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Nagorno-Karabakh 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 · Nagorno-Karabakh · share of population + headcount
  • Armenian
0%25%50%75%100%8.5kEVENTSArmenian8.5k1994200920241992atrocity ×22016war2020events ×32022atrocity2023atrocity2024event

All observations · 4 rows

YearGroupSharePopulationSourceNotes
1994Armenian99%—Black Garden: Armenia and Azerbaijan Through Peace and War
2009Armenian99%—Black Garden: Armenia and Azerbaijan Through Peace and War
2024Armenian—14UNHCR registration data, displacement from Nagorno-KarabakhBy September 2024, only an estimated 14 ethnic Armenians remained in the territory.
2024Azerbaijani—8,500AzStat and government reports on resettlement of Karabakh and surrounding districts, 2021-2024Azerbaijani settlers placed across the former NKAO districts under the "Great Return" programme.