Ganja 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.
Density 1.0× span
- Armenian
- Russian
- Azerbaijani
All observations · 13 rows
| Year | Group | Share | Population | Source | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1897 | Armenian | 25% | — | First General Census of the Russian Empire, 1897 | |
| 1897 | Russian | 10% | — | First General Census of the Russian Empire, 1897 | |
| 1897 | Azerbaijani | 58% | — | First General Census of the Russian Empire, 1897 | Then Yelisavetpol; capital of the Elizavetpol Governorate. |
| 1926 | Azerbaijani | 64% | — | All-Union Soviet Census of 1926 | |
| 1926 | Armenian | 17% | — | All-Union Soviet Census of 1926 | |
| 1939 | Armenian | 18% | — | All-Union Population Census of 1939 | |
| 1959 | Armenian | 16% | — | All-Union Population Census of 1959 | |
| 1959 | Azerbaijani | 70% | — | All-Union Population Census of 1959 | |
| 1970 | Azerbaijani | 78% | — | All-Union Population Census of 1970 | |
| 1979 | Armenian | 12% | — | All-Union Soviet Census of 1979 | |
| 1989 | Azerbaijani | 92% | — | All-Union Soviet Census of 1989 | After the November 1988 Kirovabad pogrom drove out almost the entire Armenian community. |
| 2009 | Azerbaijani | — | 313,000 | Azerbaijan 2009 Population Census | |
| 2024 | Azerbaijani | — | 335,000 | Azerbaijan 2009 Population Census |