Census data

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

Value	Fifth census	Sixth census	Seventh census
Total population	298,479 people	452,053 people	845,782 people
Urbanization rate	81.7%	60.1%	77.6%
Urban population	243,952 people	271,675 people	656,382 people
Male	156,379 people	235,027 people	450,821 people
Female	142,100 people	217,026 people	394,961 people
Households	85,729	142,963	271,329
Average household size	3.15	2.84	2.67

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+	3,743 people	3,350 people	7,093 people
80–84	20,527 people	17,960 people	38,487 people
75–79	23,416 people	19,845 people	43,261 people
70–74	17,636 people	14,717 people	32,353 people
65–69	19,323 people	14,434 people	33,757 people
60–64	27,760 people	20,319 people	48,079 people
55–59	40,725 people	34,747 people	75,472 people
50–54	55,882 people	48,764 people	104,646 people
45–49	40,413 people	34,007 people	74,420 people
40–44	34,560 people	28,963 people	63,523 people
35–39	37,819 people	32,051 people	69,870 people
30–34	39,030 people	34,421 people	73,451 people
25–29	32,060 people	28,925 people	60,985 people
20–24	20,467 people	19,670 people	40,137 people
15–19	16,508 people	17,632 people	34,140 people
10–14	10,568 people	11,779 people	22,347 people
5–9	5,300 people	6,568 people	11,868 people
1–4	3,137 people	3,946 people	7,083 people
0	1,947 people	2,863 people	4,810 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	1,853 people	1,698 people	3,551 people
80–84	9,296 people	7,844 people	17,140 people
75–79	9,891 people	8,223 people	18,114 people
70–74	10,033 people	8,367 people	18,400 people
65–69	16,770 people	14,587 people	31,357 people
60–64	24,665 people	20,757 people	45,422 people
55–59	17,564 people	19,102 people	36,666 people
50–54	21,289 people	20,876 people	42,165 people
45–49	24,643 people	21,647 people	46,290 people
40–44	24,857 people	21,996 people	46,853 people
35–39	21,085 people	18,290 people	39,375 people
30–34	14,566 people	12,967 people	27,533 people
25–29	13,199 people	13,582 people	26,781 people
20–24	10,268 people	10,741 people	21,009 people
15–19	6,127 people	6,713 people	12,840 people
10–14	4,526 people	4,327 people	8,853 people
5–9	2,706 people	2,808 people	5,514 people
1–4	1,183 people	1,451 people	2,634 people
0	506 people	1,050 people	1,556 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	1,403 people	1,156 people	2,559 people
80–84	5,973 people	5,021 people	10,994 people
75–79	10,137 people	8,804 people	18,941 people
70–74	13,058 people	11,860 people	24,918 people
65–69	16,225 people	12,111 people	28,336 people
60–64	12,000 people	10,586 people	22,586 people
55–59	15,295 people	14,934 people	30,229 people
50–54	18,392 people	16,483 people	34,875 people
45–49	15,949 people	13,845 people	29,794 people
40–44	11,224 people	9,570 people	20,794 people
35–39	10,237 people	9,984 people	20,221 people
30–34	8,455 people	8,645 people	17,100 people
25–29	5,651 people	6,129 people	11,780 people
20–24	4,799 people	4,310 people	9,109 people
15–19	3,582 people	3,115 people	6,697 people
10–14	2,113 people	2,317 people	4,430 people
5–9	1,228 people	1,719 people	2,947 people
1–4	481 people	953 people	1,434 people
0	177 people	558 people	735 people

Ethnic composition

Population by ethnic group in the latest census.

Han99.41%

449,383 people

Korean0.26%

1,161 people

Hui0.11%

513 people

Manchu0.04%

176 people

Tujia0.04%

168 people

Dong0.03%

143 people

Zhuang0.03%

115 people

Tibetan0.01%

57 people

Mulao0.01%

44 people

Bouyei0.01%

42 people

Uyghur0.01%

41 people

Yao0.01%

31 people

Dai0.01%

31 people

Bai0.01%

29 people

Yi0.01%

26 people

Mongol0.01%

23 people

Miao0.00%

16 people

Li0.00%

12 people

Dongxiang0.00%

8 people

Hani0.00%

6 people

Maonan0.00%

4 people

Lisu0.00%

3 people

Wa0.00%

3 people

Blang0.00%

3 people

Lahu0.00%

2 people

Jingpo0.00%

2 people

Daur0.00%

2 people

Tajik0.00%

2 people

Uzbek0.00%

2 people

Kazakh0.00%

1 people

Kyrgyz0.00%

1 people

De'ang0.00%

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