Points of Prayer

  • Pray for more workers to be sent and more churches planted.

  • Pray for the nearly 10 million unreached within Azerbaijan.

  • Pray for greater access to the Bible and more opportunities to hear the stories of Jesus the Messiah.

  • Pray for peace between Armenia and Azerbaijan

  • Pray for protection of laborers who are currently serving in the country and those who are yet to arrive.

Romans 1:16 in Azerbaijan’s Official Language
Romalilara 1:16 - Mən Müjdədən utanmıram, çünki o, iman edən hər kəsin – əvvəlcə Yəhudinin, sonra da Yunanın* xilası üçün Allahın qüdrətidir.

Azerbaijan

 

Country Facts

Population

10,353,296 (2022 est.)

Ethnic Groups

Azerbaijani 91.6%, Lezghin 2%, Russian 1.3%, Armenian 1.3%, Talysh 1.3%, other 2.4% (2009 est.)

The Nagorno-Karabakh region, which is part of Azerbaijan on the basis of the borders recognized when the Soviet Union dissolved in 1991, is populated almost entirely by ethnic Armenians; Azerbaijan has over 80 ethnic groups

Languages

Azerbaijani (Azeri) (official) 92.5%, Russian 1.4%, Armenian 1.4%, other 4.7% (2009 est.)

Religions

Muslim 97.3% (predominantly Shia), Christian 2.6%, other <0.1, unaffiliated <0.1 (2020 est.)

Religious affiliation for the majority of Azerbaijanis is largely nominal, percentages for actual practicing adherents are probably much lower

Location

Southwestern Asia, bordering the Caspian Sea, between Iran and Russia, with a small European portion north of the Caucasus range

Refugees & Displaced Peoples

Displaced People: 655,000 (conflict with Armenia over Nagorno-Karabakh; IDPs are mainly ethnic Azerbaijanis but also include ethnic Kurds, Russians, and Turks predominantly from occupied territories around Nagorno-Karabakh; includes IDPs' descendants, returned IDPs, and people living in insecure areas and excludes people displaced by natural disasters; around half the IDPs live in the capital Baku) (2021)
stateless persons: 3,585 (2022)

The World Factbook 2021. Washington, DC: Central Intelligence Agency, 2021.
https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/