Azerbaijanis in Kazakhstan

Template:Azerbaijanis Azerbaijanis in Kazakhstan (Template:Lang-az) are part of the Azerbaijani diaspora. They are Kazakh citizens and permanent residents of ethnic Azerbaijani background. According to the 2009 census, there were 85,292 ethnic Azerbaijanis living in Kazakhstan;<ref name="Kazakh Demographics" /> Azerbaijanis comprised 0.5% of Kazakhstan's population and were the country's tenth-largest ethnic minority.<ref name="Kazakh Demographics" /> Most Azerbaijani-Kazakhs have immigrated to Kazakhstan from the Republic of Azerbaijan; a small group of Iranian Azerbaijanis trapped by the Bolshevik taking of power in 1918 were also forced into Kazakhstan in 1938.<ref>http://www.tabnak.ir/fa/news/304222</ref><ref>http://www.hawzah.net/fa/magazine/magart/0/4194/26561</ref><ref>http://www.ahl-ul-bayt.org/fa.php/page,3331A43442.html</ref>

Azerbaijanis in Kazakhstan according to official censuses
Census	Azerbaijanis	% of Kazakh population
1939	12,996<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>	0.2%
1959	38,362<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>	0.4%
1970	56,166<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>	0.4%
1979	73,345<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>	0.5%
1989	90,083<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>	0.5%
1999	78,325<ref name=Kazakh2009census>Template:Cite web</ref>	0.5%
2009	85,292<ref name=Kazakh2009census/>	0.5%

See also

• Azerbaijan–Kazakhstan relations