Census data

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

Value	Fifth census	Sixth census	Seventh census
Total population	494,084 people	595,124 people	1,020,259 people
Urbanization rate	67.6%	88.7%	98.1%
Urban population	333,909 people	528,068 people	1,000,540 people
Male	254,387 people	305,035 people	534,773 people
Female	239,697 people	290,089 people	485,486 people
Households	135,409	184,334	340,491
Average household size	3.34	2.93	2.45

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+	4,867 people	4,513 people	9,380 people
80–84	26,424 people	24,463 people	50,887 people
75–79	31,188 people	28,241 people	59,429 people
70–74	22,850 people	20,677 people	43,527 people
65–69	41,134 people	30,098 people	71,232 people
60–64	34,701 people	32,242 people	66,943 people
55–59	45,916 people	41,823 people	87,739 people
50–54	63,720 people	59,064 people	122,784 people
45–49	46,715 people	40,998 people	87,713 people
40–44	35,079 people	29,343 people	64,422 people
35–39	40,352 people	34,952 people	75,304 people
30–34	39,982 people	35,178 people	75,160 people
25–29	33,429 people	30,008 people	63,437 people
20–24	24,949 people	24,280 people	49,229 people
15–19	18,373 people	19,236 people	37,609 people
10–14	10,813 people	11,858 people	22,671 people
5–9	6,610 people	7,986 people	14,596 people
1–4	4,475 people	6,382 people	10,857 people
0	3,196 people	4,144 people	7,340 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	2,724 people	2,500 people	5,224 people
80–84	11,718 people	10,831 people	22,549 people
75–79	12,608 people	10,994 people	23,602 people
70–74	13,757 people	11,461 people	25,218 people
65–69	26,396 people	21,852 people	48,248 people
60–64	43,372 people	36,340 people	79,712 people
55–59	25,096 people	27,031 people	52,127 people
50–54	21,729 people	21,321 people	43,050 people
45–49	25,305 people	24,150 people	49,455 people
40–44	25,389 people	24,074 people	49,463 people
35–39	24,465 people	22,407 people	46,872 people
30–34	21,073 people	20,428 people	41,501 people
25–29	17,149 people	17,953 people	35,102 people
20–24	11,389 people	12,200 people	23,589 people
15–19	7,880 people	8,843 people	16,723 people
10–14	6,618 people	8,507 people	15,125 people
5–9	5,197 people	5,788 people	10,985 people
1–4	2,268 people	2,287 people	4,555 people
0	902 people	1,122 people	2,024 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	2,354 people	2,003 people	4,357 people
80–84	9,950 people	8,073 people	18,023 people
75–79	17,234 people	14,504 people	31,738 people
70–74	23,787 people	21,212 people	44,999 people
65–69	27,151 people	25,384 people	52,535 people
60–64	22,470 people	19,065 people	41,535 people
55–59	21,515 people	20,824 people	42,339 people
50–54	23,594 people	22,222 people	45,816 people
45–49	23,516 people	21,012 people	44,528 people
40–44	20,784 people	19,549 people	40,333 people
35–39	17,218 people	17,622 people	34,840 people
30–34	11,871 people	12,259 people	24,130 people
25–29	8,665 people	9,478 people	18,143 people
20–24	8,319 people	9,884 people	18,203 people
15–19	7,484 people	7,889 people	15,373 people
10–14	4,664 people	4,144 people	8,808 people
5–9	2,438 people	2,573 people	5,011 people
1–4	1,028 people	1,385 people	2,413 people
0	345 people	615 people	960 people

Ethnic composition

Population by ethnic group in the latest census.

Han99.34%

591,166 people

Hui0.44%

2,641 people

Dong0.09%

545 people

Zhuang0.05%

265 people

Korean0.02%

87 people

Tujia0.01%

80 people

Yi0.01%

53 people

Manchu0.01%

52 people

Miao0.01%

48 people

Mongol0.00%

21 people

Bai0.00%

20 people

Dai0.00%

17 people

Tibetan0.00%

13 people

Bouyei0.00%

13 people

Mulao0.00%

12 people

Salar0.00%

11 people

Uyghur0.00%

10 people

Yao0.00%

10 people

Tajik0.00%

10 people

Dongxiang0.00%

9 people

De'ang0.00%

8 people

Naxi0.00%

6 people

Hani0.00%

5 people

Maonan0.00%

5 people

Sui0.00%

3 people

Jingpo0.00%

3 people

Li0.00%

2 people

Lahu0.00%

2 people

Daur0.00%

2 people

Kazakh0.00%

1 people

She0.00%

1 people

Uzbek0.00%

1 people

Nanai0.00%

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