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Demographic indicators

Population by ethnic groups 1)
(based on population census)
Ethnic groups thsd persons
1926 1939 1959 1970 1979 1989 1999
Total population 2314.6 3205.2 3697.7 5117.1 6026.5 7021.2 7953.4
of which:
azerbaijanians 1438 1870.5 2494.4 3776.8 4708.8 5805 7205.5
lezgi 37.3 111.7 98.2 137.3 158.1 171.4 178
russians 220.5 528.3 501.3 510.1 475.3 392.3 141.7
armenians 282 388 442.1 483.5 475.5 390.5 120.7
talish 77.3 87.5 0.1 ... ... 21.2 76.8
avars 19.1 15.7 17.3 30.7 36 44.1 50.9
turkish ... ... 0.2 8.5 7.9 17.7 43.4
tats ... ... 5.9 7.8 8.9 10.2 10.9
tatarian 9.9 27.6 29.6 31.8 31.4 28.6 30
ukrainians 18.2 23.6 25.8 29.2 26.4 32.3 29
sakhur 15.6 ... 2.9 6.2 8.5 13.3 15.9
georgians 9.5 10.2 9.5 13.6 11.4 14.2 14.9
kurds 41.2 6 1.5 5.5 5.7 12.2 13.1
jews 30.9 41.2 40.2 41.3 35.5 30.8 8.9
udins 2.4 ... 3.2 5.5 5.8 6.1 4.1
other nationalities 112.7 318.3 25.5 29.3 31.3 31.3 9.6
% of total population
Total population 100 100 100 100 100 100 100
of which:
azerbaijanians 62.1 58.4 67.4 73.8 78.1 82.7 90.6
lezgi 1.6 3.5 2.6 2.7 2.6 2.4 2.2
russians 9.5 16.5 13.6 10 7.9 5.6 1.8
armenians 12.2 12.1 11.9 9.4 7.9 5.6 1.5
talish 3.3 2.7 0 ... ... 0.3 1
avars 0.8 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6
turkish ... ... 0 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.5
tats ... ... 0.2 0.15 0.14 0.14 0.13
tatarian 0.4 0.9 0.8 0.6 0.5 0.4 0.4
ukrainians 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.4 0.5 0.4
sakhur 0.7 ... 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2
georgians 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2
kurds 1.8 0.2 0 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2
jews 1.3 1.3 1.1 0.8 0.6 0.4 0.1
udins 0.1 ... 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.05
other nationalities 5 2.9 0.7 0.55 0.66 0.46 0.12
1) Everybody defermined nationality themself.Information on children are obtained from the parents.

Population by ethnic groups. native language of use 1)
(based on 1999 population census)

Ethnic groups Population size by ethnic groups. thsd. person Of which with national language of use. percent Language spoken fluently by population. percent
national language of use azeirbaijan russian english
Total population 7953.4 99 99.2 4.2 9.3 0.3
of which:
azerbaijanians 7205.5 99.7 99.8 - 8.2 0.3
lezgi 178 96.1 97 66.4 32.5 0.3
russians 141.7 99.3 99.7 16.6 - 1.2
armenians 120.7 99.9 99.9 0.4 0.3 0
talish 76.8 89.6 97.5 79.9 5.4 0.1
avars 50.9 98.2 98.8 71.4 23.9 0.2
turkish 43.4 94.6 95.4 41.2 14.4 0.2
tatarian 30 86.7 87.5 74.9 83.7 0.4
ukrainians 29 32.1 32.4 10.7 77.9 1.5
sakhur 15.9 99.3 99.4 82.9 14.3 0.2
georgians 14.9 98 98.3 63 26.4 0.3
kurds 13.1 48.9 57 87.6 4.2 0.1
tats 10.9 83 89.6 67.8 21.7 0.3
jews 8.9 87.1 88.2 58.4 66.4 1.4
udins 4.1 98.8 99.2 49.4 68.3 0.1
other nationalities 9.6 75.3 41.6 53.1 45 2.4
1) Everybody defermined nationality themself. Information on children are obtained from the parents.

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