Indicator	Value
Total population	10,200,000–10,300,000 peopleUN DESA WPP [2024] 10,340,000 people·World Bank WDI [2024] 10,200,000 people
Median age	33.1 yearsUN DESA WPP [2024]
Life expectancy	74.4–74.6 yearsWorld Bank WDI [2024] 74.58 years·UNDP HDI [2023] 74.43 years
Ethnic groups	Azerbaijani 94.8%, other 1.8%; less than 1%: Talish, Russian, Avar, Sakhur, Tartar, Georgian, Jewish, Kurd (2019 est.); note: Nagorno-Karabakh, which is part of Azerbaijan on the basis of the borders recognized when the Soviet Union dissolved in 1991, was populated almost entirely by ethnic Armenians; Azerbaijan has over 80 ethnic groupsCIA World Factbook [2025] · 2026 archive
Languages	Azerbaijani 96.1%, other 1.4%; less than 1%: Russian, Avar, Talyshi, Turkish, Tatar, Sakhur, Tat, Ukrainian, Georgian, Hebrew (2019 est.)CIA World Factbook [2025] · 2026 archive
Religions	Muslim 97.3% (predominantly Shia), Christian 2.6%, other <0.1, unaffiliated <0.1 (2020 est.); note: religious affiliation for the majority of Azerbaijanis is largely nominal, percentages for actual practicing adherents are probably much lowerCIA World Factbook [2025] · 2026 archive
Urbanization	57.6% of total population (2023)CIA World Factbook [2025] · 2026 archive
Population growth	0.48 %World Bank WDI [2024]
Birth rate	10 per 1,000World Bank WDI [2024]
Death rate	5.8 per 1,000World Bank WDI [2024]
Urban population	58.6 %World Bank WDI [2024]
Languages (structured)	Adhari / Aghul / Aghwan / Avar / Budukh / Eastern Armenian / Erzya / Georgian / Judeo-Tat / Karachay-Balkar / Khalaj / Khinalug / Kryz / Lak / Lezgian / Lishán Didán / Lomavren / Muslim Tat / North Azerbaijani / North-Central Dargwa / North-Central Talysh / Northern Kurdish / Rutul / South Azerbaijani / Tabasaran / Tatar / Tsakhur / Turkish / Udi / Western FarsiGlottolog [2026]