Agdam demographics
Every documented census and post-Soviet observation, on a single shared timeline. Hover any chart point or population bar for the source-by-source breakdown.
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- Azerbaijani
All observations · 12 rows
| Year | Group | Share | Population | Source | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1897 | Azerbaijani | 96% | — | First General Census of the Russian Empire, 1897 | Aghdam uezd, the principal lowland Azerbaijani-majority district of the historical Karabakh khanate. |
| 1926 | Azerbaijani | 92% | — | All-Union Soviet Census of 1926 | |
| 1939 | Azerbaijani | 95% | — | All-Union Population Census of 1939 | |
| 1959 | Azerbaijani | 97% | — | All-Union Population Census of 1959 | |
| 1970 | Azerbaijani | 98% | — | All-Union Population Census of 1970 | |
| 1979 | Azerbaijani | 99% | 25,000 | All-Union Soviet Census of 1979 | |
| 1989 | Azerbaijani | 99% | 28,000 | All-Union Soviet Census of 1989 | Substantial Azerbaijani city in lowland Karabakh. |
| 1993 | Azerbaijani | — | 0 | Black Garden: Armenia and Azerbaijan Through Peace and War | After the [[event:agdam-fuzuli-zangilan-1993|July 1993 Armenian capture of Agdam]] the city was systematically destroyed and remained a "ghost city" for 27 years. |
| 1994 | Armenian | — | 0 | Black Garden: Armenia and Azerbaijan Through Peace and War | Aghdam was destroyed by Armenian forces in July 1993 and remained a "ghost city" until 2020. Neither population resided there 1994-2020. |
| 2009 | Azerbaijani | — | 0 | Black Garden: Armenia and Azerbaijan Through Peace and War | |
| 2020 | Azerbaijani | — | 0 | Black Garden: Armenia and Azerbaijan Through Peace and War | |
| 2024 | Azerbaijani | — | 6,000 | AzStat and government reports on resettlement of Karabakh and surrounding districts, 2021-2024 | Azerbaijani resettlement after the 2020 war; new "Smart City" Agdam under construction. |