How many people live in Azerbaijan right now?
Right now, according to UN estimates
10,472,108
| Today | In 2026 | |
|---|---|---|
| Births | · | · |
| Deaths | · | · |
| Net migration | · | · |
| Growth | · | · |
2026 figures
- Rank by population
- 93 of 237
- Share of world population
- 0.13%
- Median age
- 34.1 years
- Children per woman
- 1.66
- Life expectancy
- 74.9 years
- People per km²
- 127
According to UN estimates, about 10.5 million people live in Azerbaijan right now. It ranks 93rd out of 237 countries and territories by population, between Czechia and Portugal, and it is home to one in every 795 people on the planet.
Every day, about 330 people are born there and about 200 die. More people arrive than leave: net migration adds about 7,700 people a year. Overall, the population grows by about 150 people a day (0.53% a year).
In 1950, about 3.1 million people lived there. Today there are 3.3 times as many. The UN expects it to peak around 2050, at about 11.2 million, and then begin to fall. By 2050 it is projected to have about 11.2 million people (7% more than today), and by 2100 about 10.0 million.
Half of its people are younger than 34 (worldwide, 31). Women have an average of 1.66 children each, below the 2.1 needed for each generation to replace the one before, and life expectancy at birth is 75 years (worldwide, 74). There are 127 people per square kilometer.
UN estimates up to today and projections (medium variant) from today onward.
Frequently asked questions
- What is the population of Azerbaijan in 2026?
- Azerbaijan has about 10.5 million people right now, according to the UN's World Population Prospects 2024. On July 1, 2026, there were 10,454,855.
- How many people are born each day in Azerbaijan?
- About 330 a day (120,000 a year). About 200 people die each day (71,700 a year).
- Is the population of Azerbaijan growing?
- Yes: it grows by 0.53% a year, or about 55,600 people.
- What will the population of Azerbaijan be in 2050?
- According to the UN projection (medium variant), about 11.2 million, with a peak around 2050 at about 11.2 million.
- Why doesn't this figure match the country's official statistics?
- The UN estimates the population of every country with the same method, based on censuses, surveys and registers, and projects it year by year. Each national statistics office uses its own censuses and registers, which may be more up to date or count foreign residents differently. That is why the figures can differ slightly.
Countries with a similar population
More countries in Asia
- India 1,480,585,716
- China 1,411,888,740
- Indonesia 288,550,199
- Pakistan 260,627,819
- Bangladesh 178,484,339
- Japan 122,207,046
- Philippines 118,018,858
- Vietnam 102,351,306
- Iran 93,380,239
- Turkey 88,012,260
- Thailand 71,536,973
- Myanmar 55,285,238
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Where these figures come from
The figures are estimates from the United Nations Population Division, published in World Population Prospects 2024 (medium variant): the reference used by international organizations and by most population counters. The UN estimates how many people there are on July 1 of each year and how many are born, die and migrate; between one date and the next, this counter spreads the change continuously, second by second.
It is not a real-time headcount: nobody can count every person in a country at once. It is the best available estimate, and it may differ slightly from the figures of each country's statistics office, which use their own censuses and population registers.