Azerbaijanis in Uzbekistan (Azerbaijani: Özbəkistan azərbaycanlıları) are part of the Azerbaijani diaspora. They are Uzbek citizens and permanent residents of ethnic Azerbaijani background. Azerbaijan and Uzbekistan used to be part of the Russian Empire and later the Soviet Union. Currently there are over 35,848 Azerbaijanis in Uzbekistan, making up 0.15% of Uzbekistan's population.[1]
Population of Azerbaijanis in Uzbekistan according to ethnic group 1926–1989
Ethnic group
census 19261
census 19392
census 19593
census 19704
census 19795
census 19896
20,764
0.4
3,645
0.1
40,511
0.5
40,431
0.3
59,779
0.4
44,410
0.2
1 Excluding the Tadzjik ASSR, but including the Kara-Kalpak Autonomous Oblast (in 1926 part of the Kazakh ASSR); source: [1]. 2 Source: [2]. 3 Source: [3]. 4 Source: [4]. 5 Source: [5]. 6 Source: [6].
