Zangezur 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
- Kurdish
All observations · 7 rows
| Year | Group | Share | Population | Source | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1897 | Armenian | 56% | — | First General Census of the Russian Empire, 1897 | Zangezur uezd. Mixed Armenian-Azerbaijani-Kurdish population pre-1918. |
| 1897 | Azerbaijani | 39% | — | First General Census of the Russian Empire, 1897 | |
| 1897 | Kurdish | 5% | — | First General Census of the Russian Empire, 1897 | |
| 1926 | Armenian | 89% | — | All-Union Soviet Census of 1926 | After Andranik's 1918-20 campaigns and the post-Sovietisation territorial settlement, Zangezur was assigned to Armenian SSR with a substantially Armenian-majority population. |
| 1926 | Azerbaijani | 9% | — | All-Union Soviet Census of 1926 | |
| 1959 | Armenian | 96% | — | All-Union Population Census of 1959 | |
| 1979 | Armenian | 99% | — | All-Union Soviet Census of 1979 |