Census data

Population, households, age structure and ethnic composition from modern censuses.

Value	Fifth census	Sixth census	Seventh census
Total population	163,024 people	199,065 people	226,005 people
Urbanization rate	7.9%	11.5%	25.7%
Urban population	12,917 people	22,867 people	58,133 people
Male	83,922 people	101,438 people	115,749 people
Female	79,102 people	97,627 people	110,256 people
Households	36,056	46,861	62,494
Average household size	4.51	4.19	3.48

Age pyramid

Male and female population by five-year age group in the latest census.

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	335 people	331 people	666 people
80–84	521 people	513 people	1,034 people
75–79	1,121 people	1,003 people	2,124 people
70–74	2,008 people	1,969 people	3,977 people
65–69	2,265 people	2,188 people	4,453 people
60–64	2,845 people	2,866 people	5,711 people
55–59	3,783 people	3,599 people	7,382 people
50–54	6,112 people	5,832 people	11,944 people
45–49	7,192 people	6,882 people	14,074 people
40–44	8,118 people	7,319 people	15,437 people
35–39	9,442 people	8,706 people	18,148 people
30–34	11,671 people	11,406 people	23,077 people
25–29	9,622 people	9,457 people	19,079 people
20–24	6,567 people	6,190 people	12,757 people
15–19	7,842 people	7,289 people	15,131 people
10–14	11,396 people	10,778 people	22,174 people
5–9	17,414 people	16,811 people	34,225 people
1–4	6,614 people	6,320 people	12,934 people
0	881 people	797 people	1,678 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	316 people	235 people	551 people
80–84	529 people	360 people	889 people
75–79	700 people	613 people	1,313 people
70–74	1,300 people	1,162 people	2,462 people
65–69	2,002 people	1,738 people	3,740 people
60–64	2,993 people	2,732 people	5,725 people
55–59	2,874 people	2,763 people	5,637 people
50–54	3,330 people	3,284 people	6,614 people
45–49	4,252 people	3,882 people	8,134 people
40–44	6,227 people	5,909 people	12,136 people
35–39	7,316 people	7,014 people	14,330 people
30–34	8,341 people	7,859 people	16,200 people
25–29	9,489 people	9,088 people	18,577 people
20–24	11,540 people	11,888 people	23,428 people
15–19	9,724 people	9,649 people	19,373 people
10–14	8,614 people	8,334 people	16,948 people
5–9	9,797 people	9,608 people	19,405 people
1–4	9,746 people	9,266 people	19,012 people
0	2,348 people	2,243 people	4,591 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	503 people	335 people	838 people
80–84	582 people	464 people	1,046 people
75–79	683 people	461 people	1,144 people
70–74	1,309 people	1,075 people	2,384 people
65–69	1,421 people	1,080 people	2,501 people
60–64	2,360 people	2,192 people	4,552 people
55–59	1,920 people	1,710 people	3,630 people
50–54	3,341 people	3,103 people	6,444 people
45–49	3,205 people	3,280 people	6,485 people
40–44	3,309 people	3,565 people	6,874 people
35–39	4,501 people	4,134 people	8,635 people
30–34	5,686 people	5,408 people	11,094 people
25–29	6,926 people	6,703 people	13,629 people
20–24	8,548 people	7,949 people	16,497 people
15–19	9,499 people	8,621 people	18,120 people
10–14	12,776 people	12,252 people	25,028 people
5–9	9,758 people	9,395 people	19,153 people
1–4	5,880 people	5,760 people	11,640 people
0	1,715 people	1,615 people	3,330 people

Ethnic composition

Population by ethnic group in the latest census.

Uyghur72.70%

144,726 people

Kyrgyz20.74%

41,293 people

Han3.65%

7,270 people

Tajik2.75%

5,482 people

Hui0.08%

151 people

Uzbek0.02%

32 people

Zhuang0.01%

26 people

Tibetan0.01%

22 people

Miao0.01%

15 people

Mongol0.01%

11 people

Sui0.00%

8 people

Kazakh0.00%

7 people

Xibe0.00%

5 people

Maonan0.00%

5 people

Tatar0.00%

5 people

Manchu0.00%

3 people

Dong0.00%

2 people

Yao0.00%

2 people

Methodology and sources

Figures are compiled from national statistical yearbooks, census publications and official regional statistics. Each table displays its reference year. Read the data sources page for details.

Data sources