 The information below is based on official figures from the population censūs of 1926, 1939, 1959, 1970, 1979, 1989, 2002 and 2014.1 The number includes Meskhetian Turks.Excluding the population of the Akhaltsikhe and Akhalkalaki uyezds recorded as 'Azeri', the Azeri population would number 81,811 persons, or 3.05% of the country's overall population.