|2.7|align="right"|25,889|align="right"|0.7|align="right"|22,531|align="right"|0.4|align="right"|31,552|align="right"|0.5|align="right"|31,787|align="right"|0.5|align="right"|9,541|align="right"|0.1|align="right"|9,500|align="right"|0.11|
|colspan="17" align="left"|<small><sup>1</sup> Source: http://demoscope.ru/weekly/ssp/sng_nac_26.php?reg=2275(http://demoscope.ru/weekly/ssp/sng_nac_26.php?reg=2275). <sup>2</sup> Source: http://demoscope.ru/weekly/ssp/sng_nac_39.php(http://demoscope.ru/weekly/ssp/sng_nac_39.php). <sup>3</sup> Source: http://demoscope.ru/weekly/ssp/sng_nac_59.php(http://demoscope.ru/weekly/ssp/sng_nac_59.php). <sup>4</sup> Source: http://demoscope.ru/weekly/ssp/sng_nac_70.php(http://demoscope.ru/weekly/ssp/sng_nac_70.php). <sup>5</sup> Source: http://demoscope.ru/weekly/ssp/sng_nac_79.php(http://demoscope.ru/weekly/ssp/sng_nac_79.php). <sup>6</sup> Source: http://demoscope.ru/weekly/ssp/sng_nac_89.php(http://demoscope.ru/weekly/ssp/sng_nac_89.php). <sup>7</sup> Almost all Armenians live in the break-away region of Nagorno-Karabakh since the early 1990s.</small>|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||