Azerbaijanis in Kazakhstan

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Azerbaijanis in Kazakhstan
Qazaxıstan azərbaycanlıları
Qazaqstandağy äzırbaijandar
Total population
85,292(Census 2009) [1]
Regions with significant populations
Astana   Almaty   Merki
Languages
Azerbaijani   Kazakh   Russian
Religion
Predominately Shia Islam, with Christian minority [2]
Related ethnic groups
Azerbaijani diaspora

Azerbaijanis in Kazakhstan are part of the greater Azerbaijani diaspora. They are Kazakh citizens and permanent residents of ethnic Azerbaijani background. According to the 2009 census, there were 85,292 ethnic Azerbaijanis living in Kazakhstan; [1] Azerbaijanis comprised 0.5% of Kazakhstan's population and were the country's tenth-largest ethnic minority. [1]

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Most Azerbaijani-Kazakhs have immigrated to Kazakhstan from the Republic of Azerbaijan; a small group of Iranian Azerbaijanis trapped by the Bolshevik taking of power in 1918 were also forced into Kazakhstan in 1938. [3] [4] [5]

Population

According to 2009 national census 94.8% of Azerbaijanis Kazakhstanis identify as Muslims, and 2.5% as Christians and 1.8% as Atheists. [2]

Azerbaijanis in Kazakhstan according to official censuses
CensusAzerbaijanis % of Kazakh population
193912,996 [6] 0.2%
195938,362 [7] 0.4%
197056,166 [8] 0.4%
197973,345 [9] 0.5%
198990,083 [10] 0.5%
199978,325 [11] 0.5%
200985,292 [11] 0.5%

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