Azerbaijanis in Kazakhstan are part of the greater Azerbaijani diaspora. They are Kazakh citizens and permanent residents of ethnic Azerbaijani background. According to the 2021 census, there were 145,615 ethnic Azerbaijanis living in Kazakhstan;Ethnic Composition of Kazakhstan (2009 census) . Retrieved 18 August 2013. Azerbaijanis comprised 0.76% of Kazakhstan's population and were the country's seventh largest ethnic minority.
Most Azerbaijani-Kazakhs have immigrated to Kazakhstan from the Republic of Azerbaijan; a small group of Iranian Azerbaijanis trapped by the Bolshevik taking of power in 1918 were also forced into Kazakhstan in 1938.مجله فرهنگ کوثر اسفند1376، شماره 12 شیعیان مرکه hawzah.net (in Persian)
Population In 2021 national census 67% of Azerbaijani Kazakhstanis identified as Muslims, 0.7% as Christians, and 4.9% as irreligious.
Azerbaijanis in Kazakhstan according to official censuses Census Azerbaijanis % of national population 1939 12,996 0.21% 1959 38,362 0.41% 1970 56,166 0.44% 1979 73,345 0.50% 1989 90,083 0.55% 1999 78,325 0.52% 2009 85,292 0.53%2021145,6150.76%
See also Azerbaijan–Kazakhstan relations Azerbaijani diaspora Ethnic groups in Kazakhstan
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