Official Languages

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Languages spoken here

Avar (secondary) · Belarusian (secondary) · Belarusian (Polesian) (secondary) · Chechen (secondary) · Erzya (secondary) · Georgian (secondary) · Kazakh (secondary) · Northern Kurdish (secondary) · Russian (secondary) · Russian (Pre-1918) (secondary) · Talysh (secondary) · Tatar (secondary) · Turkish (secondary) · Turkmen (secondary) · Ukrainian (secondary)

“Secondary” means a community here speaks it alongside another language. It is not a statement of official or minority-language status.

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Azerbaijan

Peoples

Largest first.

People	Population	Language	Religion
Azerbaijani	9251000	Azerbaijani, North	Islam
Azerbaijani, Azeri Turk	297000	Azerbaijani, South	Islam
Lezgin	175000	Lezgi	Islam
Talysh	93000	Talysh	Islam
Russian	72000	Russian	Christianity
Kurd, Kurmanji	53000	Kurdish, Northern	Islam
Avar, Zaqatala	51000	Avar	Islam
Ukrainian	47000	Ukrainian	Christianity
Inghiloi	33000	Georgian	Islam
Tsakhur	32000	Tsakhur	Islam
Turk	31000	Turkish	Islam
Tat, Muslim	31000	Tat, Muslim	Islam
Deaf	30000	Language unknown	Unknown
Rutul	21000	Rutul	Islam
Tatar	21000	Tatar	Islam
Kryz, Dzhek	13000	Kryts	Islam
Persian	12000	Persian, Iranian	Islam
Georgian	10000	Georgian	Christianity
Turkmen	10000	Turkmen	Islam
Kazakh	9400	Kazakh	Islam
Udin	8800	Udi	Christianity
Uzbek, Southern	8600	Uzbek, Southern	Islam
Ilsavan	8500	Turkish	Islam
Jewish, Russian	7000	Russian	Judaism
Jewish, Gorsky-Kavkazi (Mountain Jewish)	6000	Judeo-Tat	Judaism
Belarusian	5800	Belarusian	Christianity
Chechen	5400	Chechen	Islam
Turk, Meskhetian	5000	Turkish	Islam
Ossette	4200	Ossetic	Christianity
Khinalug, Ketsh Khalkh	4100	Khinalugh	Islam
Dargin	3200	Dargwa	Islam
Budug	2100	Budukh	Islam
Lak	1800	Lak	Islam
Mordvinian	1200	Erzya	Christianity

Languages

30 languages recorded here.

Avar

Azerbaijani, North

Azerbaijani, South

Belarusian

Budukh

Chechen

Dargwa

Erzya

Georgian

Judeo-Tat

Kazakh

Khinalugh

Kryts

Kurdish, Northern

Lak

Language unknown

Lezgi

Ossetic

Persian, Iranian

Russian

Rutul

Talysh

Tat, Muslim

Tatar

Tsakhur

Turkish

Turkmen

Udi

Ukrainian

Uzbek, Southern

All catalogue fields

154 fields recorded

rog3: AJ
iso3: AZE
iso2: AZ
ctry: Azerbaijan
poplpeoples: 10363000
cntpeoples: 34
cntpeopleslr: 25
poplpeopleslr: 10179000
jpscalectry: 1
rol3officiallanguage: azj
officiallang: Azerbaijani, North
rlg3primary: 6
religionprimary: Islam
percentchristianity: 1.3492946421071
percentevangelical: 0.21976708236821
c_10_40window: Y
rog2: ASI
continent: Asia
regioncode: 5
regionname: Asia, Central
workersneeded: 217
harvest_rog3: AJ
harvest_iso3: AZE
harvest_iso2: AZ
harvest_owcountrycode: AZER
harvest_ethnologuecountrycode: AZ
harvest_countrynumber: 14
harvest_ctry: Azerbaijan
harvest_ctryshort: Azerbaijan
harvest_altname: Azerbaydzhan
harvest_countrynamechinese: 阿塞拜疆
harvest_countrynamechineseshort: 阿塞拜疆
harvest_countrynamedutch: Azerbeidzjan
harvest_countrynamefrench: Azerbaïdjan
harvest_countrynamefrenchshort: Azerbaïdjan
harvest_countrynamegerman: Aserbaidschan
harvest_countrynamegermanshort: Aserbaidschan
harvest_countrynameindonesian: Azerbaijan
harvest_countrynameindonesianshort: Azerbaijan
harvest_countrynameitalian: Azerbaigian
harvest_countrynameitalianshort: Azerbaigian
harvest_countrynamekorean: 아제르바이잔
harvest_countrynamekoreanshort: 아제르바이잔
harvest_countrynamenorwegian: Aserbajdsjan
harvest_countrynamenorwegianshort: Aserbajdsjan
harvest_countrynameportuguese: Azerbaijão
harvest_countrynameportugueseshort: Azerbaijão
harvest_countrynamerussian: Азербайджан
harvest_countrynamerussianshort: Азербайджан
harvest_countrynamespanish: Azerbaiyán
harvest_countrynamespanishshort: Azerbaiyán
harvest_countrynamevietnamese: Azerbaijan
harvest_countrynamevietnameseshort: Azerbaijan
harvest_chineseconcatenationprefix: 在
harvest_frenchconcatenationprefix: d'
harvest_germanconcatenationprefix: in
harvest_indonesianconcatenationprefix: di
harvest_italianconcatenationprefix: -
harvest_koreanconcatenationprefix: 의
harvest_norwegianconcatenationprefix: i
harvest_portugueseconcatenationprefix: no
harvest_russianconcatenationprefix: B
harvest_spanishconcatenationprefix: en
harvest_vietnameseconcatenationprefix: ở
harvest_ethnologuemapexists: Y
harvest_rog2: ASI
harvest_regioncode2414: 12
harvest_regioncode: 5
harvest_unsr: 145
harvest_worldabc: A
harvest_capital: Baku
harvest_population: 10398000
harvest_populationsource: UN Country Population (2025)
harvest_prayercastvideo: https://prayercast.com/azerbaijan.html
harvest_prayercastvimeourl: 74945621
harvest_waldnerguide: prayer-guide-am+aj.pdf
harvest_unmap: https://un.org/geospatial/content/azerbaijan
harvest_jpscale: 1
harvest_c_10_40window: Y
harvest_c_10_40windoworiginal: N
harvest_biblerestrictionsrank: 30
harvest_bibleshortagerank: 49
harvest_bibleaccessurl: https://www.bibleaccesslist.org/profiles/AZ_2025_profile.pdf
harvest_owpctevang: 0.2
harvest_owpctcharismatic: 0.11265817
harvest_owevangelicalgrowthrate: 3.7
harvest_owcountrypage: azerbaijan
harvest_literacyrate: 99
harvest_literacysource: Ethnologue
harvest_percenturbanized: 56
harvest_rol3officiallanguage: azj
harvest_rlg3primary: 6
harvest_pctanimist: 0
harvest_pctbahai: 0.02
harvest_pctbuddhism: 0
harvest_pctchinese: 0
harvest_pcthindu: 0
harvest_pctislam: 87.58
harvest_pctsikh: 0
harvest_pctjudaism: 0.11
harvest_pctnonreligious: 9.550000000000001
harvest_pctother: 0
harvest_pctchristian: 2.74
harvest_pctchristianprotestant: 0.11
harvest_pctchristianindependent: 0.07000000000000001
harvest_pctchristiananglican: 0
harvest_pctchristianromancatholic: 0
harvest_pctchristianorthodoxcatholic: 2.55
harvest_pctchristianmarginal: 0.01
harvest_pctchristianunaffiliated: 0
harvest_pctchristiandoublyprofessing: 0
harvest_pctchristianother: 0
harvest_pctchristianextra: 0
harvest_rop1: A015
harvest_hdiyear: 2015
harvest_hdivalue: 0.759
harvest_hdirank: 78
harvest_internetusers: 78.2
harvest_flashmapzoom: 1050
harvest_flashmapzoomx: -579
harvest_flashmapzoomy: -281
harvest_googlemapzoom: 7
harvest_googlemaplat: 40.5
harvest_googlemaplng: 47.5
harvest_ctrylatitude: 40.143105
harvest_ctrylongitude: 47.576927
harvest_securitylevel: 2
harvest_ethnolinguisticmap: http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/commonwealth/ethnocaucasus.jpg
harvest_statedeptreligiousfreedom: https://www.state.gov/reports/2023-report-on-international-religious-freedom/azerbaijan/
harvest_provincesdisplayable: Y
harvest_adm1label: Provinces
harvest_wcdsubregioncode: 204
harvest_poplgrowthrate: 1.074179164977706
harvest_v59country: Y
harvest_godreportsurl: http://blog.godreports.com/country/?countrycode=az&joshua=aj
harvest_datareportalurl: https://datareportal.com/reports/digital-2024-azerbaijan
harvest_internetusage: 80
harvest_internetusagesourceyear: 2018
harvest_voiceofmartyrsurl: https://www.persecution.com/globalprayerguide/azerbaijan/
harvest_areasquaremiles: 33436
harvest_areasquarekilometers: 86600
harvest_populationpersquaremile: 233
harvest_countryphonecode: 7
harvest_wincountryprofile: http://win1040.com/page.php?id=499
harvest_owpctchristian1993: 2.6
harvest_owpctevangelical1993: 0
harvest_owpctchristian2001: 4.64
harvest_owpctevangelical2001: 0.1
harvest_stonyground: Y
harvest_religiondatayear: 2010
harvest_internetctrycode: .az
harvest_worldfactbookurl: https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/azerbaijan
harvest_editname: BM
harvest_editdate: 09/12/02 00:00:00