Azerbaijanis_in_Kyrgyzstan Knowpia

Azerbaijanis in Kyrgyzstan
*Qırğızıstan azərbaycanlıları*
Total population
	17,267 (0.3%)(Census 2009)
Regions with significant populations
	Bishkek
Languages
	Azerbaijani • Kyrgyz • Russian
Religion
	Predominantly Muslim
Related ethnic groups
	Azerbaijani diaspora

Azerbaijanis in Kyrgyzstan (Azerbaijani: Qırğızıstan azərbaycanlıları) are part of the Azerbaijani diaspora. They are Kyrgyz citizens and permanent residents of ethnic Azerbaijani background. Azerbaijan and Kyrgyzstan used to be part of the Russian Empire and later the Soviet Union. As of 2009, there were 17,267 Azerbaijanis resident in Kyrgyzstan.^[1]

**Population of Azerbaijanis in Kyrgyzstan according to ethnic group 1926–2014**
census 1926¹		census 1939²		census 1959³		census 1970⁴		census 1979⁵		census 1989⁶		census 1999⁷		census 2009⁷		estimate 2014⁷
3,631	0.4	7,724	0.5	10,428	0.5	12,536	0.4	17,207	0.5	15,775	0.4	14,014	0.3	17,267	0.3	18,946	0.3
¹ Source: [1]. ² Source: [2]. ³ Source: [3]. ⁴ Source: [4]. ⁵ Source: [5]. ⁶ Source: [6]. ⁷ Source: [7].

References edit

^ ^a ^b Population and Housing Census 2009. Chapter 3.1. Resident population by nationality (PDF) (in Russian), Bishkek: National Committee on Statistics, 2010, retrieved 2021-12-14

Total population
17,267 (0.3%)(Census 2009)^[1]
Regions with significant populations
Bishkek
Languages
Azerbaijani • Kyrgyz • Russian
Religion
Predominantly Muslim
Related ethnic groups
Azerbaijani diaspora