Azerbaijanian speaking countries
Azerbaijanian is the official language in Azerbaijan and is spoken in 4 other countries as monther tongue by a part of the population. The Azerbaijanian language (native name: azərbaycan dili) has its roots in the Turkic language family.With 12.57 million native speakers, Azerbaijanian has the highest prevalence in Iran. As a percentage of the total population, the largest share of around 93 percent is in Azerbaijan. A total of about 23.0 million people worldwide speak Azerbaijanian as their mother tongue.
| Country | Region | Official language | Distribution | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Iran | South Asia | no | 14.3 % | 12,573,000 |
| Azerbaijan | Western Asia | yes | 92.5 % | 9,377,000 |
| Iraq | Western Asia | no | 1.7 % | 740,000 |
| Georgia | Western Asia | no | 5.8 % | 215,000 |
| Armenia | Western Asia | no | 2.6 % | 73,000 |
Unless otherwise described in the text, this page is about native speakers — not the total number of speakers. How many people understand or speak Azerbaijanian as a subsequently learned language is not the subject of this page. Countries where native speakers make up only a few thousand, or even a few hundred people, or countries with a percentage well below 1% are unlikely to be listed here.