Census data

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

Value	Fifth census	Sixth census	Seventh census
Total population	61,633 people	66,758 people	72,894 people
Urbanization rate	25.8%	29.1%	47.0%
Urban population	15,927 people	19,446 people	34,278 people
Male	31,446 people	34,461 people	37,992 people
Female	30,187 people	32,297 people	34,902 people
Households	14,233	22,466	24,836
Average household size	4.30	2.92	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+	148 people	197 people	345 people
80–84	322 people	336 people	658 people
75–79	517 people	577 people	1,094 people
70–74	618 people	750 people	1,368 people
65–69	982 people	1,055 people	2,037 people
60–64	1,217 people	1,344 people	2,561 people
55–59	2,251 people	2,067 people	4,318 people
50–54	3,140 people	2,909 people	6,049 people
45–49	3,605 people	3,297 people	6,902 people
40–44	3,432 people	3,129 people	6,561 people
35–39	3,419 people	3,176 people	6,595 people
30–34	3,797 people	3,522 people	7,319 people
25–29	2,804 people	2,409 people	5,213 people
20–24	1,927 people	1,458 people	3,385 people
15–19	1,785 people	1,629 people	3,414 people
10–14	2,734 people	2,425 people	5,159 people
5–9	2,885 people	2,506 people	5,391 people
1–4	2,041 people	1,812 people	3,853 people
0	368 people	304 people	672 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	95 people	95 people	190 people
80–84	129 people	165 people	294 people
75–79	312 people	338 people	650 people
70–74	607 people	515 people	1,122 people
65–69	823 people	780 people	1,603 people
60–64	955 people	887 people	1,842 people
55–59	1,308 people	1,215 people	2,523 people
50–54	1,548 people	1,516 people	3,064 people
45–49	2,316 people	2,175 people	4,491 people
40–44	3,188 people	2,964 people	6,152 people
35–39	3,577 people	3,389 people	6,966 people
30–34	3,449 people	3,305 people	6,754 people
25–29	3,354 people	3,232 people	6,586 people
20–24	3,153 people	2,893 people	6,046 people
15–19	2,526 people	2,347 people	4,873 people
10–14	2,195 people	2,041 people	4,236 people
5–9	2,301 people	2,129 people	4,430 people
1–4	2,132 people	1,880 people	4,012 people
0	493 people	431 people	924 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	38 people	62 people	100 people
80–84	85 people	107 people	192 people
75–79	188 people	183 people	371 people
70–74	281 people	287 people	568 people
65–69	557 people	507 people	1,064 people
60–64	811 people	722 people	1,533 people
55–59	997 people	870 people	1,867 people
50–54	1,092 people	1,052 people	2,144 people
45–49	1,374 people	1,362 people	2,736 people
40–44	1,656 people	1,575 people	3,231 people
35–39	2,447 people	2,326 people	4,773 people
30–34	3,098 people	2,998 people	6,096 people
25–29	3,400 people	3,349 people	6,749 people
20–24	3,229 people	3,159 people	6,388 people
15–19	3,479 people	3,245 people	6,724 people
10–14	3,772 people	3,775 people	7,547 people
5–9	2,741 people	2,548 people	5,289 people
1–4	1,741 people	1,640 people	3,381 people
0	460 people	420 people	880 people

Ethnic composition

Population by ethnic group in the latest census.

Kazakh59.57%

39,770 people

Han28.76%

19,198 people

Hui6.35%

4,240 people

Mongol2.15%

1,433 people

Uyghur1.26%

838 people

Dongxiang0.98%

654 people

Tatar0.30%

203 people

Russian0.15%

102 people

Zhuang0.11%

72 people

Salar0.09%

59 people

Bonan0.07%

45 people

Tujia0.06%

40 people

Manchu0.04%

27 people

Korean0.03%

18 people

Xibe0.02%

12 people

Dong0.02%

11 people

Bouyei0.02%

11 people

Tibetan0.01%

9 people

Kyrgyz0.01%

5 people

Hani0.00%

2 people

Tu0.00%

2 people

Tajik0.00%

2 people

Miao0.00%

1 people

Yao0.00%

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