MigrantoMigration trends in Azerbaijan
Middle East
Azerbaijan loses more people than it takes in: 810.1K emigrants against 179.6K immigrants. Net balance −630.5K — 6% of the country's population
10.2M
Population
179.6K
Immigrants
810.1K
Emigrants
−630.5K
Outflow
1 in 57 residents of Azerbaijan was born abroad — and 1 in 14 people born in Azerbaijan lives abroad
#77 in the world by net migration loss
Top corridors
The largest migration flows in Azerbaijan
Where people come from
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 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 emigrants
Data source: International Migrant Stock 2024 (UN DESA, Population Division)
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