Population in cities over 1 million — all countries

Population in cities over 1 million — Azerbaijan

Population in cities over 1 million in Azerbaijan in 2025 — 2,496,495 people. Ranked 78 in the world out of 121. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 148.3%.

2025 2.5M people +1.31% vs 2024
World rank 78of 121
Period maximum 2.5M people2025
Period minimum 1.01M people1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · people

Population in cities over 1 million — Azerbaijan, 1960–20251M1.5M2M2.5M19601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 1,005,297 people1962: 1,054,171 people1964: 1,105,494 people1966: 1,159,239 people1968: 1,215,677 people1970: 1,274,298 people1972: 1,334,134 people1974: 1,396,692 people1976: 1,462,275 people1978: 1,530,841 people1980: 1,574,287 people1982: 1,608,178 people1984: 1,642,846 people1986: 1,678,213 people1988: 1,714,392 people1990: 1,733,452 people1992: 1,746,226 people1994: 1,759,077 people1996: 1,772,041 people1998: 1,785,082 people2000: 1,805,977 people2002: 1,830,251 people2004: 1,854,885 people2006: 1,884,268 people2008: 1,945,022 people2010: 2,061,843 people2012: 2,129,670 people2014: 2,180,456 people2016: 2,232,526 people2018: 2,285,729 people2020: 2,341,443 people2022: 2,401,108 people2024: 2,464,162 people2025: 2,496,495 people
Change over the period: +1.49M (+148.33%) Average annual rate: 1.41 %

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Azerbaijan

Azerbaijan 2.5M people
World computed 2.01B people
Europe & Central Asia computed 186M people
Western Asia computed 101M people
Upper-middle-income countries computed 837M people
Population in cities over 1 million — Azerbaijan, by year Azerbaijan All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2025 2.5M +32,333 +1.31%
2024 2.46M +31,858 +1.31%
2023 2.43M +31,196 +1.3%
2022 2.4M +30,332 +1.28%
2021 2.37M +29,333 +1.25%
2020 2.34M +28,305 +1.22%
2019 2.31M +27,409 +1.2%
2018 2.29M +26,758 +1.18%
2017 2.26M +26,445 +1.18%
2016 2.23M +26,206 +1.19%
2015 2.21M +25,864 +1.19%
2014 2.18M +25,560 +1.19%
2013 2.15M +25,226 +1.18%
2012 2.13M +24,999 +1.19%
2011 2.1M +42,828 +2.08%
2010 2.06M +59,302 +2.96%
2009 2M +57,519 +2.96%
2008 1.95M +39,055 +2.05%
2007 1.91M +21,699 +1.15%
2006 1.88M +16,967 +0.91%
2005 1.87M +12,416 +0.67%
2004 1.85M +12,366 +0.67%
2003 1.84M +12,268 +0.67%
2002 1.83M +12,186 +0.67%
2001 1.82M +12,088 +0.67%
2000 1.81M +12,041 +0.67%
1999 1.79M +8,854 +0.5%
1998 1.79M +6,537 +0.37%
1997 1.78M +6,504 +0.37%
1996 1.77M +6,498 +0.37%
1995 1.77M +6,466 +0.37%
1994 1.76M +6,441 +0.37%
1993 1.75M +6,410 +0.37%
1992 1.75M +6,403 +0.37%
1991 1.74M +6,371 +0.37%
1990 1.73M +6,348 +0.37%
1989 1.73M +12,712 +0.74%
1988 1.71M +18,198 +1.07%
1987 1.7M +17,981 +1.07%
1986 1.68M +17,789 +1.07%
1985 1.66M +17,578 +1.07%
1984 1.64M +17,438 +1.07%
1983 1.63M +17,230 +1.07%
1982 1.61M +17,047 +1.07%
1981 1.59M +16,844 +1.07%
1980 1.57M +16,711 +1.07%
1979 1.56M +26,735 +1.75%
1978 1.53M +34,699 +2.32%
1977 1.5M +33,867 +2.32%
1976 1.46M +33,190 +2.32%
1975 1.43M +32,393 +2.32%
1974 1.4M +31,659 +2.32%
1973 1.37M +30,899 +2.32%
1972 1.33M +30,282 +2.32%
1971 1.3M +29,554 +2.32%
1970 1.27M +29,441 +2.37%
1969 1.24M +29,180 +2.4%
1968 1.22M +28,574 +2.41%
1967 1.19M +27,864 +2.4%
1966 1.16M +27,210 +2.4%
1965 1.13M +26,535 +2.4%
1964 1.11M +25,984 +2.41%
1963 1.08M +25,339 +2.4%
1962 1.05M +24,744 +2.4%
1961 1.03M +24,130 +2.4%
1960 1.01M

About the indicator

The population of urban agglomerations with more than one million residents. The unit of count is the agglomeration, not the city within its administrative boundaries, and that is essential: along administrative lines many of the largest concentrations of people break up into dozens of municipalities. The indicator measures not urbanization as such but its concentration in large centers — a country can be highly urbanized without a single million-plus city.

Important: The table covers about 120 territories — the rest have no agglomerations of this size, and that is a zero, not a gap. Aggregates for groups of countries are therefore calculated at a lowered coverage threshold.

Source: World Population Prospects (UN), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.