Absheron: population and official figures

Absheron is a first-level division of Azerbaijan, number 4 of 10 by population. The Absheron economic region, counted here as Sumgayit, Absheron district and Khizi, had 876,500 residents at the start of 2024, 8.6% of Azerbaijan's population.

In depth

• Economy, jobs and prices in Absheron: 390,700 people were in work in the Absheron economic region in 2023 and 23,000 were unemployed, an unemployment rate of 5.6% (4th lowest of 10 regions; Azerbaijan 5.5%).
• Health in Absheron: The Absheron economic region had 1,908 physicians at the start of 2024, 21.8 per 10,000 residents, the highest of 10 regions (Azerbaijan 33.0).
• Education in Absheron: The Absheron economic region had 112 general schools at the start of the 2023/24 school year, teaching 149,947 pupils, an average of 1339 per school.
• Poverty and living standards in Absheron: Police registered 4,281 crimes in the Absheron economic region in 2023, 48.8 per 10,000 residents, the highest of 10 regions (Azerbaijan 36.2).
• Government budget and revenue in Absheron: The 30 municipalities of the Absheron economic region collected 5,430 thousand manats of budget revenue in 2023 and spent 4,945 thousand manats.
• Government and politics in Absheron: Each city and district of the Absheron economic region is run by a head of local executive authority appointed and dismissed by the President of Azerbaijan under Article 124 of the Constitution.

More figures

• 5,740 babies were born and 3,341 people died in the Absheron economic region in 2023, a natural increase of 2,399; that is 6.5 births per 1,000 residents, the lowest of 10 regions (Azerbaijan: 11.1). Source: State Statistical Committee of the Republic of Azerbaijan · saved copy
• The most populous units of the Absheron economic region at the start of 2024 were Absheron district (432,800), Sumgayit (427,000), Khizi (16,700). Source: State Statistical Committee of the Republic of Azerbaijan · saved copy

How first-level divisions are governed in Azerbaijan

Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic. Supreme Assembly (Ali Majlis) directly elected; heads of local executive bodies appointed by the President of Azerbaijan on the Ali Majlis chair's recommendation. Autonomous powers within Azerbaijani law.

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Other first-level divisions of Azerbaijan

• Aran 2,032,600
• Ganja-Gazakh 1,275,600
• Lankaran 937,700
• Shaki-Zaqatala 626,600
• Guba-Khachmaz 547,100
• Yukhari Garabakh 521,400
• Nakhchivan 468,600
• Daghlig Shirvan 320,400
• Kalbajar-Lachin 229,400

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Sources

• Baku City Executive Power: Regulations on Local Executive Authorities (Decree of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan of 6 June 2012), read 24 October 2026 · saved copy (SHA-256 301b7761e4e6…)
• State Statistical Committee of the Republic of Azerbaijan: Statistical Yearbook of Azerbaijan 2024: tables by economic region and administrative-territorial unit (population, employment, incomes, wages, schools, health, hotels, crime, services and municipal budgets), read 24 October 2026 · saved copy (SHA-256 2931ccb66876…)

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