Azerbaijanis in Kyrgyzstan

Azerbaijanis in Kyrgyzstan
*Qırğızıstan azərbaycanlıları*
Total population
(17,267 (0.3%)(Census 2009)^[1])
Regions with significant populations
Bishkek
Languages
Azerbaijani • Kyrgyz • Russian
Religion
Predominately Muslim

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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. Currently there are over 17,267 Azerbaijanis in Kyrgyzstan.^[1]

**Population of Azerbaijanis in Kyrgyzstan according to ethnic group 1926–2009**
census 1926¹		census 1939²		census 1959³		census 1970⁴		census 1979⁵		census 1989⁶		census 1999⁷		census 2009⁸
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
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References

1 2 Ethnic Composition of Kazakhstan Archived March 16, 2010, at the Wayback Machine. (2009 census) . Retrieved 18 August 2013.

Ethnic groups

Major groups	Kyrgyz (71.0%) Uzbeks (14.3%) Russians (7.8%) Dungans (1.1%) Uyghurs (0.9%) Tajiks (0.9%) Turks (0.7%) Tatars (0.6%) Kazakhs (0.6%) Ukrainians (0.4%) Koreans (0.3%) Azerbaijanis (0.3%) Germans (0.2%)

Smaller groups	Armenians Chinese Greeks Pakistanis

Ethnic group statistics according to the 2009 census

Azerbaijani people by country or region

Azerbaijani diaspora Largest urban areas Azerbaijani population

Traditional areas	Azerbaijan Iran (Iranian Azerbaijan) Borchali Derbent

Former Soviet Union	Russia Armenia Georgia Ukraine Belarus Kazakhstan Turkmenistan Uzbekistan Kyrgyzstan

Europe	France Germany United Kingdom

Asia	Turkey

Americas	Canada United States

See also	Western Azerbaijan Azerbaijani Olympic medalists List of Azerbaijanis

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