Azerbaijanis

Azerbaijani fowk or Azerbaijanis (/ˌæzərbaɪˈdʒæni, -ɑːni/; Azerbaijani: Azərbaycanlılar, آذربایجانلیلار‎) or (آذریلر‎), also known as Azerbaijani Turks (Azerbaijani: Azərbaycan Türkləri, آذربایجان تۆرکلری‎),^[41][42][43] are a naition an ethnic group native tae the Caucasus region.

Azerbaijani fowk or Azerbaijanis

Azərbaycanlılar آذربایجانلیلار‎
Azerbaijani girls in traditional dresses
Tot population
c. 30–35 million (2002)[1]
Regions wi signeeficant populations
Iran	15 million (Encyclopædia Britannica)[2] 10.9–15 million (CIA World Factbook,[3] Knüppel,[4] Ethnologue,[5] Swietochowski)[6] 12–18.5 million (e.g. Elling,[7] Gheissari)[8] 6–6.5 million (Arakelova)[9]
Azerbaijan	8,172,800[10][11]
Roushie	603,070[12][13]
Turkey	530,000–800,000[13]
Georgie	233,178[14]
Kazakhstan	85,292[15]
Fraunce	70,000[16]
Ukraine	45,176[17]
Uzbekistan	44,400[18]
Turkmenistan	33,365[19]
United States	24,377–400,000[20][21][22]
Netherlands	18,000[23]
Kyrgyzstan	17,823[24]
Germany	15,219[25]
Unitit Arab Emirates	7,000[26]
Canadae	6,425[27]
Unitit Kinrick	6,220[28]
Belaroushie	5,567[29]
Swaden	2,935[30]
Latvie	1,657[31]
Australie	1,036[32]
Austrick	1,000[33]
Estonie	940[34]
Norawa	806[35]
Lithuanie	648[36]
Italy	552[37]
Leids
Azerbaijani
Releegion
Predominantly Shia Islam, minority Sunni Islam an Bahá'í Faith[38]
Relatit ethnic groups
Turkis fowk,[39] Turkmen fowk[40]

They are a Turkic fowk livin mainly in northwastren Iran an in the sovereign Republic o Azerbaijan, with a mixed cultural heritage, includin Turkic, Caucasian, Iranian elements.^{[2][44][45][46]} They are the seicont-most numerous ethnic group among the Turkic-speaking fowk after Turkis fowk^[47] an are predominantly Shia Muslims.^[48] They comprise the lairgest ethnic group in the Republic o Azerbaijan an the seicont-lairgest ethnic group in neighbourin Iran an Georgie.^[49] They speak the Azerbaijani leid, belongin tae the Oghuz branch o the Turkic leid family.

Acause o wide-rangin an lang-lastin diaspora, an estimatit tot o 4 million fowk o fou or pairtial Azerbaijani ancestry live ootwi Azerbaijan an Iran, maist notably in Roushie, Unitit States, Turkey, Ukraine, Kazakhstan an ither pairts o Europe