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Demographics of Azerbaijan
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This is a demography of the population of Azerbaijan including population density, ethnicity, education level, health of the populace, economic status, religious affiliations and other aspects of the population.
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Population and structure
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- 10,200,013 people[2] as of July 2024

Structure of the population
Population Estimates by Sex and Age Group (01.I.2021):[6]
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Urban and rural population
In thousands[10]
Notes about table
- To see the effect of periodical events on the population period until 1950 is not given in decades.
- 9,047,000[11] (2010)
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Vital statistics
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Registered births and deaths
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Demographic and Health Surveys
Fertility Rate (TFR) (Wanted Fertility Rate) and CBR (Crude Birth Rate):[20]
Regional differences
As of 2024, Azerbaijan has a crude birth rate of 10.0‰. Rural areas tend to have higher birth rates compared to urban areas (11.4‰ and 8.9‰, respectively).
As of 2024, the economic regions of Mountainous Shirvan and Lankaran-Astara 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.


Life expectancy
Source: UN World Population Prospects[23]
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Ethnic groups

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Migration
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Religion
Religion in Azerbaijan (ARDA 2020 est.)[29]
- Shia (66.2%)
- Sunni (30.0%)
- Christianity (2.42%)
- None (1.30%)
- Other (0.13%)
(2020 est.)
note: religious affiliation for the majority of Azerbaijanis is largely nominal, percentages for actual practicing adherents are probably much lower.[30]
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Notes
- AzStat: As a result of expert calculations based on the results of the 1989 census, the number of Azerbaijani citizens of Armenian descent living in the Nagorno-Karabakh region was 120086 people (57904 men, 62182 women). According to the latest census in 1999, the number of Azerbaijani citizens of Armenian descent living in other parts of the country, except Nagorno-Karabakh, was 659 (47 men and 612 women)
- AzStat: As a result of expert calculations based on the results of the 1989 census, the number of Azerbaijani citizens of Armenian descent living in the Nagorno-Karabakh region was 120,086,120,097 (57,904 men, 62,182 women). According to the latest census in 2009, the number of Azerbaijani citizens of Armenian descent living in other parts of the country, except Nagorno-Karabakh, was 220 (17 men, 203 women). (See.)
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References
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