Census data

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

Value	Fifth census	Sixth census	Seventh census
Total population	1,719,735 people	1,708,752 people	1,512,110 people
Urbanization rate	26.6%	39.4%	56.6%
Urban population	458,026 people	672,846 people	855,268 people
Male	888,032 people	877,941 people	770,844 people
Female	831,703 people	830,811 people	741,266 people
Households	396,397	447,600	542,351
Average household size	4.23	3.54	2.68

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+	5,086 people	6,001 people	11,087 people
80–84	11,324 people	12,765 people	24,089 people
75–79	19,411 people	22,667 people	42,078 people
70–74	27,403 people	29,262 people	56,665 people
65–69	37,989 people	39,189 people	77,178 people
60–64	39,083 people	37,564 people	76,647 people
55–59	60,832 people	56,359 people	117,191 people
50–54	81,257 people	78,803 people	160,060 people
45–49	71,370 people	71,489 people	142,859 people
40–44	44,026 people	41,873 people	85,899 people
35–39	48,166 people	46,863 people	95,029 people
30–34	58,262 people	58,101 people	116,363 people
25–29	49,038 people	47,443 people	96,481 people
20–24	30,454 people	26,823 people	57,277 people
15–19	36,699 people	30,692 people	67,391 people
10–14	48,761 people	42,684 people	91,445 people
5–9	51,411 people	46,173 people	97,584 people
1–4	42,111 people	38,881 people	80,992 people
0	8,161 people	7,634 people	15,795 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	2,359 people	2,611 people	4,970 people
80–84	4,411 people	4,427 people	8,838 people
75–79	12,515 people	12,562 people	25,077 people
70–74	21,118 people	20,817 people	41,935 people
65–69	27,302 people	28,638 people	55,940 people
60–64	33,696 people	33,719 people	67,415 people
55–59	45,192 people	44,550 people	89,742 people
50–54	46,135 people	44,168 people	90,303 people
45–49	69,116 people	64,972 people	134,088 people
40–44	89,986 people	87,284 people	177,270 people
35–39	79,122 people	77,799 people	156,921 people
30–34	50,552 people	46,548 people	97,100 people
25–29	55,840 people	54,779 people	110,619 people
20–24	77,928 people	74,910 people	152,838 people
15–19	104,376 people	98,030 people	202,406 people
10–14	69,776 people	61,496 people	131,272 people
5–9	46,227 people	38,491 people	84,718 people
1–4	33,659 people	27,442 people	61,101 people
0	8,631 people	7,568 people	16,199 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	1,169 people	1,295 people	2,464 people
80–84	3,075 people	2,896 people	5,971 people
75–79	6,364 people	6,248 people	12,612 people
70–74	9,519 people	8,827 people	18,346 people
65–69	18,523 people	17,710 people	36,233 people
60–64	27,617 people	26,242 people	53,859 people
55–59	31,383 people	32,343 people	63,726 people
50–54	38,444 people	37,833 people	76,277 people
45–49	50,314 people	48,000 people	98,314 people
40–44	50,455 people	47,232 people	97,687 people
35–39	75,389 people	69,000 people	144,389 people
30–34	97,767 people	91,763 people	189,530 people
25–29	84,018 people	80,601 people	164,619 people
20–24	52,370 people	48,816 people	101,186 people
15–19	75,095 people	68,733 people	143,828 people
10–14	107,132 people	100,373 people	207,505 people
5–9	97,071 people	90,917 people	187,988 people
1–4	50,549 people	42,357 people	92,906 people
0	11,778 people	10,517 people	22,295 people

Ethnic composition

Population by ethnic group in the latest census.

Han98.52%

1,683,387 people

Hui1.29%

21,959 people

Dongxiang0.06%

1,072 people

Manchu0.05%

925 people

Tibetan0.04%

685 people

Mongol0.01%

192 people

Tu0.01%

121 people

Zhuang0.01%

112 people

Salar0.00%

56 people

Tujia0.00%

54 people

Kazakh0.00%

37 people

Uyghur0.00%

35 people

Miao0.00%

27 people

Yi0.00%

23 people

Li0.00%

9 people

Mulao0.00%

8 people

Jingpo0.00%

8 people

Korean0.00%

7 people

Yugur0.00%

6 people

Russian0.00%

5 people

Bouyei0.00%

4 people

Dong0.00%

3 people

Qiang0.00%

3 people

Gaoshan0.00%

3 people

Dai0.00%

2 people

Yao0.00%

1 people

Hani0.00%

1 people

She0.00%

1 people

Lisu0.00%

1 people

Wa0.00%

1 people

Xibe0.00%

1 people

Bonan0.00%

1 people

Tatar0.00%

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