🇦🇿 Azerbaijan Population 2026

As of 2026, the population of Azerbaijan is 10,454,855, ranking #93 in the world (0.13% of the global population), based on UN World Population Prospects 2024. The population is growing at 0.53% per year. The biggest city is Baku with 2,351,300 inhabitants.

Live estimate

10,455,804

Growth rate

0.53%

Density

126

people / km² (328 / mi²)

Median age

34.1

Fertility rate

1.66

births per woman

Life expectancy

74.9

years

Azerbaijan population 1950–2100

Population of Azerbaijan, 1950–2100 — solid: UN estimates, dashed: UN medium-variant projection.

By 2050, the population of Azerbaijan is projected to reach 11,224,923, and 10,021,320 by 2100. The population is expected to peak in 2050 at 11,224,923, then decline.

Azerbaijan population by year

Year	Population	Growth	Density /km²	Median age
2026	10,454,855	0.53%	126.5	34.1
2025	10,397,713	0.56%	125.8	33.6
2024	10,336,578	0.61%	125.1	33.1
2023	10,318,207	-0.26%	124.8	32.6
2022	10,295,304	0.71%	124.6	32.1
2021	10,234,371	0.48%	123.8	31.6
2020	10,181,730	0.55%	123.2	31.1
2019	10,110,475	0.85%	122.3	30.7
2018	10,039,784	0.55%	121.5	30.3
2017	9,968,510	0.88%	120.6	30.1
2016	9,868,428	1.14%	119.4	29.9
2015	9,752,850	1.22%	118.0	29.6
2014	9,631,138	1.30%	116.5	29.3
2013	9,504,409	1.35%	115.0	29.0
2012	9,376,180	1.36%	113.4	28.7
2011	9,256,150	1.21%	112.0	28.5
2010	9,146,850	1.16%	110.7	28.2
2009	9,046,336	1.05%	109.4	27.8
2008	8,942,638	1.26%	108.2	27.5
2007	8,828,312	1.31%	106.8	27.2
2006	8,711,380	1.35%	105.4	26.9
2005	8,597,248	1.28%	104.0	26.7
2004	8,489,874	1.23%	102.7	26.4
2003	8,400,530	0.88%	101.6	26.0
2002	8,326,134	0.90%	100.7	25.6
2001	8,251,770	0.90%	99.8	25.2
2000	8,174,786	0.98%	98.9	24.8
1999	8,100,472	0.85%	98.0	24.4
1998	8,025,804	1.00%	97.1	24.1
1997	7,936,222	1.24%	96.0	23.8
1996	7,830,982	1.43%	94.7	23.7
1995	7,719,282	1.45%	93.4	23.5
1994	7,608,893	1.44%	92.1	23.3
1993	7,504,115	1.34%	90.8	23.0
1992	7,405,780	1.30%	89.6	22.8
1991	7,314,308	1.19%	88.5	22.7
1990	7,231,077	1.10%	87.5	22.6
1989	7,167,585	0.66%	86.7	22.5
1988	7,081,406	1.77%	85.7	22.3
1987	6,977,658	1.18%	84.4	22.1
1986	6,891,347	1.31%	83.4	21.8
1985	6,799,814	1.36%	82.3	21.5
1984	6,706,282	1.41%	81.1	21.1
1983	6,602,326	1.72%	79.9	20.7
1982	6,491,434	1.67%	78.5	20.4
1981	6,385,604	1.62%	77.3	20.1
1980	6,284,708	1.56%	76.0	19.7
1979	6,187,134	1.57%	74.9	19.3
1978	6,075,078	2.10%	73.5	18.9
1977	5,937,641	2.49%	71.8	18.4
1976	5,791,040	2.51%	70.1	18.0
1975	5,669,260	1.73%	68.6	17.7
1974	5,572,225	1.72%	67.4	17.4
1973	5,476,609	1.74%	66.3	17.1
1972	5,380,917	1.79%	65.1	16.8
1971	5,283,504	1.87%	63.9	16.6
1970	5,183,826	1.94%	62.7	16.4
1969	5,081,774	2.03%	61.5	16.3
1968	4,976,483	2.15%	60.2	16.2
1967	4,867,300	2.28%	58.9	16.3
1966	4,751,900	2.52%	57.5	16.4
1965	4,630,313	2.67%	56.0	16.7
1964	4,503,654	2.88%	54.5	17.5
1963	4,372,048	3.05%	52.9	19.1
1962	4,239,407	3.11%	51.3	19.9
1961	4,108,980	3.14%	49.7	20.4
1960	3,982,706	3.10%	48.2	20.6
1959	3,862,825	3.01%	46.7	20.7
1958	3,750,698	2.88%	45.4	20.7
1957	3,646,868	2.73%	44.1	20.7
1956	3,551,386	2.57%	43.0	20.6
1955	3,464,086	2.40%	41.9	20.6
1954	3,384,711	2.23%	40.9	20.6
1953	3,312,604	2.07%	40.1	20.5
1952	3,247,001	1.93%	39.3	20.4
1951	3,187,153	1.79%	38.6	20.3
1950	3,131,972	1.70%	37.9	20.2

Year	Population	Growth	Density /km²	Median age
2027	10,509,424	0.51%	127.1	34.6
2028	10,562,595	0.50%	127.8	35.0
2029	10,614,753	0.48%	128.4	35.5
2030	10,665,380	0.47%	129.0	35.9
2031	10,714,635	0.46%	129.6	36.3
2032	10,762,927	0.44%	130.2	36.7
2033	10,809,814	0.42%	130.8	37.0
2034	10,855,010	0.41%	131.3	37.3
2035	10,898,665	0.39%	131.9	37.5
2036	10,940,346	0.37%	132.4	37.7
2037	10,979,737	0.35%	132.8	37.8
2038	11,016,356	0.32%	133.3	37.9
2039	11,050,286	0.30%	133.7	37.9
2040	11,081,336	0.26%	134.1	38.0
2041	11,108,918	0.23%	134.4	38.0
2042	11,133,345	0.20%	134.7	38.0
2043	11,154,826	0.18%	135.0	38.1
2044	11,173,121	0.15%	135.2	38.2
2045	11,188,800	0.13%	135.4	38.4
2046	11,201,690	0.10%	135.5	38.6
2047	11,211,758	0.08%	135.6	38.9
2048	11,219,464	0.06%	135.7	39.1
2049	11,223,542	0.02%	135.8	39.4
2050	11,224,923	0.01%	135.8	39.7
2051	11,224,460	-0.01%	135.8	40.0
2052	11,221,888	-0.03%	135.8	40.3
2053	11,217,139	-0.05%	135.7	40.6
2054	11,210,474	-0.07%	135.6	40.9
2055	11,201,975	-0.09%	135.5	41.3
2056	11,191,303	-0.10%	135.4	41.6
2057	11,178,770	-0.12%	135.2	41.9
2058	11,165,394	-0.12%	135.1	42.2
2059	11,151,252	-0.13%	134.9	42.5
2060	11,135,570	-0.15%	134.7	42.7
2061	11,118,794	-0.15%	134.5	43.0
2062	11,101,944	-0.15%	134.3	43.1
2063	11,084,952	-0.16%	134.1	43.2
2064	11,067,064	-0.17%	133.9	43.4
2065	11,047,938	-0.18%	133.7	43.6
2066	11,027,892	-0.18%	133.4	43.7
2067	11,006,878	-0.20%	133.2	43.8
2068	10,984,627	-0.21%	132.9	43.8
2069	10,961,640	-0.21%	132.6	43.8
2070	10,937,197	-0.23%	132.3	43.8
2071	10,911,253	-0.24%	132.0	43.8
2072	10,884,510	-0.25%	131.7	43.8
2073	10,856,734	-0.26%	131.3	43.8
2074	10,828,362	-0.26%	131.0	43.8
2075	10,799,160	-0.28%	130.6	43.8
2076	10,769,242	-0.28%	130.3	43.9
2077	10,738,958	-0.29%	129.9	43.9
2078	10,708,240	-0.29%	129.5	44.0
2079	10,676,981	-0.30%	129.2	44.0
2080	10,644,864	-0.30%	128.8	44.1
2081	10,612,562	-0.30%	128.4	44.2
2082	10,580,466	-0.30%	128.0	44.3
2083	10,548,992	-0.29%	127.6	44.4
2084	10,517,864	-0.30%	127.2	44.5
2085	10,486,655	-0.30%	126.9	44.6
2086	10,455,859	-0.29%	126.5	44.7
2087	10,425,363	-0.29%	126.1	44.8
2088	10,395,115	-0.29%	125.8	45.0
2089	10,365,188	-0.29%	125.4	45.1
2090	10,335,112	-0.29%	125.0	45.2
2091	10,305,147	-0.29%	124.7	45.3
2092	10,275,340	-0.29%	124.3	45.4
2093	10,245,240	-0.30%	123.9	45.5
2094	10,214,736	-0.30%	123.6	45.6
2095	10,183,694	-0.31%	123.2	45.7
2096	10,152,430	-0.31%	122.8	45.8
2097	10,120,835	-0.32%	122.4	45.8
2098	10,088,346	-0.33%	122.0	45.9
2099	10,055,168	-0.33%	121.6	45.9
2100	10,021,320	-0.34%	121.2	46.0

States & provinces of Azerbaijan by population

#	State / province	Population	Share
1	Bakı	2,344,900	22.4%
2	Sumqayıt	491,068	4.7%
3	Abşeron	432,800	4.1%
4	Gəncə	330,700	3.2%
5	Masallı	226,700	2.2%
6	Şəmkir	217,400	2.1%
7	Cəlilabad	217,100	2.1%
8	Şəki	184,200	1.8%
9	Sabirabad	180,500	1.7%
10	Ağdam	179,800	1.7%
11	Tovuz	176,900	1.7%
12	Xaçmaz	174,400	1.7%
13	Quba	170,200	1.6%
14	Salyan	139,600	1.3%
15	Ağcabədi	136,100	1.3%
16	İmişli	131,600	1.3%
17	Füzuli	130,800	1.3%
18	Zaqatala	130,100	1.2%
19	Bərdə	129,600	1.2%
20	Yevlakh Rayon	129,200	1.2%
21	Göyçay	118,600	1.1%
22	Kürdəmir	118,400	1.1%
23	Şərur	117,600	1.1%
24	Astara	111,900	1.1%
25	Saatlı	110,500	1.1%
26	Qəbələ	108,900	1.0%
27	Ağdaş	107,100	1.0%
28	Biləsuvar	106,500	1.0%
29	Şamaxı	106,400	1.0%
30	Mingəçevir	102,900	1.0%
31	Qusar	102,300	1.0%
32	Goranboy	101,800	1.0%
33	Beyləqan	101,600	1.0%
34	Gədəbəy	101,062	1.0%
35	Balakən	100,700	1.0%
36	Qazax	96,200	0.9%
37	Neftçala	87,300	0.8%
38	İsmayıllı	87,100	0.8%
39	Ağstafa	86,300	0.8%
40	Lerik	86,100	0.8%
41	Shirvan	85,500	0.8%
42	Ucar	85,000	0.8%
43	Ağsu	80,600	0.8%
44	Tərtər	80,500	0.8%
45	Babək	76,200	0.7%
46	Hajigabul	75,900	0.7%
47	Lankaran	75,700	0.7%
48	Kəlbəcər	73,900	0.7%
49	Cəbrayıl	73,100	0.7%
50	Yardımlı	68,400	0.7%
51	Xanlar	64,800	0.6%
52	Zərdab	59,400	0.6%
53	Yevlakh	59,036	0.6%
54	Samux	58,600	0.6%
55	Dəvəçi	58,400	0.6%
56	Qax	58,200	0.6%
57	Ordubad	50,200	0.5%
58	Qobustan	47,000	0.4%
59	Culfa	47,000	0.4%
60	Oğuz	44,500	0.4%

State populations: GeoNames (latest official figures, reference dates vary by country).

Biggest cities in Azerbaijan

#	City	Region	Population
1	Baku capital	Baki	2,351,300
2	Sumgayit	Sumqayit	427,000
3	Ganja	Gǝncǝ	330,663
4	Khirdalan	Abşeron	196,200
5	Yevlakh	Yevlax City	127,400
6	Mingachevir	Mingacevir City	106,048
7	Naxçıvan	Nakhchivan	97,200
8	Lankaran	Lənkəran	89,300
9	Qaraçuxur	Baki	87,349
10	Lerik	Lerik District	87,000
11	Şirvan	Shirvan	70,220
12	Sheki	Shaki City	68,400
13	Xaçmaz	Xaçmaz	67,600
14	Bakıxanov	Baki	66,686
15	Göyçay	Göyçay	42,500

FAQ

What is the population of Azerbaijan in 2026?

The population of Azerbaijan is 10,454,855 in 2026, according to UN World Population Prospects 2024 (medium variant).

What is the biggest city in Azerbaijan?

Baku is the biggest city in Azerbaijan with 2,351,300 inhabitants and it is also the capital.

Is the population of Azerbaijan growing or shrinking?

The population of Azerbaijan is growing at 0.53% per year, and is projected to peak in 2050 at 11,224,923.

Neighboring countries

Sources

Country data: United Nations World Population Prospects 2024, medium variant (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Retrieved 2026-07-06.
City and state data: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Retrieved 2026-07-06.

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