Azerbaijan vs Mongolia Demographics: Median age, Gender, Race, Religion

Median age history and projection chart in
Azerbaijan vs Mongolia

Table

Year	Median age
	Azerbaijan	Mongolia
1960	21.5	22.8
1961	21.2	22.5
1962	20.7	22.2
1963	20.1	21.7
1964	19	21
1965	18.2	20.3
1966	17.7	19.6
1967	17.5	19
1968	17.4	18.4
1969	17.5	18
1970	17.6	17.7
1971	17.8	17.5
1972	18	17.3
1973	18.3	17.2
1974	18.5	17.2
1975	18.8	17.2
1976	19.1	17.2
1977	19.5	17.3
1978	19.9	17.4
1979	20.4	17.5
1980	20.8	17.7
1981	21.2	17.9
1982	21.5	18
1983	21.8	18.2
1984	22.1	18.4
1985	22.4	18.5
1986	22.8	18.6
1987	23.1	18.7
1988	23.3	18.7
1989	23.5	18.8
1990	23.6	19
1991	23.7	19.1
1992	23.9	19.3
1993	24	19.5
1994	24.2	19.8
1995	24.5	20
1996	24.7	20.4
1997	24.9	20.7
1998	25.1	21
1999	25.4	21.4
2000	25.8	21.8
2001	26.2	22.2
2002	26.7	22.6
2003	27.1	23
2004	27.4	23.4
2005	27.7	23.8
2006	28	24.2
2007	28.3	24.5
2008	28.6	24.8
2009	28.9	25.1
2010	29.2	25.4
2011	29.5	25.8
2012	29.8	26.1
2013	30	26.3
2014	30.3	26.5
2015	30.7	26.7
2016	30.9	26.9
2017	31.1	27
2018	31.4	27.1
2019	31.8	27.2
2020	32.2	27.3
2021	32.7	27.4
2022	33.1	27.6
2023	33.6	27.7
2024	34.1	27.8
2025	34.6	27.9
2026	35.1	28
2027	35.6	28
2028	36	28
2029	36.5	28
2030	36.9	28
2031	37.3	28
2032	37.7	28
2033	38	28
2034	38.3	28.1
2035	38.5	28.3
2036	38.7	28.5
2037	38.8	28.7
2038	38.9	28.9
2039	38.9	29.2
2040	39	29.5
2041	39	29.8
2042	39	30.1
2043	39.1	30.5
2044	39.3	30.8
2045	39.4	31.2
2046	39.7	31.6
2047	39.9	31.9
2048	40.1	32.3
2049	40.4	32.7
2050	40.7	33

In 1960, the median age in Azerbaijan was 21.5 years compared to 22.8 years in Mongolia. As of 2024, the median age had increased to 34.1 years in Azerbaijan and to 27.8 years in Mongolia.

According to United Nations projections, the median age in Azerbaijan is expected to increased to around 40.7 years by 2050 compared to 33 years in Mongolia. The aging demographics forecast is based on previous years' birth rates and increasing life expectancy.

Demographic pyramid: age and gender distribution

Table

Age range	Share of population
	Azerbaijan		Mongolia
	Male	Female	Male	Female
0-4	3.35%	2.99%	5.01%	4.81%
5-9	3.8%	3.44%	5.91%	5.56%
10-14	4.34%	3.91%	5.63%	5.27%
15-19	3.88%	3.48%	4.04%	3.77%
20-24	3.23%	2.98%	3.2%	3%
25-29	3.56%	3.66%	3.46%	3.29%
30-34	4.38%	4.7%	3.92%	3.74%
35-39	4.3%	4.52%	4.17%	4.05%
40-44	3.69%	3.81%	3.4%	3.35%
45-49	3%	3.18%	3%	3.04%
50-54	2.7%	3.02%	2.5%	2.71%
55-59	2.68%	3.18%	2.03%	2.39%
60-64	2.56%	3.1%	1.59%	2.02%
65-69	1.78%	2.28%	0.99%	1.41%
70-74	0.99%	1.33%	0.48%	0.76%
75-79	0.42%	0.66%	0.28%	0.48%
80+	0.36%	0.75%	0.25%	0.49%

The chart above is a variation of a population pyramid and represents a comparison of age and gender structure. Azerbaijan has low demographic potential with 51.7% of people in the 0-34 age group compared to 60.6% and average potential in Mongolia.

Age dependency chart

Table

Year	Age dependency ratio
	Azerbaijan			Mongolia
	Total	Young	Old	Total	Young	Old
1960	81.8%	73.4%	8.43%	77.8%	67.7%	10.1%
1961	87.1%	78.6%	8.46%	81.1%	70.4%	10.8%
1962	91.3%	82.9%	8.47%	84.5%	73%	11.4%
1963	94.4%	86%	8.45%	87.5%	75.8%	11.8%
1964	96.7%	88.3%	8.41%	90.6%	78.8%	11.7%
1965	98.2%	89.8%	8.37%	93.9%	82.1%	11.7%
1966	99.1%	90.7%	8.32%	97.2%	85.4%	11.8%
1967	99.3%	91%	8.27%	100.4%	88.5%	11.9%
1968	98.8%	90.6%	8.21%	103.2%	91.3%	12%
1969	97.6%	89.5%	8.12%	105%	93%	12%
1970	95.9%	87.9%	8.02%	105.7%	93.8%	11.9%
1971	93.7%	85.8%	7.9%	105.9%	94.2%	11.7%
1972	90.9%	83.2%	7.77%	105.7%	94.3%	11.5%
1973	87.8%	80.2%	7.63%	105.1%	93.9%	11.2%
1974	84.4%	76.9%	7.48%	104.1%	93.2%	11%
1975	80.8%	73.5%	7.32%	102.8%	92.1%	10.7%
1976	76.8%	69.7%	7.11%	101.3%	90.9%	10.4%
1977	72.6%	65.8%	6.85%	99.6%	89.5%	10.1%
1978	68.4%	61.8%	6.6%	97.7%	87.9%	9.78%
1979	65.3%	58.9%	6.41%	95.8%	86.3%	9.52%
1980	63.4%	57.1%	6.26%	94.1%	84.8%	9.3%
1981	61.8%	55.7%	6.12%	92.5%	83.5%	9.06%
1982	60.6%	54.7%	5.97%	91%	82.2%	8.82%
1983	59.9%	54%	5.92%	89.6%	81%	8.58%
1984	59.3%	53.5%	5.89%	88.4%	80%	8.35%
1985	58.9%	53%	5.88%	87.3%	79.1%	8.13%
1986	58.5%	52.7%	5.86%	86.3%	78.4%	7.91%
1987	58.3%	52.5%	5.83%	85.5%	77.8%	7.69%
1988	58.5%	52.6%	5.9%	84.8%	77.3%	7.44%
1989	59.5%	53.4%	6.09%	83.8%	76.6%	7.21%
1990	60.8%	54.4%	6.37%	82.4%	75.4%	6.99%
1991	61.6%	55%	6.66%	80.9%	74.1%	6.77%
1992	62.3%	55.3%	6.98%	79.1%	72.6%	6.56%
1993	62.8%	55.4%	7.4%	77.3%	71%	6.37%
1994	63%	55.2%	7.79%	75.6%	69.3%	6.21%
1995	62.8%	54.7%	8.1%	73.8%	67.7%	6.08%
1996	62.2%	53.9%	8.25%	72%	66%	5.98%
1997	61.2%	52.9%	8.29%	70.1%	64.2%	5.88%
1998	59.8%	51.4%	8.34%	68%	62.2%	5.78%
1999	57.9%	49.5%	8.42%	65.6%	59.9%	5.67%
2000	55.9%	47.3%	8.63%	62.9%	57.3%	5.58%
2001	53.8%	44.9%	8.9%	60.1%	54.5%	5.52%
2002	51.8%	42.6%	9.18%	57.3%	51.8%	5.47%
2003	49.8%	40.4%	9.43%	54.7%	49.3%	5.42%
2004	48%	38.5%	9.57%	52.3%	46.9%	5.4%
2005	46.4%	36.8%	9.61%	50.3%	44.9%	5.41%
2006	44.9%	35.3%	9.54%	48.7%	43.2%	5.44%
2007	43.4%	34.1%	9.33%	47.5%	42%	5.48%
2008	41.9%	32.9%	8.98%	46.7%	41.2%	5.51%
2009	40.4%	31.8%	8.56%	46.4%	40.9%	5.54%
2010	39.3%	31.1%	8.2%	46.5%	40.9%	5.57%
2011	38.7%	30.7%	7.97%	46.6%	41.1%	5.57%
2012	38.8%	30.9%	7.88%	46.9%	41.3%	5.57%
2013	39.5%	31.6%	7.93%	47.6%	42%	5.6%
2014	40.4%	32.4%	8.03%	48.7%	43%	5.66%
2015	41.3%	33.1%	8.19%	50.1%	44.3%	5.76%
2016	42.3%	33.8%	8.46%	51.7%	45.8%	5.89%
2017	43%	34.2%	8.78%	53.5%	47.4%	6.07%
2018	43.1%	34%	9.12%	55.4%	49.1%	6.29%
2019	43.2%	33.7%	9.49%	57.4%	50.9%	6.57%
2020	43.4%	33.5%	9.87%	58.9%	52.1%	6.84%
2021	43.5%	33.2%	10.3%	59.6%	52.6%	7.08%
2022	43.5%	32.7%	10.8%	60%	52.6%	7.39%
2023	43.6%	32.1%	11.5%	60%	52.2%	7.78%
2024	43.6%	31.3%	12.3%	59.6%	51.4%	8.2%

Age dependency is the ratio of people not in the labor force (children under 15 and adults 64+) to people aged 15 to 64.

Age dependency in Azerbaijan decreased from 48% to 43.6% between 2004 and 2024.

In Mongolia, the ratio of dependent people increased from 52.3% to 59.6% between 2004 and 2024 with an increased share of young people and an increased proportion of people aged 65+.

Working age demographic

Table

Year	Working age population share
	Azerbaijan	Mongolia
1960	55%	56.3%
1961	53.5%	55.2%
1962	52.3%	54.2%
1963	51.4%	53.3%
1964	50.8%	52.5%
1965	50.5%	51.6%
1966	50.2%	50.7%
1967	50.2%	49.9%
1968	50.3%	49.2%
1969	50.6%	48.8%
1970	51%	48.6%
1971	51.6%	48.6%
1972	52.4%	48.6%
1973	53.3%	48.7%
1974	54.2%	49%
1975	55.3%	49.3%
1976	56.6%	49.7%
1977	57.9%	50.1%
1978	59.4%	50.6%
1979	60.5%	51.1%
1980	61.2%	51.5%
1981	61.8%	51.9%
1982	62.3%	52.4%
1983	62.5%	52.7%
1984	62.8%	53.1%
1985	62.9%	53.4%
1986	63.1%	53.7%
1987	63.2%	53.9%
1988	63.1%	54.1%
1989	62.7%	54.4%
1990	62.2%	54.8%
1991	61.9%	55.3%
1992	61.6%	55.8%
1993	61.4%	56.4%
1994	61.3%	57%
1995	61.4%	57.5%
1996	61.7%	58.1%
1997	62.1%	58.8%
1998	62.6%	59.5%
1999	63.3%	60.4%
2000	64.1%	61.4%
2001	65%	62.5%
2002	65.9%	63.6%
2003	66.8%	64.7%
2004	67.6%	65.7%
2005	68.3%	66.5%
2006	69%	67.3%
2007	69.7%	67.8%
2008	70.5%	68.1%
2009	71.2%	68.3%
2010	71.8%	68.3%
2011	72.1%	68.2%
2012	72%	68.1%
2013	71.7%	67.8%
2014	71.2%	67.3%
2015	70.8%	66.6%
2016	70.3%	65.9%
2017	69.9%	65.1%
2018	69.9%	64.3%
2019	69.8%	63.5%
2020	69.7%	62.9%
2021	69.7%	62.6%
2022	69.7%	62.5%
2023	69.6%	62.5%
2024	69.6%	62.7%
2025	69.6%	63%
2026	69.6%	63.4%
2027	69.7%	63.8%
2028	69.7%	64.4%
2029	69.7%	65%
2030	69.7%	65.7%
2031	69.7%	66.3%
2032	69.6%	66.8%
2033	69.4%	67.1%
2034	69.2%	67.4%
2035	69%	67.6%
2036	68.8%	67.7%
2037	68.7%	67.7%
2038	68.5%	67.6%
2039	68.4%	67.4%
2040	68.1%	67.2%
2041	67.9%	66.9%
2042	67.7%	66.6%
2043	67.5%	66.2%
2044	67.2%	65.9%
2045	66.9%	65.5%
2046	66.6%	65.2%
2047	66.3%	64.9%
2048	66%	64.6%
2049	65.7%	64.4%
2050	65.4%	64.1%

Between 2004 and 2024, the share of working-age demographics aged 15-64 changed from 67.6% to 69.6% in Azerbaijan and from 65.7% to 62.7% in Mongolia.

Share of young demographic (0-14 years old)

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Azerbaijan	Mongolia
1960	40.4%	38.1%
1961	42%	38.8%
1962	43.3%	39.6%
1963	44.2%	40.4%
1964	44.9%	41.4%
1965	45.3%	42.4%
1966	45.6%	43.3%
1967	45.7%	44.2%
1968	45.6%	44.9%
1969	45.3%	45.4%
1970	44.9%	45.6%
1971	44.3%	45.8%
1972	43.6%	45.8%
1973	42.7%	45.8%
1974	41.7%	45.6%
1975	40.6%	45.4%
1976	39.4%	45.2%
1977	38.1%	44.8%
1978	36.7%	44.5%
1979	35.6%	44.1%
1980	35%	43.7%
1981	34.4%	43.3%
1982	34%	43%
1983	33.8%	42.7%
1984	33.5%	42.5%
1985	33.4%	42.3%
1986	33.2%	42.1%
1987	33.1%	42%
1988	33.2%	41.8%
1989	33.5%	41.7%
1990	33.8%	41.4%
1991	34%	41%
1992	34.1%	40.5%
1993	34%	40%
1994	33.9%	39.5%
1995	33.6%	39%
1996	33.2%	38.4%
1997	32.8%	37.8%
1998	32.2%	37%
1999	31.4%	36.2%
2000	30.3%	35.2%
2001	29.2%	34.1%
2002	28.1%	32.9%
2003	27%	31.8%
2004	26%	30.8%
2005	25.1%	29.9%
2006	24.4%	29.1%
2007	23.8%	28.5%
2008	23.2%	28.1%
2009	22.7%	27.9%
2010	22.3%	27.9%
2011	22.2%	28%
2012	22.3%	28.1%
2013	22.7%	28.5%
2014	23.1%	28.9%
2015	23.5%	29.5%
2016	23.8%	30.2%
2017	23.9%	30.9%
2018	23.8%	31.6%
2019	23.5%	32.3%
2020	23.4%	32.8%
2021	23.1%	32.9%
2022	22.8%	32.9%
2023	22.3%	32.6%
2024	21.8%	32.2%
2025	21.2%	31.6%
2026	20.6%	30.9%
2027	20%	30.1%
2028	19.4%	29.2%
2029	18.9%	28.2%
2030	18.3%	27.3%
2031	17.9%	26.3%
2032	17.6%	25.6%
2033	17.5%	24.9%
2034	17.3%	24.3%
2035	17%	23.8%
2036	16.9%	23.4%
2037	16.8%	23.1%
2038	16.8%	23%
2039	16.8%	22.9%
2040	16.8%	22.8%
2041	16.8%	22.9%
2042	16.9%	22.9%
2043	16.9%	23%
2044	16.9%	23.1%
2045	16.8%	23.2%
2046	16.8%	23.3%
2047	16.8%	23.4%
2048	16.7%	23.4%
2049	16.6%	23.4%
2050	16.5%	23.3%

The share of young people aged below 15 is 21.8% in Azerbaijan and 32.2% in Mongolia. Birth rates in Azerbaijan compared to Mongolia .

Share of old population (65+)

Table

Year	Share of population 65+ years old
	Azerbaijan	Mongolia
1960	4.63%	5.69%
1961	4.52%	5.94%
1962	4.42%	6.2%
1963	4.34%	6.27%
1964	4.28%	6.16%
1965	4.22%	6.06%
1966	4.18%	5.98%
1967	4.15%	5.92%
1968	4.13%	5.89%
1969	4.11%	5.85%
1970	4.09%	5.78%
1971	4.08%	5.69%
1972	4.07%	5.59%
1973	4.06%	5.48%
1974	4.06%	5.37%
1975	4.05%	5.27%
1976	4.02%	5.16%
1977	3.97%	5.06%
1978	3.92%	4.95%
1979	3.88%	4.86%
1980	3.83%	4.79%
1981	3.78%	4.71%
1982	3.72%	4.62%
1983	3.7%	4.53%
1984	3.7%	4.43%
1985	3.7%	4.34%
1986	3.7%	4.25%
1987	3.69%	4.14%
1988	3.72%	4.03%
1989	3.82%	3.92%
1990	3.96%	3.83%
1991	4.12%	3.75%
1992	4.3%	3.66%
1993	4.55%	3.59%
1994	4.78%	3.54%
1995	4.97%	3.5%
1996	5.09%	3.48%
1997	5.15%	3.46%
1998	5.22%	3.44%
1999	5.33%	3.42%
2000	5.53%	3.43%
2001	5.79%	3.45%
2002	6.05%	3.48%
2003	6.29%	3.51%
2004	6.47%	3.55%
2005	6.56%	3.6%
2006	6.59%	3.66%
2007	6.51%	3.71%
2008	6.33%	3.76%
2009	6.1%	3.79%
2010	5.89%	3.8%
2011	5.74%	3.8%
2012	5.68%	3.79%
2013	5.68%	3.79%
2014	5.72%	3.81%
2015	5.79%	3.84%
2016	5.95%	3.89%
2017	6.14%	3.95%
2018	6.37%	4.05%
2019	6.63%	4.17%
2020	6.88%	4.31%
2021	7.15%	4.43%
2022	7.53%	4.62%
2023	8.01%	4.86%
2024	8.56%	5.14%
2025	9.17%	5.43%
2026	9.78%	5.74%
2027	10.3%	6.06%
2028	10.9%	6.39%
2029	11.4%	6.71%
2030	11.9%	7.04%
2031	12.4%	7.36%
2032	12.8%	7.67%
2033	13.2%	7.97%
2034	13.6%	8.27%
2035	13.9%	8.56%
2036	14.3%	8.84%
2037	14.5%	9.13%
2038	14.7%	9.41%
2039	14.8%	9.69%
2040	15%	9.96%
2041	15.3%	10.2%
2042	15.5%	10.5%
2043	15.7%	10.8%
2044	15.9%	11%
2045	16.3%	11.3%
2046	16.6%	11.5%
2047	16.9%	11.7%
2048	17.3%	12%
2049	17.7%	12.3%
2050	18.1%	12.6%

The share of older people aged 65 and over is 8.56% in Azerbaijan and 5.14% in Mongolia. Life expectancy in Azerbaijan compared to Mongolia .