Population in largest city rose 1.25% to 2.37 mil in Azerbaijan in 2021, according to the National Statistical Office.
Historically, population in largest city in Azerbaijan reached an all time high of 2.37 mil in 2021 and an all time low of 1.01 mil in 1960. When compared to Azerbaijan's main peers, population in largest city in Azerbaijan amounted to 2.37 mil, 1.08 mil in Georgia, 9.26 mil in Iran and 12.6 mil in Russia in 2021.
Azerbaijan has been ranked 76th within the group of 153 countries we follow in terms of population in largest city, 8 places below the position seen 10 years ago.
| Population in the Largest City | Unit | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
| Armenia | mil | 1.07 | 1.07 | 1.08 | 1.08 | 1.08 | ||||||||||||||||
| Azerbaijan | mil | 2.21 | 2.23 | 2.26 | 2.29 | 2.31 | ||||||||||||||||
| China | mil | 23.5 | 24.2 | 24.9 | 25.6 | 26.3 | ||||||||||||||||
| Georgia | mil | 1.08 | 1.08 | 1.08 | 1.08 | 1.08 | ||||||||||||||||
| Germany | mil | 3.51 | 3.53 | 3.54 | 3.55 | 3.56 | ||||||||||||||||
| Iran | mil | 8.56 | 8.67 | 8.78 | 8.90 | 9.01 | ||||||||||||||||
| Iraq | mil | 6.35 | 6.50 | 6.65 | 6.81 | 6.97 | ||||||||||||||||
| Japan | mil | 37.3 | 37.3 | 37.4 | 37.5 | 37.4 | ||||||||||||||||
| Pakistan | mil | 14.3 | 14.7 | 15.0 | 15.4 | 15.7 | ||||||||||||||||
| Russia | mil | 12.0 | 12.2 | 12.3 | 12.4 | 12.5 | ||||||||||||||||
| Turkey | mil | 14.1 | 14.3 | 14.5 | 14.8 | 15.0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Turkmenistan | mil | 0.753 | 0.772 | 0.791 | 0.810 | 0.828 | ||||||||||||||||
| USA | mil | 18.6 | 18.7 | 18.8 | 18.8 | 18.8 |
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