Census data

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

Value	Fifth census	Sixth census	Seventh census
Total population	1,290,656 people	1,468,157 people	1,247,807 people
Urbanization rate	19.4%	28.3%	42.9%
Urban population	250,338 people	415,082 people	534,993 people
Male	677,791 people	759,032 people	613,094 people
Female	612,865 people	709,125 people	634,713 people
Households	367,997	367,168	394,180
Average household size	3.45	3.75	2.99

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+	5,857 people	5,178 people	11,035 people
80–84	33,789 people	29,401 people	63,190 people
75–79	67,213 people	59,026 people	126,239 people
70–74	84,410 people	73,578 people	157,988 people
65–69	43,863 people	42,022 people	85,885 people
60–64	19,300 people	19,692 people	38,992 people
55–59	20,195 people	21,850 people	42,045 people
50–54	34,527 people	40,634 people	75,161 people
45–49	30,470 people	34,887 people	65,357 people
40–44	34,187 people	38,163 people	72,350 people
35–39	39,791 people	40,921 people	80,712 people
30–34	46,422 people	53,260 people	99,682 people
25–29	41,836 people	48,730 people	90,566 people
20–24	27,238 people	29,922 people	57,160 people
15–19	35,503 people	39,991 people	75,494 people
10–14	23,836 people	24,063 people	47,899 people
5–9	14,357 people	15,994 people	30,351 people
1–4	6,651 people	9,495 people	16,146 people
0	3,649 people	7,906 people	11,555 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	9,506 people	8,345 people	17,851 people
80–84	67,268 people	50,563 people	117,831 people
75–79	67,864 people	50,654 people	118,518 people
70–74	51,875 people	40,899 people	92,774 people
65–69	50,965 people	43,209 people	94,174 people
60–64	61,706 people	64,917 people	126,623 people
55–59	50,321 people	52,708 people	103,029 people
50–54	53,390 people	53,098 people	106,488 people
45–49	57,679 people	53,198 people	110,877 people
40–44	63,987 people	62,247 people	126,234 people
35–39	54,699 people	56,335 people	111,034 people
30–34	36,453 people	37,329 people	73,782 people
25–29	46,052 people	46,643 people	92,695 people
20–24	34,086 people	30,786 people	64,872 people
15–19	24,093 people	22,240 people	46,333 people
10–14	14,686 people	15,344 people	30,030 people
5–9	8,561 people	11,039 people	19,600 people
1–4	3,696 people	5,470 people	9,166 people
0	2,145 people	4,101 people	6,246 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	8,223 people	6,802 people	15,025 people
80–84	30,869 people	21,548 people	52,417 people
75–79	47,149 people	34,184 people	81,333 people
70–74	88,434 people	72,830 people	161,264 people
65–69	58,784 people	47,260 people	106,044 people
60–64	49,033 people	45,637 people	94,670 people
55–59	55,900 people	50,689 people	106,589 people
50–54	65,711 people	63,387 people	129,098 people
45–49	57,331 people	58,298 people	115,629 people
40–44	36,631 people	35,960 people	72,591 people
35–39	49,789 people	49,519 people	99,308 people
30–34	38,933 people	33,197 people	72,130 people
25–29	30,246 people	25,751 people	55,997 people
20–24	23,281 people	21,329 people	44,610 people
15–19	16,804 people	17,766 people	34,570 people
10–14	9,776 people	11,805 people	21,581 people
5–9	6,667 people	9,059 people	15,726 people
1–4	2,957 people	5,226 people	8,183 people
0	1,273 people	2,618 people	3,891 people

Ethnic composition

Population by ethnic group in the latest census.

Han98.35%

1,227,229 people

Hui1.55%

19,299 people

Zhuang0.05%

671 people

Tujia0.01%

105 people

Gelao0.01%

91 people

Korean0.01%

84 people

Manchu0.01%

67 people

Dong0.01%

57 people

Yi0.00%

29 people

Yao0.00%

28 people

Bouyei0.00%

27 people

Tibetan0.00%

22 people

Bai0.00%

15 people

Uyghur0.00%

14 people

Mongol0.00%

10 people

Maonan0.00%

8 people

Miao0.00%

7 people

Kazakh0.00%

7 people

Dai0.00%

6 people

She0.00%

6 people

Kyrgyz0.00%

4 people

Hani0.00%

3 people

Sui0.00%

2 people

Li0.00%

1 people

Lisu0.00%

1 people

Dongxiang0.00%

1 people

Lahu0.00%

1 people

Wa0.00%

1 people

Qiang0.00%

1 people

Mulao0.00%

1 people

Daur0.00%

1 people

Salar0.00%

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