Azerbaijan Population Pyramid 1996
Azerbaijan in 1996
As of 1996, Azerbaijan counted 7,830,982 inhabitants. A decade earlier, in 1986, the population was 6,891,347; it has grown by 13.6% since.
With a median age of 24.7 years, Azerbaijan had a youth dependency ratio of 53.9 and an old-age dependency ratio of 8.3 per 100 people of working age. The pyramid is expansive: its wide base of young cohorts reflects high fertility and a rapidly growing population.
Data source: United Nations World Population Prospects, 2024 revision (medium variant) — last updated July 2024.
In 2023 women in Azerbaijan had on average 1.55 children, below the replacement level of 2.1.
Source: World Bank World Development Indicators, latest available year.
Life expectancy at birth was 74.4 years in 2023: 77.1 for women and 71.6 for men.
Source: World Bank World Development Indicators, latest available year.
179,594 immigrants live in Azerbaijan, 1.7% of the population.
| Armenia | 116,637 |
| Russian Federation | 19,714 |
| Georgia | 18,215 |
| Uzbekistan | 8,122 |
| Ukraine | 8,108 |
810,116 people born in Azerbaijan live in other countries.
| Russian Federation | 308,165 |
| Armenia | 187,421 |
| Turkey | 117,860 |
| Ukraine | 84,792 |
| Uzbekistan | 20,079 |
Source: United Nations International Migrant Stock 2024.
| Country | Population | Median age | Relative size |
|---|---|---|---|
| Azerbaijan | 7,830,982 | 24.7 | |
| Israel | 5,499,552 | 27.1 | |
| Jordan | 4,912,516 | 19.7 | |
| Georgia | 4,812,775 | 32.4 | |
| Lebanon | 4,034,781 | 23.1 |





