Census data

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

Value	Fifth census	Sixth census	Seventh census
Total population	200,345 people	240,368 people	290,936 people
Urbanization rate	20.9%	24.3%	36.4%
Urban population	41,765 people	58,427 people	105,855 people
Male	101,867 people	121,782 people	148,218 people
Female	98,478 people	118,586 people	142,718 people
Households	41,910	54,934	76,476
Average household size	4.71	4.28	3.63

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+	406 people	440 people	846 people
80–84	808 people	761 people	1,569 people
75–79	1,538 people	1,445 people	2,983 people
70–74	2,812 people	2,749 people	5,561 people
65–69	3,662 people	3,707 people	7,369 people
60–64	4,591 people	4,836 people	9,427 people
55–59	5,650 people	5,836 people	11,486 people
50–54	8,754 people	8,380 people	17,134 people
45–49	10,152 people	9,373 people	19,525 people
40–44	9,875 people	9,464 people	19,339 people
35–39	11,466 people	11,059 people	22,525 people
30–34	14,056 people	13,805 people	27,861 people
25–29	10,628 people	10,417 people	21,045 people
20–24	8,312 people	7,113 people	15,425 people
15–19	10,975 people	10,836 people	21,811 people
10–14	14,028 people	13,292 people	27,320 people
5–9	20,053 people	19,372 people	39,425 people
1–4	9,326 people	8,778 people	18,104 people
0	1,126 people	1,055 people	2,181 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	254 people	197 people	451 people
80–84	484 people	511 people	995 people
75–79	941 people	837 people	1,778 people
70–74	1,770 people	1,633 people	3,403 people
65–69	2,465 people	2,131 people	4,596 people
60–64	3,860 people	3,525 people	7,385 people
55–59	4,260 people	4,198 people	8,458 people
50–54	5,274 people	5,294 people	10,568 people
45–49	5,724 people	6,072 people	11,796 people
40–44	8,622 people	8,178 people	16,800 people
35–39	10,249 people	9,494 people	19,743 people
30–34	10,256 people	10,068 people	20,324 people
25–29	11,584 people	11,730 people	23,314 people
20–24	12,536 people	12,606 people	25,142 people
15–19	10,158 people	10,388 people	20,546 people
10–14	9,620 people	9,044 people	18,664 people
5–9	10,967 people	10,475 people	21,442 people
1–4	10,024 people	9,704 people	19,728 people
0	2,734 people	2,501 people	5,235 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	301 people	283 people	584 people
80–84	467 people	407 people	874 people
75–79	769 people	624 people	1,393 people
70–74	1,333 people	1,271 people	2,604 people
65–69	1,710 people	1,663 people	3,373 people
60–64	2,389 people	2,193 people	4,582 people
55–59	2,834 people	2,456 people	5,290 people
50–54	4,139 people	3,781 people	7,920 people
45–49	4,446 people	4,462 people	8,908 people
40–44	5,168 people	4,796 people	9,964 people
35–39	5,876 people	5,985 people	11,861 people
30–34	7,773 people	7,547 people	15,320 people
25–29	8,965 people	9,021 people	17,986 people
20–24	9,903 people	9,369 people	19,272 people
15–19	12,226 people	11,721 people	23,947 people
10–14	14,484 people	14,362 people	28,846 people
5–9	9,970 people	10,026 people	19,996 people
1–4	7,137 people	6,632 people	13,769 people
0	1,977 people	1,879 people	3,856 people

Ethnic composition

Population by ethnic group in the latest census.

Uyghur78.71%

189,191 people

Kyrgyz12.80%

30,759 people

Han8.34%

20,039 people

Hui0.07%

158 people

Tujia0.02%

43 people

Kazakh0.02%

37 people

Tajik0.01%

31 people

Manchu0.01%

26 people

Miao0.01%

21 people

Tibetan0.01%

20 people

Mongol0.01%

19 people

Other groups0.01%

15 people

Xibe0.00%

3 people

Russian0.00%

2 people

Zhuang0.00%

1 people

Yao0.00%

1 people

Daur0.00%

1 people

Uzbek0.00%

1 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