Migration trends in Azerbaijan
Middle East
810.1K people from Azerbaijan have built lives abroad. That's 7.9% of the country population, spread across 39 different countries
10.2M
Population
179.6K
Immigrants
810.1K
Emigrants
−630.5K
Outflow
1 in every 14 people born in Azerbaijan now lives abroad
The #77 largest source of emigrants worldwide
Top corridors
The largest migration routes in Azerbaijan
Where people move to
Key moments
How migration has changed since 1990
1990
358.4K immigrants · 1.3M emigrants
1995
- A surge of arrivals — the foreign-born population jumped 56%
- Roughly 1 in 20 residents was now foreign-born
- Surge of departures to Armenia — 227.3K people left
- Surge of immigrants from Armenia — 194.3K new arrivals
2005
- Immigration contracted — the foreign-born population fell 45%
- Immigration from Armenia declined sharply — 194.8K fewer migrants from there
2010
- The exodus eased — the diaspora abroad shrank by 22%
- Slipped out of the 3 biggest countries by emigrants in the Middle East
- Emigration to Armenia declined sharply — 245K fewer migrants there
Today
- Surge of departures to Armenia — 103.4K people left
- Since 1990: 178.8K fewer foreign-born residents and 524.4K fewer citizens living abroad