Editing Nagorno-Karabakh (section)

=== 1988–present ===
Following the [[Sumgait pogrom]] and the exodus of [[Azerbaijanis in Armenia|Azerbaijanis from Armenia]], Azerbaijanis in Stepanakert and Armenians in Shusha were [[1988 violence in Shusha and Stepanakert|expelled]] in September 1988. As [[Republic of Artsakh|local Armenian forces]] gained possession of Nagorno-Karabakh and [[Armenian-occupied territories surrounding Nagorno-Karabakh|surrounding districts]] (amounting to 14 percent of the internationally recognised territory of Azerbaijan) during the [[First Nagorno-Karabakh war]], hundreds of thousands of Azerbaijanis were expelled from their lands.<ref name="dewaal"/> During the [[Second Nagorno-Karabakh War]], Azerbaijan regained control over the surrounding districts and southern parts of the former NKAO, thus displacing approximately 70,000 Armenians.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2020-10-10 |title=Nagorno-Karabakh: Armenia and Azerbaijan shaky ceasefire in force |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-54488386 |url-status=live |access-date=2020-10-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201010002202/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-54488386 |archive-date=10 October 2020}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
|+Historical ethnic composition of the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast in 1921–1989
! rowspan="2" |Ethnic group
! colspan="2" |1921<ref name="welt" /><ref>{{Cite web |date= |title=Перепись населения АзССР в 1921 г. |trans-title=Census of the population of the AzSSR in 1921 |url=http://www.karabagh.am/6DokiSvid/Perepis21.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110526195503/http://www.karabagh.am/6DokiSvid/Perepis21.htm |archive-date=26 May 2011 |access-date=26 June 2022 |website=karabagh.am}}</ref>
! colspan="2" |1923<ref name="beglaryan" /><ref name="welt" />
! colspan="2" |1925<ref name="beglaryan" />
! colspan="2" |1926<ref name="beglaryan" /><ref name="этно1926">[http://demoscope.ru/weekly/ssp/sng_nac_26.php?reg=2304 Всесоюзная перепись населения 1926 года. Национальный состав населения по регионам республик СССР] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160605115531/http://demoscope.ru/weekly/ssp/sng_nac_26.php?reg=2304 |date=5 June 2016 }} Демоскоп</ref>
! colspan="2" |1939<ref name="beglaryan" /><ref>[http://demoscope.ru/weekly/ssp/rer_nac_39_gs.php?reg=25&gor=3&Submit=OK Всесоюзная перепись населения 1939 года. Распределение городского и сельского населения областей союзных республик по национальности и полу] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160605115645/http://demoscope.ru/weekly/ssp/rer_nac_39_gs.php?reg=25&gor=3&Submit=OK |date=5 June 2016 }} Демоскоп</ref>
! colspan="2" |1959<ref name="beglaryan" /><ref>[http://demoscope.ru/weekly/ssp/resp_nac_59.php?reg=67 Всесоюзная перепись населения 1959 года. Городское и сельское население областей республик СССР (кроме РСФСР) по полу и национальности] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160605120901/http://demoscope.ru/weekly/ssp/resp_nac_59.php?reg=67 |date=5 June 2016 }} Демоскоп</ref>
! colspan="2" |1970<ref name="beglaryan" /><ref>[http://demoscope.ru/weekly/ssp/resp_nac_70.php?reg=74 Всесоюзная перепись населения 1970 года. Городское и сельское население областей республик СССР (кроме РСФСР) по полу и национальности] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160605122710/http://demoscope.ru/weekly/ssp/resp_nac_70.php?reg=74 |date=5 June 2016 }} Демоскоп</ref>
! colspan="2" |1979<ref name="beglaryan" /><ref>[http://demoscope.ru/weekly/ssp/resp_nac_79.php?reg=77 Всесоюзная перепись населения 1979 года. Городское и сельское население областей республик СССР (кроме РСФСР) по полу и национальности] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160605120319/http://demoscope.ru/weekly/ssp/resp_nac_79.php?reg=77 |date=5 June 2016 }} Демоскоп</ref>
! colspan="2" |1989<ref>[http://demoscope.ru/weekly/ssp/resp_nac_89.php?reg=71 Всесоюзная перепись населения 1989 года.Распределение городского и сельского населения областей республик СССР по полу и национальности] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160605113511/http://demoscope.ru/weekly/ssp/resp_nac_89.php?reg=71 |date=5 June 2016 }} Демоскоп</ref>
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!Number
!%
!Number
!%
!Number
!%
!Number
!%
!Number
!%
!Number
!%
!Number
!%
!Number
!%
|-
|[[Armenians]]
| align="right" |122,426
| align="right" |94.73
| align="right" |149,600
| align="right" |94.8
| align="right" |142,470
| align="right" |90.28
| align="right" |111,694
| align="right" |89.24
| align="right" |132,800
| align="right" |88.04
| align="right" |110,053
| align="right" |84.39
| align="right" |121,068
| align="right" |80.54
| align="right" |123,076
| align="right" |75.89
| align="right" |145,450
| align="right" |76.92
|-
|[[Azerbaijanis]]{{efn|Until 1936, Azerbaijanis were known as "Tatars" or "Turkish-Tatars".}}
| align="right" |6,550
| align="right" |5.07
| align="right" |7,700
| align="right" |4.9
| align="right" |15,261
| align="right" |9.67
| align="right" |12,592
| align="right" |10.06
| align="right" |14,053
| align="right" |9.32
| align="right" |17,995
| align="right" |13.80
| align="right" |27,179
| align="right" |18.08
| align="right" |37,264
| align="right" |22.98
| align="right" |40,688
| align="right" |21.52
|-
|[[Russians]]
| rowspan="7" |267
| rowspan="7" |0.21
| rowspan="7" |500
| rowspan="7" |0.3
| align="right" |46
| align="right" |0.03
| align="right" |596
| align="right" |0.48
| align="right" |3,174
| align="right" |2.10
| align="right" |1,790
| align="right" |1.37
| align="right" |1,310
| align="right" |0.87
| align="right" |1,265
| align="right" |0.78
| align="right" |1,922
| align="right" |1.02
|-
|[[Ukrainians]]
| rowspan="6" |30
| rowspan="6" |0.02
| align="right" |35
| align="right" |0.03
| align="right" |436
| align="right" |0.29
| align="right" |238
| align="right" |0.18
| align="right" |193
| align="right" |0.13
| align="right" |140
| align="right" |0.09
| align="right" |416
| align="right" |0.22
|-
|[[Belarusians]]
| align="right" |12
| align="right" |0.01
| align="right" |11
| align="right" |0.01
| align="right" |32
| align="right" |0.02
| align="right" |35
| align="right" |0.02
| align="right" |37
| align="right" |0.02
| align="right" |79
| align="right" |0.04
|-
|[[Greeks]]
| align="right" |68
| align="right" |0.05
| align="right" |74
| align="right" |0.05
| align="right" |67
| align="right" |0.05
| align="right" |33
| align="right" |0.02
| align="right" |56
| align="right" |0.03
| align="right" |72
| align="right" |0.04
|-
|[[Tatars]]
| align="right" |6
| align="right" |0.00
| align="right" |29
| align="right" |0.02
| align="right" |36
| align="right" |0.03
| align="right" |25
| align="right" |0.02
| align="right" |41
| align="right" |0.03
| align="right" |64
| align="right" |0.03
|-
|[[Georgians]]
| align="right" |5
| align="right" |0.00
| align="right" |25
| align="right" |0.02
| align="right" |16
| align="right" |0.01
| align="right" |22
| align="right" |0.01
| align="right" |17
| align="right" |0.01
| align="right" |57
| align="right" |0.03
|-
|Others
| align="right" |151
| align="right" |0.12
| align="right" |235
| align="right" |0.16
| align="right" |179
| align="right" |0.14
| align="right" |448
| align="right" |0.30
| align="right" |285
| align="right" |0.18
| align="right" |337
| align="right" |0.18
|-
!Total
!129,243{{Efn|With the city of Shusha included, the NKAO's total population was 138,466, the adjusted ethnic composition is as follows:{{bulleted list|Armenians – 122,715 (88.62%)|Azerbaijanis – 15,444 (11.15%)|Others – 307 (0.22%)}}}}
!100.00
!157,800
!100.0
!157,807
!100.00
!125,159
!100.00
!150,837
!100.00
!130,406
!100.00
!150,313
!100.00
!162,181
!100.00
!189,085
!100.00
|}