Azerbaijanis_in_Uzbekistan Knowpia

Azerbaijanis in Uzbekistan
*Özbəkistan azərbaycanlıları*
Total population
	35,848 (Census 2000)
Regions with significant populations
	Tashkand
Languages
	Azerbaijani • Uzbek • Russian
Religion
	Predominantly Muslim

Azerbaijanis in Uzbekistan (Azerbaijani: Özbəkistan azərbaycanlıları) are part of the Azerbaijani diaspora. They are Uzbek citizens and permanent residents of ethnic Azerbaijani background. Azerbaijan and Uzbekistan used to be part of the Russian Empire and later the Soviet Union. Currently there are over 35,848 Azerbaijanis in Uzbekistan, making up 0.15% of Uzbekistan's population.^[1]

**Population of Azerbaijanis in Uzbekistan according to ethnic group 1926–1989**
Ethnic group	census 1926¹		census 1939²		census 1959³		census 1970⁴		census 1979⁵		census 1989⁶
Ethnic group	20,764	0.4	3,645	0.1	40,511	0.5	40,431	0.3	59,779	0.4	44,410	0.2
¹ Excluding the Tadzjik ASSR, but including the Kara-Kalpak Autonomous Oblast (in 1926 part of the Kazakh ASSR); source: [1]. ² Source: [2]. ³ Source: [3]. ⁴ Source: [4]. ⁵ Source: [5]. ⁶ Source: [6].