Qarabag.com presents reference information on the demographic data of Zangilan (city, district) from 1908 to 1989. While compiling the material, official Russian and Soviet sources were used.

City of Zangilan

1908: The population of Zangilan village – 495 persons. The majority of the population are Tatars.
[Caucasian calendar as of 1910, p. 254]

1912: 762 Tatars lived in the village of Zangilan.
[Caucasian calendar as of 1912, p. 155]

1915: 746 Tatars lived in the village of Zangilan.
[Caucasian calendar as of 1915, p. 125]

1959: Population – 2.980
Male – 1.427
Female -1.553
[All-Union Population Census of 1959]

1979: Population – 5.164
Male – 2.538
Female – 2.626
[All-Union Population Census of 1979]

Zangilan district

1926: Population – 12.958
Male – 6.673
Female – 6.285
[The population of Transcaucasia. All – Union Population Census of 1926 Summary results. 1928, p. 10]

1931-1932:  Population – 40.294
Male – 21.164
Female – 19.130

Ethnic composition

Turks – 33.863
Armenians – 314
Kurds – 5. 497
Russian – 474
Volga region Tatars – 39
Tats – 35

The number of literate persons – 9.757
[The population census of Azerbaijan in 1931.1932, pp. 218-219]

1959: Population – 18.857
Azerbaijanis – 18.215
Armenian – 324
[All-Union Population Census of 1959]

1970: Population – 28.058
Male – 13.503
Female – 14.555
[The number of the actual population of cities, urban-type settlements, districts and district centers of the USSR according to the census data as of January 15, 1970 for republics, territories and regions (except the RSFSR)]

1989: Population – 32.698
Male – 16.123
Female – 16.575
[All-Union Population Census of 1989]