Census data

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

Value	Fifth census	Sixth census	Seventh census
Total population	2,470,812 people	1,626,357 people	1,654,276 people
Urbanization rate	53.0%	57.6%	59.2%
Urban population	1,308,176 people	936,224 people	979,924 people
Male	1,256,428 people	819,292 people	833,722 people
Female	1,214,384 people	807,065 people	820,554 people
Households	457,612	312,880	365,102
Average household size	5.27	4.87	3.98

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+	5,829 people	9,696 people	15,525 people
80–84	7,627 people	9,245 people	16,872 people
75–79	10,822 people	11,195 people	22,017 people
70–74	19,768 people	21,132 people	40,900 people
65–69	30,880 people	33,137 people	64,017 people
60–64	35,356 people	33,723 people	69,079 people
55–59	40,574 people	41,839 people	82,413 people
50–54	49,802 people	53,457 people	103,259 people
45–49	48,714 people	54,978 people	103,692 people
40–44	41,570 people	44,388 people	85,958 people
35–39	52,927 people	53,367 people	106,294 people
30–34	65,461 people	62,469 people	127,930 people
25–29	77,268 people	72,027 people	149,295 people
20–24	69,002 people	64,430 people	133,432 people
15–19	57,420 people	52,732 people	110,152 people
10–14	69,158 people	64,550 people	133,708 people
5–9	81,411 people	75,252 people	156,663 people
1–4	57,666 people	52,174 people	109,840 people
0	12,467 people	10,763 people	23,230 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	3,031 people	6,749 people	9,780 people
80–84	5,679 people	8,225 people	13,904 people
75–79	10,082 people	11,842 people	21,924 people
70–74	13,321 people	13,335 people	26,656 people
65–69	15,108 people	14,046 people	29,154 people
60–64	23,978 people	23,181 people	47,159 people
55–59	35,491 people	35,764 people	71,255 people
50–54	39,125 people	36,833 people	75,958 people
45–49	43,871 people	44,688 people	88,559 people
40–44	53,788 people	55,825 people	109,613 people
35–39	53,573 people	56,684 people	110,257 people
30–34	47,187 people	48,915 people	96,102 people
25–29	62,518 people	64,050 people	126,568 people
20–24	78,127 people	78,154 people	156,281 people
15–19	117,443 people	108,645 people	226,088 people
10–14	103,940 people	98,874 people	202,814 people
5–9	62,133 people	57,648 people	119,781 people
1–4	41,142 people	34,851 people	75,993 people
0	9,755 people	8,756 people	18,511 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	61 people	259 people	320 people
80–84	135 people	335 people	470 people
75–79	349 people	607 people	956 people
70–74	586 people	810 people	1,396 people
65–69	786 people	979 people	1,765 people
60–64	1,046 people	1,039 people	2,085 people
55–59	1,075 people	1,079 people	2,154 people
50–54	1,748 people	1,552 people	3,300 people
45–49	2,850 people	2,755 people	5,605 people
40–44	2,944 people	2,872 people	5,816 people
35–39	3,543 people	3,270 people	6,813 people
30–34	3,005 people	2,865 people	5,870 people
25–29	2,541 people	2,584 people	5,125 people
20–24	1,850 people	1,678 people	3,528 people
15–19	3,141 people	2,466 people	5,607 people
10–14	4,146 people	3,890 people	8,036 people
5–9	3,867 people	3,715 people	7,582 people
1–4	1,693 people	1,647 people	3,340 people
0	284 people	300 people	584 people

Ethnic composition

Population by ethnic group in the latest census.

Han99.60%

1,619,895 people

Zhuang0.22%

3,554 people

Miao0.10%

1,542 people

Tujia0.02%

394 people

Yao0.02%

247 people

Li0.01%

155 people

Yi0.01%

94 people

Bouyei0.01%

82 people

Hui0.01%

74 people

Tu0.01%

74 people

Tibetan0.00%

38 people

Wa0.00%

30 people

Manchu0.00%

27 people

She0.00%

25 people

Gelao0.00%

25 people

Mongol0.00%

21 people

Nu0.00%

15 people

Dai0.00%

14 people

Uyghur0.00%

11 people

Kazakh0.00%

6 people

Maonan0.00%

6 people

Gin0.00%

5 people

Other groups0.00%

5 people

Korean0.00%

4 people

Salar0.00%

3 people

Blang0.00%

2 people

Monba0.00%

2 people

Hani0.00%

1 people

Naxi0.00%

1 people

Mulao0.00%

1 people

De'ang0.00%

1 people

Nanai0.00%

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