Azerbaijan’s population has risen by 16,833 people, or 0.2%, since the start of the year, reaching 10,241,722 as of July 1, 2025.

Axar.az informs according to the State Statistics Committee, Of the population, 54.4% live in urban areas and 45.6% in rural areas, while 49.8% are men and 50.2% are women.

As of early July, 4.6% of the population lives in the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic, 23% in Baku, 9.2% in the Lankaran-Astara region, 8.6% in Absheron-Khizi, 7.3% in Karabakh, 7.1% in Central Aran, 6.6% in Gazakh-Tovuz, 6.1% in Shaki-Zagatala, 5.8% in Ganja-Dashkasan, 5.4% in Guba-Khachmaz, 5.2% in Mil-Mugan, 4.9% in Shirvan-Salyan, 3.2% in Mountainous Shirvan, and 3% in Eastern Zangazur economic regions.