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Armenian SSR 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
- Armenian
All observations · 14 rows
| Year | Group | Share | Population | Source | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1897 | Azerbaijani | 37% | — | First General Census of the Russian Empire, 1897 | |
| 1897 | Armenian | 53% | — | First General Census of the Russian Empire, 1897 | Approximate retro-projection: Erivan governorate in 1897, which would form the bulk of the future Armenian SSR. |
| 1926 | Armenian | 84% | — | All-Union Soviet Census of 1926 | |
| 1926 | Azerbaijani | 10% | — | All-Union Soviet Census of 1926 | |
| 1939 | Armenian | 82% | — | All-Union Population Census of 1939 | |
| 1939 | Azerbaijani | 11% | — | All-Union Population Census of 1939 | |
| 1959 | Azerbaijani | 6% | — | All-Union Population Census of 1959 | After the 1948-53 deportation drove the community from approximately 130,000 to about 100,000, with substantial mortality on the way to Azerbaijani SSR lowlands. |
| 1959 | Armenian | 88% | — | All-Union Population Census of 1959 | |
| 1970 | Armenian | 89% | — | All-Union Population Census of 1970 | |
| 1970 | Azerbaijani | 6% | — | All-Union Population Census of 1970 | |
| 1979 | Armenian | 90% | — | All-Union Soviet Census of 1979 | |
| 1979 | Azerbaijani | 5% | — | All-Union Soviet Census of 1979 | |
| 1989 | Azerbaijani | 2% | — | All-Union Soviet Census of 1989 | |
| 1989 | Armenian | 93% | — | All-Union Soviet Census of 1989 |