Census data

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

Value	Fifth census	Sixth census	Seventh census
Total population	1,125,899 people	1,111,159 people	945,191 people
Urbanization rate	10.6%	26.9%	48.7%
Urban population	119,669 people	299,223 people	459,868 people
Male	583,952 people	569,383 people	484,813 people
Female	541,947 people	541,776 people	460,378 people
Households	325,520	332,887	381,168
Average household size	3.23	3.19	2.34

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+	4,331 people	6,557 people	10,888 people
80–84	8,503 people	10,592 people	19,095 people
75–79	14,628 people	15,800 people	30,428 people
70–74	23,750 people	24,792 people	48,542 people
65–69	33,503 people	33,468 people	66,971 people
60–64	23,231 people	22,235 people	45,466 people
55–59	35,635 people	34,696 people	70,331 people
50–54	48,641 people	46,538 people	95,179 people
45–49	47,421 people	45,604 people	93,025 people
40–44	25,595 people	25,628 people	51,223 people
35–39	19,228 people	18,954 people	38,182 people
30–34	31,430 people	28,435 people	59,865 people
25–29	27,561 people	23,724 people	51,285 people
20–24	24,384 people	19,790 people	44,174 people
15–19	36,492 people	30,281 people	66,773 people
10–14	35,908 people	32,158 people	68,066 people
5–9	25,767 people	23,782 people	49,549 people
1–4	16,114 people	14,746 people	30,860 people
0	2,691 people	2,598 people	5,289 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	1,943 people	3,583 people	5,526 people
80–84	5,561 people	6,939 people	12,500 people
75–79	10,069 people	11,342 people	21,411 people
70–74	18,022 people	18,112 people	36,134 people
65–69	24,273 people	22,996 people	47,269 people
60–64	34,062 people	33,014 people	67,076 people
55–59	42,633 people	41,560 people	84,193 people
50–54	27,917 people	26,258 people	54,175 people
45–49	39,842 people	37,069 people	76,911 people
40–44	54,908 people	50,445 people	105,353 people
35–39	56,867 people	53,974 people	110,841 people
30–34	32,956 people	33,154 people	66,110 people
25–29	23,016 people	24,717 people	47,733 people
20–24	35,064 people	37,180 people	72,244 people
15–19	41,752 people	37,401 people	79,153 people
10–14	39,526 people	34,300 people	73,826 people
5–9	44,820 people	38,274 people	83,094 people
1–4	30,604 people	26,674 people	57,278 people
0	5,548 people	4,784 people	10,332 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	803 people	1,905 people	2,708 people
80–84	2,597 people	4,456 people	7,053 people
75–79	6,033 people	7,773 people	13,806 people
70–74	12,686 people	13,348 people	26,034 people
65–69	16,555 people	16,408 people	32,963 people
60–64	24,746 people	23,142 people	47,888 people
55–59	28,822 people	26,226 people	55,048 people
50–54	38,926 people	36,081 people	75,007 people
45–49	49,422 people	46,172 people	95,594 people
40–44	33,354 people	29,980 people	63,334 people
35–39	48,859 people	44,901 people	93,760 people
30–34	62,886 people	58,721 people	121,607 people
25–29	57,611 people	54,565 people	112,176 people
20–24	30,128 people	31,810 people	61,938 people
15–19	27,023 people	22,888 people	49,911 people
10–14	56,575 people	50,174 people	106,749 people
5–9	49,185 people	42,444 people	91,629 people
1–4	30,996 people	25,365 people	56,361 people
0	6,745 people	5,588 people	12,333 people

Ethnic composition

Population by ethnic group in the latest census.

Han99.96%

1,110,760 people

Tibetan0.01%

87 people

Tujia0.01%

81 people

Qiang0.00%

39 people

Zhuang0.00%

38 people

Miao0.00%

35 people

Hui0.00%

33 people

Yi0.00%

20 people

Bouyei0.00%

20 people

Yao0.00%

12 people

Mongol0.00%

6 people

Manchu0.00%

5 people

Dong0.00%

4 people

Tu0.00%

4 people

Gelao0.00%

3 people

Gaoshan0.00%

3 people

Li0.00%

2 people

Uyghur0.00%

1 people

Bai0.00%

1 people

Korean0.00%

1 people

Dai0.00%

1 people

She0.00%

1 people

Lisu0.00%

1 people

Nu0.00%

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