| Names of nationality and ethnic groups | Total | Male | Female | |||
| person | percentage | person | percentage | person | percentage | |
| Lerik district | 82438 | 100.0 | 40870 | 100.0 | 41568 | 100.0 |
| including nationality and ethnic groups: | ||||||
| azerbaijanis | 63131 | 76.58 | 31204 | 76.35 | 31927 | 76.81 |
| talyshs | 19227 | 23.33 | 9634 | 23.57 | 9593 | 23.08 |
| russians | 8 | 0.01 | - | - | 8 | 0.02 |
| ukraininans | 2 | 0.00 | - | - | 2 | 0.00 |
| avars | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 0.00 | - | - |
| turks | 2 | 0.00 | - | - | 2 | 0.01 |
| tatars | 2 | 0.00 | 1 | 0.00 | 1 | 0.00 |
| jews | 1 | 0.00 | - | - | 1 | 0.00 |
| other nationalities | 64 | 0.08 | 30 | 0.08 | 34 | 0.08 |