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Azerbaijani: Major ethnic: Azerbaijani (94.8%) [1] Minor ethnic: Lezgin (1.7%) [1] Talysh (0.9%) [1] ... Population of Azerbaijan according to ethnic group 1926 ...
Azerbaijan, [a] officially the Republic of Azerbaijan, [b] is a transcontinental and landlocked country at the boundary of West Asia and Eastern Europe. [10] It is a part of the South Caucasus region and is bounded by the Caspian Sea to the east, Russia's republic of Dagestan to the north, Georgia to the northwest, Armenia and Turkey to the west, and Iran to the south.
Azerbaijani populations exist throughout the world. About 8.2 million Azerbaijanis live in Azerbaijan (2009 census), making 91.6% of the country's population. [1] According to the CIA website, Azerbaijanis are the second ethnic group in Georgia (6.3% in 2014) and in Iran. [2]
The population of the Azerbaijani SSR was also included in this census. During the 1926 census, the territory of the Azerbaijan SSR was 85,968 km 2, the actual population was 2,314,571 (1,212,859 men, 1101712 women). 649,557 actual population (338325 men, 311232 women) lived in the cities, 1,665,014 (874534 men, 790,480 women) lived in the ...
Rank Urban area Country Official data Estimations Total population of the city Image Notes 1 Tehran Iran 25.2% Azeri (2010 census) [1]: 25% [citation needed] — 1/3 [2] [dead link ] [3]
Large Azerbaijani populations can also be found in central Iran (Tehran and Alborz) due to internal migration. Azerbaijanis make up 25% [180] of Tehran's population and 30.3% [181] – 33% [182] [183] of the population of the Tehran Province, where Azerbaijanis are found in every city. [184]
In the corresponding timeframe, Azerbaijani inhabitants of the region would be subjected to ethnic cleansing from the Armenian side, resulting in massacres and deportations of the population. [60] In addition, Stalin's population transfer policies resulted in the deportation of 100,000 Azeris from the Armenian SSR between 1930 and 1952.
By 1979, Azerbaijanis numbered 160,841 and constituted 5.3% of Armenia's population. [14] The Azerbaijani population of Yerevan, that once formed the majority, dropped to 0.7% by 1959 and further to 0.1% by 1989. [57] Soviet education policy ensured the availability of schools with Azerbaijani as the language of instruction in Armenia. [60]