Demographic statistics of Aghdam for the XX century

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

City of Aghdam

1908: Population of Aghdam village – 931 residents. Predominating part of the population are Tatars.
[Caucasian calendar as of 1910, p. 173]

1912: In the village of Aghdam there lived 629 Tatars.
[Caucasian calendar as of 1912, p. 120]

1915: In the village of Aghdam there lived 260 Tatars.
[Caucasian calendar as of 1915, p. 83]

1926: Population – 7.910
Male – 4.169
Female – 3.741
[Population of Transcaucasia. All – Union Population Census of 1926. Brief summary. 1928, p. 6]

1931-1932:  Population – 10.881
Male – 5.656
Female – 5.225

National composition

Turks – 10.375
Armenians – 204
Kurds – 26
Russians – 249

The number of literate persons – 3.352
[The population census of Azerbaijan in 1931.1932, pp. 108-109]

1959: Population – 16.061
Male – 7.807
Female – 8.254
http://www.demoscope.ru/weekly/ssp/ussr59_reg2.php

1979: Population – 23.559
Male – 11.769
Female – 11.790
http://www.demoscope.ru/weekly/ssp/ussr79_reg2.ph

Uyezd of Aghdam

1926: Population – 123.352
[Population of Transcaucasia. All – Union Population Census of 1926 Brief results. 1928, p. 2]

Aghdam district

1931-1932: Population – 40.584
Male – 21.334
Female – 19.250

Ethnic composition

Turks – 39.137
Armenians – 80
Kurds – 700
Tats – 602
Russians – 34

The number of literate persons – 7.536
[The population census of Azerbaijan in 1931.1932, pp. 206-207]

1970: Population – 93.422
Male – 45.420
Female – 48.002
http://www.demoscope.ru/weekly/ssp/ussr70_reg1.php

1989: Population – 131.293
Male – 64.509
Female – 66.784
http://www.demoscope.ru/weekly/ssp/sng89_reg1.php