Largest Cities and Urban Places by Population in Azerbaijan

73 cities and urban places in Azerbaijan with 20,000 or more inhabitants, ranked by unofficial population estimates for January 1, 2025 (by State Statistical Committee of the Republic of Azerbaijan). 4 places missing from those estimates keep their 2019 unofficial estimate figure.

Rank	City or Urban Place	Also Known As	Population
1	Baku	Bakı	1,311,900
2	Sumgait	Sumqayit, Sumqayıt	440,900
3	Ganja	Gəncə, Kirovabad	301,200
4	Khirdalan	Xırdalan	215,800
5	Mingechevir	Mingəçevir	122,200
6	Maştağa	Mashtagha	104,500
7	Binə	Bina	90,800
8	Bilajari	Biləcəri	87,000
9	Qaraçuxur	Garachukur	86,300
10	Nakhchivan	Naxçıvan	83,700
11	Şirvan	Shirvan, Əli Bayramlı	79,900
12	Bakıxanov	Bakikhanov, Stepan Razin	74,200
13	Yevlakh	Yevlax	68,000
14	Sheki	Şəki, Nucha	66,400
15	Rəsulzadə	Rasulzade, Məmməd Əmin Rəsulzadə, Kirovskij	59,200
16	Xankəndi ^[1]	Stepanakert	58,300(2019 unofficial estimate)
17	Hövsan	-	53,700
18	Barda	Bərdə	53,500
19	Agjabedi	Ağcabədi	52,800
20	Lankaran	Lənkəran	52,000
21	Binəqədi	Binagadi	51,000
22	Lökbatan	-	43,700
23	Cəlilabad	Jalilabad	43,500
24	Khachmaz	Xaçmaz	43,400
25	Zabrat	-	43,300
26	Ramana	Romana	42,600
27	Shamkir	Şəmkir	41,900
28	Saray	-	41,500
29	Shamakhy	Şamaxı	40,400
30	Salyan	-	39,200
31	Buzovna	-	38,900
32	Imishli	İmişli	38,200
33	Mardakan	Mərdəkan	36,300
34	Goychay	Göyçay	34,600
35	Tagiyev	Hacı Zeynalabdin Tağıyev, Nasosnyy	34,600
36	Əmircan	Amirjan	34,200
37	Keshla	Keşlə	32,900
38	Badamdar	-	32,200
39	Sabirabad	-	30,800
40	Agdash	Ağdaş	30,600
41	Sabunçu	Sabunchu	29,700
42	Sahil	Primorsk	28,100
43	Bülbülə	Bulbula	27,900
44	Nardaran	-	27,700
45	Hajigabul	Hacıqabul, Qazıməmməd	27,500
46	Masallı	Masally	26,300
47	İsmayıllı	-	26,000
48	Siyazan	Siyəzən	25,900
49	Tartar	Tərtər, Mir-Bəşir	25,900
50	Şabran	Shabran, Dəvəçi	25,100
51	Quba	Guba	24,800
52	Balaxanı	Balakhani	24,400
53	Shuvalan	Şüvəlan	23,600
54	Biləsuvar	Bilasuvar, Puşkino	23,300
55	Sulutəpə	Sulutepe	22,900
56	Mehdiabad	-	22,600
57	Neftçala	Neftchala	22,100
58	Ağsu	Aghsu	21,900
59	Beylagan	Beyləqan	21,900
60	Zaqatala	Zagatala	21,800
61	Qusar	Gusar	21,500
62	Corat	Jorat	21,400
63	Gobustan	Qobustan	21,200
64	Goygol	Xanlar	21,200
65	Qazax	Gazakh	20,900
66	Kurdamir	Kürdəmir	19,700
67	Tovuz	-	19,600
68	Qobu	-	19,400
69	Saatlı	Saatly	19,200
70	Hökməli	Hokmali	18,900
71	Xocavənd ^[1]	Martuni	4,600(2019 unofficial estimate)
72	Ağdərə ^[1]	Martakert	4,500(2019 unofficial estimate)
73	Şuşa ^[1]	Shushi	4,200(2019 unofficial estimate)

[1]
After the capitulation of Nagorno-Karabakh (Artsakh) in 2023, almost the entire population of the listed places Martakert, Martuni and Stepanakert had fled. The same happend in Şuşa in 2020.

Source: State Statistical Committee of the Republic of Azerbaijan (2025 unofficial estimate), via City Population by Thomas Brinkhoff.

Why don't these match official city populations?Official figures typically count only the population within administrative boundaries. UN urban area figures cover the entire built-up area, which can include multiple cities and towns.Show moreShow less

Tokyo

33,338,852

Urban area

9,953,160

23 wards

Essen

2,709,375

Urban area

573,618

City of Essen

Ankara

3,630,865

Urban area

5,186,002

Metropolitan municipality

What counts as an urban area? The UN uses satellite imagery to map built-up land, and treats each continuous stretch of built-up land as an urban area. This means that urban areas can extend beyond official city boundaries, and may include multiple cities and towns within a single urban area.

Can an urban area be smaller than its city? Yes. While most cities have urban areas larger than their administrative boundaries, some cities have extensive administrative limits that include sparsely populated areas.

22 urban areas in Azerbaijan with 50,000 or more inhabitants, ranked by the UN's population estimates for 2026.

Rank	Urban Area	Population Estimate (2026)	Yearly Change	Land Area (km²)	Density (P/km²)	World Rank	Projections (2030)	Projections (2050)
1	Bakı (Baku)	1,986,444	+0.43%	349	5,698	251	2,020,633	2,142,353
2	Sumgayit	425,461	+0.62%	86	4,947	1,333	435,960	474,427
3	Ganja	387,631	+0.21%	61	6,355	1,483	390,869	396,794
4	Nakhchivan	162,477	+0.34%	22	7,385	3,769	164,711	173,647
5	Mingachevir	136,817	+0.52%	21	6,454	4,503	139,671	145,169
6	Lankaran	126,892	+0.35%	41	3,095	4,873	128,674	137,398
7	Şirvan	101,692	+0.34%	22	4,622	6,154	103,074	106,576
8	Saray	94,343	+0.46%	16	5,896	6,639	96,097	101,253
9	Sheki	85,295	+0.56%	21	4,023	7,392	87,214	88,609
10	Cəlilabad	69,708	+0.76%	16	4,303	9,004	71,834	74,249
11	Khachmaz	68,746	+0.83%	14	4,841	9,125	71,040	73,754
12	Sabirabad	68,065	+0.29%	14	4,862	9,216	68,861	72,357
13	Imishli	63,160	+0.30%	13	4,858	9,949	63,910	65,723
14	Masallı	61,399	+0.84%	20	3,040	10,222	63,471	65,840
15	Aghjabadi	57,250	+0.27%	19	3,013	10,900	57,861	59,114
16	Saatli	56,659	+0.40%	13	4,358	11,008	57,563	61,542
17	Zagatala	55,398	+0.33%	14	3,957	11,254	56,120	59,262
18	Shamakhi	54,931	+0.42%	10	5,493	11,329	55,849	62,375
19	Quba	54,489	+1.16%	12	4,466	11,429	57,014	67,881
20	Barda	54,373	+0.22%	18	3,021	11,450	54,847	57,122
21	Eyvazlı	52,572	+0.33%	9.00	5,841	11,796	53,269	55,008
22	Gabala	50,435	+0.34%	11	4,585	12,073	51,127	52,939

Source: United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2025). World Urbanization Prospects: The 2025 Revision, Online Edition.

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