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

Azerbaijanis in Kyrgyzstan (Azerbaijani: Qırğızıstan azərbaycanlıları) are a Azerbaijani diaspora in Kyrgyzstan, and are Kyrgyz citizens and permanent residents of ethnic Azerbaijani background. Azerbaijan and Kyrgyzstan took through centuries and both countries used to be the part of Russian Empire and then Soviet Union. Currently there are over 17,267 Azerbaijanis in Kyrgyzstan.^[1]

Population of Azerbaijanis in Kyrgyzstan according to ethnic group 1926–2009

census 1926^1		census 1939^2		census 1959^3		census 1970^4		census 1979^5		census 1989^6		census 1999^7		census 2009^8
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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See also

• Turkic Council

References

1. Ethnic Composition of Kazakhstan (2009 census) . Retrieved 18 August 2013.