Census data

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

Value	Fifth census	Sixth census	Seventh census
Total population	1,049,035 people	1,132,216 people	1,211,637 people
Urbanization rate	24.6%	57.7%	47.4%
Urban population	258,076 people	652,853 people	573,761 people
Male	557,967 people	585,532 people	622,911 people
Female	491,068 people	546,684 people	588,726 people
Households	268,435	319,836	346,228
Average household size	3.87	3.47	3.24

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+	8,572 people	7,400 people	15,972 people
80–84	47,765 people	42,814 people	90,579 people
75–79	75,487 people	67,277 people	142,764 people
70–74	67,814 people	58,784 people	126,598 people
65–69	44,083 people	36,531 people	80,614 people
60–64	30,287 people	25,491 people	55,778 people
55–59	30,873 people	27,725 people	58,598 people
50–54	45,146 people	43,126 people	88,272 people
45–49	39,422 people	38,502 people	77,924 people
40–44	31,669 people	32,412 people	64,081 people
35–39	37,334 people	39,074 people	76,408 people
30–34	41,139 people	43,387 people	84,526 people
25–29	34,943 people	36,203 people	71,146 people
20–24	25,979 people	24,369 people	50,348 people
15–19	23,526 people	22,578 people	46,104 people
10–14	16,297 people	14,997 people	31,294 people
5–9	11,132 people	11,972 people	23,104 people
1–4	6,714 people	8,252 people	14,966 people
0	4,729 people	7,832 people	12,561 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	12,615 people	9,944 people	22,559 people
80–84	47,710 people	37,996 people	85,706 people
75–79	59,054 people	47,855 people	106,909 people
70–74	59,170 people	48,139 people	107,309 people
65–69	49,859 people	40,254 people	90,113 people
60–64	47,763 people	46,616 people	94,379 people
55–59	41,117 people	42,036 people	83,153 people
50–54	32,988 people	35,154 people	68,142 people
45–49	38,418 people	41,383 people	79,801 people
40–44	41,979 people	44,560 people	86,539 people
35–39	35,624 people	36,756 people	72,380 people
30–34	27,442 people	25,893 people	53,335 people
25–29	26,217 people	24,475 people	50,692 people
20–24	20,457 people	17,463 people	37,920 people
15–19	16,286 people	14,901 people	31,187 people
10–14	12,658 people	12,415 people	25,073 people
5–9	9,067 people	10,196 people	19,263 people
1–4	4,554 people	5,974 people	10,528 people
0	2,554 people	4,674 people	7,228 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	10,401 people	7,130 people	17,531 people
80–84	36,664 people	25,262 people	61,926 people
75–79	56,276 people	41,245 people	97,521 people
70–74	80,251 people	67,130 people	147,381 people
65–69	59,366 people	49,444 people	108,810 people
60–64	36,147 people	34,247 people	70,394 people
55–59	41,541 people	42,408 people	83,949 people
50–54	46,044 people	46,777 people	92,821 people
45–49	39,167 people	38,828 people	77,995 people
40–44	29,443 people	26,750 people	56,193 people
35–39	28,205 people	25,104 people	53,309 people
30–34	23,468 people	18,843 people	42,311 people
25–29	18,993 people	16,031 people	35,024 people
20–24	17,336 people	14,955 people	32,291 people
15–19	14,230 people	13,323 people	27,553 people
10–14	10,146 people	10,319 people	20,465 people
5–9	5,971 people	6,687 people	12,658 people
1–4	2,822 people	3,972 people	6,794 people
0	1,496 people	2,613 people	4,109 people

Ethnic composition

Population by ethnic group in the latest census.

Han99.30%

1,203,126 people

Tujia0.46%

5,592 people

Yao0.08%

929 people

Manchu0.05%

639 people

Tibetan0.03%

376 people

Bouyei0.02%

209 people

Korean0.01%

104 people

Hui0.01%

97 people

Kyrgyz0.01%

96 people

Yi0.01%

94 people

Blang0.01%

62 people

Dai0.00%

37 people

Wa0.00%

37 people

Miao0.00%

21 people

Bai0.00%

20 people

Lisu0.00%

16 people

Dongxiang0.00%

14 people

Dong0.00%

12 people

Kazakh0.00%

11 people

Maonan0.00%

11 people

Zhuang0.00%

9 people

Hani0.00%

6 people

Uyghur0.00%

4 people

Lahu0.00%

4 people

Monba0.00%

3 people

Mongol0.00%

2 people

Mulao0.00%

2 people

Li0.00%

1 people

She0.00%

1 people

Naxi0.00%

1 people

Qiang0.00%

1 people

Bonan0.00%

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