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Azerbaijan 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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- Armenian
- Azerbaijani
- Russian
All observations · 15 rows
| Year | Group | Share | Population | Source | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1897 | Armenian | 18% | — | First General Census of the Russian Empire, 1897 | |
| 1897 | Azerbaijani | 60% | — | First General Census of the Russian Empire, 1897 | Approximate retro-projection: Baku and Elizavetpol governorates in 1897, which would form the bulk of the future Azerbaijan SSR. |
| 1897 | Russian | 7% | — | First General Census of the Russian Empire, 1897 | |
| 1926 | Azerbaijani | 62% | — | All-Union Soviet Census of 1926 | |
| 1926 | Armenian | 12% | — | All-Union Soviet Census of 1926 | |
| 1939 | Azerbaijani | 58% | — | All-Union Population Census of 1939 | |
| 1939 | Armenian | 11% | — | All-Union Population Census of 1939 | |
| 1959 | Armenian | 12% | — | All-Union Population Census of 1959 | |
| 1959 | Russian | 13% | — | All-Union Population Census of 1959 | |
| 1959 | Azerbaijani | 67% | — | All-Union Population Census of 1959 | |
| 1970 | Armenian | 10% | — | All-Union Population Census of 1970 | |
| 1970 | Azerbaijani | 73% | — | All-Union Population Census of 1970 | |
| 1979 | Russian | 8% | — | All-Union Soviet Census of 1979 | |
| 1989 | Armenian | 5.6% | — | All-Union Soviet Census of 1989 | |
| 1989 | Azerbaijani | 83% | — | All-Union Soviet Census of 1989 |