Demographic profile
Azerbaijan is the 90th most populous of the 238 countries and territories tracked on this site, home to about 0.13% of everyone alive. Within Middle East, it ranks 8 of 18.
Each day brings roughly 497 births and 234 deaths, adding about 96,058 people over a year. At the current natural-increase rate of 0.9% annually, the population would double in roughly 78 years if the rate held. Real trajectories bend as fertility, mortality and migration shift, which is why the chart below shows both history and projection.
Among its first-level divisions, the largest by our modelled allocation is Nakhchivan, holding an estimated 100.0% of the national population. The full breakdown of all 1 states and regions is in the table below — regional figures outside Sudan are modelled estimates built on real region names, and are flagged as such.
Literacy stands near 85.0% and adult smoking prevalence around 17.0%, with life expectancy at about 62.9 years. Baselines come from UN World Population Prospects, the World Bank, WHO surveys, WorldPop and HDX; the counters project them forward in real time — the method, and every caveat, is documented on our data sources page.
Quick answers
What is the population of Azerbaijan in 2026? Approximately 10,689,369 people (live projection; the counter above updates every second).
How fast is Azerbaijan growing? About 0.9% per year — roughly 497 births and 234 deaths every day.
What share of the world lives in Azerbaijan? Around 0.13% — ranked 90 worldwide by population.