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Ethnic group

Azerbaijanis in Kyrgyzstan
*Qırğızıstan azərbaycanlıları*
Total population
17,267 (0.3%)(Census 2009)
Regions with significant populations
Bishkek
Languages
Azerbaijani • Kyrgyz • Russian
Religion
Predominantly Muslim
Related ethnic groups
Azerbaijani diaspora

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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. As of 2009, there were 17,267 Azerbaijanis resident in Kyrgyzstan.

**Population of Azerbaijanis in Kyrgyzstan according to ethnic group 1926–2014**
census 1926		census 1939		census 1959		census 1970		census 1979		census 1989		census 1999		census 2009		estimate 2014
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	18,946	0.3
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References

^ Population and Housing Census 2009. Chapter 3.1. Resident population by nationality (PDF) (in Russian), Bishkek: National Committee on Statistics, 2010, retrieved 2021-12-14

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 Poles Romanians Lyuli

Ethnic group statistics according to the 2009 census

v t e Azerbaijani people by country or region
Azerbaijani diaspora Largest urban areas
Traditional areas	Azerbaijan Iran Iranian Azerbaijan Borchaly Derbent Armenia
Former Soviet Union	Belarus Georgia Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Russia Turkmenistan Ukraine Uzbekistan
Europe	France Germany United Kingdom
Asia	Turkey
Americas	Canada United States
See also	Azerbaijani Olympic medalists List of Azerbaijanis