Aran: population and official figures

Aran is a first-level division of Azerbaijan, the largest of 10 by population. The Aran economic region, counted here as Mingachevir, Aghdash, Goychay, Kurdamir, Ujar, Yevlakh, Zardab, Beylagan, Imishli, Saatli, Sabirabad, Shirvan, Bilasuvar, Hajigabul, Neftchala, Salyan, Aghjabadi and Barda, had 2,032,600 residents at the start of 2024, 20.0% of Azerbaijan's population.

In depth

• Economy, jobs and prices in Aran: 967,200 people were in work in the Aran economic region in 2023 and 60,900 were unemployed, an unemployment rate of 5.9% (5th highest of 10 regions; Azerbaijan 5.5%).
• Health in Aran: The Aran economic region had 2,521 physicians at the start of 2024, 12.4 per 10,000 residents, 5th lowest of 10 regions (Azerbaijan 33.0).
• Education in Aran: The Aran economic region had 927 general schools at the start of the 2023/24 school year, teaching 308,897 pupils, an average of 333 per school.
• Poverty and living standards in Aran: Police registered 5,765 crimes in the Aran economic region in 2023, 28.4 per 10,000 residents, 2nd highest of 10 regions (Azerbaijan 36.2).
• Government budget and revenue in Aran: The 464 municipalities of the Aran economic region collected 8,457 thousand manats of budget revenue in 2023 and spent 8,035 thousand manats.
• Government and politics in Aran: Each city and district of the Aran 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

• 25,600 babies were born and 12,293 people died in the Aran economic region in 2023, a natural increase of 13,307; that is 12.6 births per 1,000 residents, 5th highest of 10 regions (Azerbaijan: 11.1). Source: State Statistical Committee of the Republic of Azerbaijan · saved copy
• The most populous units of the Aran economic region at the start of 2024 were Sabirabad (180,500), Barda (156,900), Salyan (139,600). 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.

Every tier of government in Azerbaijan

Other first-level divisions of Azerbaijan

• Ganja-Gazakh 1,275,600
• Lankaran 937,700
• Absheron 876,500
• 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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