Ethnic minorities in Azerbaijan facts for kids
This article is about the ethnic minorities in Azerbaijan.
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.
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 the country. 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 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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. | ||||||||||||||||
