Urban population rose 1.19% to 5.76 mil in Azerbaijan in 2021, according to the National Statistical Office.
Historically, urban population in Azerbaijan reached an all time high of 5.76 mil in 2021 and an all time low of 2.05 mil in 1960. When compared to Azerbaijan's main peers, urban population in Azerbaijan amounted to 5.76 mil, 2.22 mil in Georgia, 64.9 mil in Iran and 107 mil in Russia in 2021.
Azerbaijan has been ranked 88th within the group of 176 countries we follow in terms of urban population, 4 places below the position seen 10 years ago.
| Urban Population | Unit | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
| Armenia | mil | 1.82 | 1.81 | 1.80 | 1.79 | 1.78 | ||||||||||||||||
| Azerbaijan | mil | 5.28 | 5.37 | 5.45 | 5.53 | 5.62 | ||||||||||||||||
| China | mil | 766 | 787 | 809 | 830 | 849 | ||||||||||||||||
| Georgia | mil | 2.14 | 2.16 | 2.17 | 2.18 | 2.20 | ||||||||||||||||
| Germany | mil | 63.1 | 63.6 | 63.9 | 64.1 | 64.3 | ||||||||||||||||
| Iran | mil | 60.0 | 61.5 | 62.9 | 64.1 | 65.3 | ||||||||||||||||
| Iraq | mil | 26.4 | 27.1 | 27.8 | 28.6 | 29.4 | ||||||||||||||||
| Japan | mil | 116 | 116 | 116 | 116 | 116 | ||||||||||||||||
| Pakistan | mil | 76.0 | 77.4 | 78.9 | 80.6 | 82.4 | ||||||||||||||||
| Russia | mil | 107 | 107 | 107 | 108 | 108 | ||||||||||||||||
| Turkey | mil | 58.6 | 60.1 | 61.3 | 62.2 | 63.1 | ||||||||||||||||
| Turkmenistan | mil | 2.90 | 2.98 | 3.05 | 3.13 | 3.21 | ||||||||||||||||
| USA | mil | 262 | 264 | 267 | 269 | 271 |
Helgi Library 
