Nakhchivan: population and official figures

Nakhchivan is a first-level division of Azerbaijan, number 8 of 10 by population. The Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic had 468,600 residents at the start of 2024, 4.6% of Azerbaijan's 10,180,800; it is made up of Nakhchivan city, Babek, Julfa, Kangarli, Ordubad, Sadarak, Shahbuz and Sharur.

In depth

• Economy, jobs and prices in Nakhchivan: 257,200 people were in work in the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic in 2023 and 1,000 were unemployed, an unemployment rate of 0.4% (the lowest of 10 regions; Azerbaijan 5.5%).
• Health in Nakhchivan: The Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic had 672 physicians at the start of 2024, 14.3 per 10,000 residents, 4th highest of 10 regions (Azerbaijan 33.0).
• Education in Nakhchivan: The Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic had 213 general schools at the start of the 2023/24 school year, teaching 52,422 pupils, an average of 246 per school.
• Poverty and living standards in Nakhchivan: Police registered 575 crimes in the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic in 2023, 12.3 per 10,000 residents, 2nd lowest of 10 regions (Azerbaijan 36.2).
• Government budget and revenue in Nakhchivan: The 170 municipalities of the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic collected 1,973 thousand manats of budget revenue in 2023 and spent 1,484 thousand manats.
• Government and politics in Nakhchivan: Heads of the local executive authorities in the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic are appointed by the President of Azerbaijan on the recommendation of the Chairman of the Supreme Assembly of the autonomous republic.

More figures

• 4,318 babies were born and 2,194 people died in the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic in 2023, a natural increase of 2,124; that is 9.2 births per 1,000 residents, 2nd lowest of 10 regions (Azerbaijan: 11.1). Source: State Statistical Committee of the Republic of Azerbaijan · saved copy
• The most populous units of the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic at the start of 2024 were Sharur (113,000), Nakhchivan city (97,200), Babek (77,800). 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
• Absheron 876,500
• Shaki-Zaqatala 626,600
• Guba-Khachmaz 547,100
• Yukhari Garabakh 521,400
• 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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