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Lachin (district) 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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Demographics over time · Lachin (district) · share of population + headcount
  • Armenian
  • Azerbaijani
  • Kurdish
0%25%50%75%100%47kEVENTSArmenianAzerbaijaniKurdish47k47k1.5k9k9k9k5k189719261939195919791989200920241992event2020event

All observations · 15 rows

YearGroupSharePopulationSourceNotes
1897Armenian3%—First General Census of the Russian Empire, 1897
1897Azerbaijani84%—First General Census of the Russian Empire, 1897Russian Imperial Lachin uezd (then Zangezur uezd, southern part). Mixed Azerbaijani and Sunni Kurdish population.
1897Kurdish13%—First General Census of the Russian Empire, 1897
1926Azerbaijani88%—All-Union Soviet Census of 1926Lachin district pre-1992. Mixed Azerbaijani / Sunni Kurd population, both displaced 1992 in the corridor opening.
1926Kurdish11%—All-Union Soviet Census of 1926
1939Azerbaijani90%—All-Union Population Census of 1939
1959Azerbaijani92%—All-Union Population Census of 1959
1979Azerbaijani91%47,000All-Union Soviet Census of 1979
1989Azerbaijani95%47,400All-Union Soviet Census of 1989Pre-1992 Lachin district was overwhelmingly Azerbaijani. Captured by Armenian forces May 1992 to keep the corridor open between Armenia and Karabakh.
1994Azerbaijani—0Black Garden: Armenia and Azerbaijan Through Peace and WarAfter the May 1992 Armenian capture of the corridor, the Azerbaijani population (~47,000) fled. The corridor was kept open as the only land link between Armenia proper and NKAO.
1994Armenian—1,500Black Garden: Armenia and Azerbaijan Through Peace and War
2009Armenian—9,000Black Garden: Armenia and Azerbaijan Through Peace and WarNKR-administered Berdzor / Lachin during the de facto period.
2015Armenian—9,000Black Garden: Armenia and Azerbaijan Through Peace and WarNKR-administered Berdzor / Lachin during the de facto period; partial Armenian resettlement.
2020Armenian—9,000Black Garden: Armenia and Azerbaijan Through Peace and War
2024Azerbaijani—5,000AzStat and government reports on resettlement of Karabakh and surrounding districts, 2021-2024Returned to Azerbaijan May 2022 - August 2022. Azerbaijani settlement under the "Great Return" programme.