Fwd: Azeri paper gives breakdown of country's population

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Azeri paper gives breakdown of country's population
BBC Monitoring Service - United Kingdom; Jul 12, 2001
 
Text of Hasan Agacan report by Azerbaijani newspaper Ekspress on 12
July entitled "At present 90.6 per cent of Azerbaijan's population are
Azeris"

Azeris constitute 90.6 per cent of Azerbaijan's population
 
According to a report we have received, the percentage of the
country's population is as follows: Lezgins - 2.2 per cent; Russians -
1.8 per cent; Armenians - 1.5 per cent; Talysh - 1 per cent; Avars -
0.6 per cent; Turks - 0.5 per cent; Tatars - 0.4 per cent; Ukrainians
- 0.4 per cent; Georgians - 0.2 per cent; Kurds - 0.2 per cent; Jews -
0.1 per cent; Udins - 0.05 per cent; other nations - 0.25 per cent.
The number of Armenians living in Azerbaijan including those in
Nagornyy Karabakh is 120,700 people.
 
Source: Ekspress, Baku, in Azeri 12 Jul 01 p13
 
/BBC Monitoring/ =A9 BBC.

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