Tabriz 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
All observations · 6 rows
| Year | Group | Share | Population | Source | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1900 | Armenian | — | 4,500 | Iran, the Armenian community of (entry in Encyclopaedia Iranica) | Tabriz Armenian community pre-WWI; centred on the Sourb Sarkis cathedral. |
| 1900 | Azerbaijani | 95% | 200,000 | Iran, the Armenian community of (entry in Encyclopaedia Iranica) | Pre-WWI Tabriz, capital of historical Persian Azerbaijan and one of the largest cities of Qajar Iran. |
| 1900 | Armenian | — | 4,500 | Iran, the Armenian community of (entry in Encyclopaedia Iranica) | Pre-WWI Tabriz Armenian community. Centred on Sourp Sarkis cathedral. |
| 1979 | Armenian | — | 6,000 | Iran, the Armenian community of (entry in Encyclopaedia Iranica) | Pre-Islamic-Revolution Tabriz Armenian community. Substantially reduced after 1979 emigration. |
| 2010 | Azerbaijani | — | 1,500,000 | Iran, the Armenian community of (entry in Encyclopaedia Iranica) | Tabriz today is the largest Azerbaijani-Turkic-speaking city in the world, larger than Baku. |
| 2010 | Armenian | — | 1,500 | Iran, the Armenian community of (entry in Encyclopaedia Iranica) | Reduced to a small residual community by post-1979 emigration. |