
Azerbaijanian speaking countries
Azerbaijanian is the official language in Azerbaijan and is spoken in 4 more countries as monther tongue by a part of the population.With a share of around 93%, it is most widespread in Azerbaijan. A total of about 22.3 m people worldwide speak Azerbaijanian as their mother tongue.

Country | Region | Official language | Distribution | Total |
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Iran | South Asia | no | 14.3 % | 12,011,000 |
Azerbaijan | Western Asia | yes | 92.5 % | 9,336,000 |
Iraq | Western Asia | no | 1.7 % | 684,000 |
Georgia | Western Asia | no | 5.8 % | 215,000 |
Armenia | Western Asia | no | 2.6 % | 77,000 |
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 maybe not listed here.