Sumgait 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
- Russian
- Armenian
All observations · 9 rows
| Year | Group | Share | Population | Source | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1959 | Azerbaijani | 65% | 51,000 | All-Union Population Census of 1959 | Soviet new town founded in 1949 around the chemical industry; mixed Azerbaijani / Russian / Armenian / other Soviet workforce. |
| 1959 | Russian | 18% | — | All-Union Population Census of 1959 | |
| 1959 | Armenian | 14% | — | All-Union Population Census of 1959 | |
| 1979 | Armenian | 8% | — | All-Union Soviet Census of 1979 | Pre-pogrom Armenian minority of Sumgait; ~14,000 Armenians. |
| 1979 | Azerbaijani | 75% | — | All-Union Soviet Census of 1979 | |
| 1989 | Armenian | — | 0 | All-Union Soviet Census of 1989 | After the February 1988 pogrom and the wider Armenian flight from Soviet Azerbaijan, the Sumgait Armenian community was effectively erased. |
| 1989 | Azerbaijani | 88% | — | All-Union Soviet Census of 1989 | After the February 1988 pogrom, the residual Armenian population fell rapidly; full clearance complete by 1990. |
| 2009 | Azerbaijani | 98% | 311,000 | Azerbaijan 2009 Population Census | |
| 2024 | Azerbaijani | — | 350,000 | Azerbaijan 2019 Population Estimates |