Total population | |
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approx. 25–35 million | |
Regions with significant populations | |
Iran | 15 to 30 million:28 |
Azerbaijan | 8,172,800 |
Russia | 621,800 to 1,500,000 |
Turkey | 530,000 to 2,500,000 |
Georgia | 284,761 to 500,000 |
Kazakhstan | 78,295 |
Ukraine | 45,176 |
Uzbekistan | 44,400 |
Turkmenistan | 33,365 |
Netherlands | 18,000 |
Kyrgyzstan | 17,823 |
Germany | 15,219 |
United Kingdom | 15,000 |
Belarus | 6,362 |
United States | 5,553 |
Canada | 3,465 |
Latvia | 1,697 |
Austria | 1,000[25] |
Estonia | 880[26] |
Lithuania | 788 |
Languages | |
Azerbaijani | |
Religion | |
Shia Islam | |
Related ethnic groups | |
Other Turkic peoples, Iranian peoples, peoples of the Caucasus |
The Azerbaijanis, (Azerbaijani: Azərbaycanlılar) Azerbaijani Turks, Azeri Turks, or Azeris (Azerbaijani: Azərilər) are a Turkic people living mainly in the Republic of Azerbaijan and Iranian Azerbaijan. A small minority also live in southern Dagestan in Russia.