Azerbaijan vs Tajikistan: Population

Azerbaijan
10.32 million people
in 2023
Tajikistan
10.39 million people
in 2023
Azerbaijan rank
94th
Tajikistan rank
92nd

Population over time

  • Azerbaijan
  • Tajikistan
02.5M5.0M7.5M10.0M100015112023

How they compare

Tajikistan currently reports 10.39 million people against 10.32 million people in Azerbaijan, a difference of 71,600 people.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 241 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Tajikistan ahead.

Azerbaijan ranks 94th and Tajikistan ranks 92nd of 238 countries.

Across the 40 decades both report, Azerbaijan averaged higher in 39 and Tajikistan in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade Azerbaijan Tajikistan Difference Ahead
1000s 186,000 people 220,000 people 34,000 people Tajikistan
1100s 279,000 people 230,000 people 49,000 people Azerbaijan
1200s 372,000 people 250,000 people 122,000 people Azerbaijan
1300s 465,000 people 270,000 people 195,000 people Azerbaijan
1400s 372,000 people 290,000 people 82,000 people Azerbaijan
1500s 465,000 people 310,000 people 155,000 people Azerbaijan
1600s 558,000 people 350,000 people 208,000 people Azerbaijan
1700s 651,000 people 390,000 people 261,000 people Azerbaijan
1710s 428,813 people 418,380 people 10,433 people Azerbaijan
1720s 464,548 people 441,623 people 22,925 people Azerbaijan
1730s 503,260 people 466,158 people 37,102 people Azerbaijan
1740s 545,199 people 492,055 people 53,144 people Azerbaijan
1750s 590,632 people 519,392 people 71,240 people Azerbaijan
1760s 639,851 people 548,247 people 91,604 people Azerbaijan
1770s 693,172 people 578,705 people 114,467 people Azerbaijan
1780s 750,937 people 610,855 people 140,082 people Azerbaijan
1790s 813,515 people 644,792 people 168,723 people Azerbaijan
1800s 879,960 people 466,629 people 413,331 people Azerbaijan
1810s 880,122 people 466,715 people 413,407 people Azerbaijan
1820s 917,917 people 486,757 people 431,160 people Azerbaijan
1830s 1.01 million people 532,944 people 472,072 people Azerbaijan
1840s 1.10 million people 583,920 people 517,225 people Azerbaijan
1850s 1.21 million people 639,080 people 574,063 people Azerbaijan
1860s 1.35 million people 698,553 people 646,605 people Azerbaijan
1870s 1.49 million people 763,556 people 727,775 people Azerbaijan
1880s 1.65 million people 834,603 people 818,556 people Azerbaijan
1890s 1.83 million people 912,255 people 920,047 people Azerbaijan
1900s 2.03 million people 997,126 people 1.03 million people Azerbaijan
1910s 2.25 million people 1.09 million people 1.16 million people Azerbaijan
1920s 2.47 million people 1.19 million people 1.28 million people Azerbaijan
1930s 2.71 million people 1.31 million people 1.40 million people Azerbaijan
1940s 2.97 million people 1.43 million people 1.54 million people Azerbaijan
1950s 3.45 million people 1.78 million people 1.67 million people Azerbaijan
1960s 4.55 million people 2.46 million people 2.09 million people Azerbaijan
1970s 5.66 million people 3.39 million people 2.26 million people Azerbaijan
1980s 6.74 million people 4.59 million people 2.15 million people Azerbaijan
1990s 7.67 million people 5.87 million people 1.80 million people Azerbaijan
2000s 8.58 million people 6.87 million people 1.71 million people Azerbaijan
2010s 9.67 million people 8.56 million people 1.11 million people Azerbaijan
2020s 10.26 million people 10.07 million people 185,345 people Azerbaijan

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher population, Azerbaijan or Tajikistan?
Tajikistan, at 10.39 million people against 10.32 million people in Azerbaijan as of 2023.
What is the difference in population between Azerbaijan and Tajikistan?
71,600 people, with Tajikistan ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Azerbaijan and Tajikistan?
241 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2023.
How do Azerbaijan and Tajikistan rank globally for population?
Azerbaijan ranks 94th and Tajikistan ranks 92nd of 238 countries.
Where does this data come from?
HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Population. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Population
Unit
people
Source
HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
239 places, 51,002 data points, 1000–2023
Last refreshed

Population by country, available from 10,000 BCE to 2023, based on data and estimates from different sources.