Census data

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

Value	Fifth census	Sixth census	Seventh census
Total population	464,898 people	492,814 people	483,907 people
Urbanization rate	32.6%	49.6%	52.0%
Urban population	151,626 people	244,257 people	251,742 people
Male	240,765 people	257,345 people	253,849 people
Female	224,133 people	235,469 people	230,058 people
Households	118,080	147,124	151,799
Average household size	3.85	3.20	3.02

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+	2,537 people	3,700 people	6,237 people
80–84	3,609 people	3,532 people	7,141 people
75–79	5,490 people	5,003 people	10,493 people
70–74	9,548 people	7,986 people	17,534 people
65–69	13,487 people	12,118 people	25,605 people
60–64	14,496 people	13,234 people	27,730 people
55–59	18,451 people	19,633 people	38,084 people
50–54	20,028 people	21,172 people	41,200 people
45–49	19,072 people	19,131 people	38,203 people
40–44	16,817 people	15,806 people	32,623 people
35–39	18,496 people	15,545 people	34,041 people
30–34	23,494 people	20,269 people	43,763 people
25–29	20,775 people	17,201 people	37,976 people
20–24	14,307 people	10,319 people	24,626 people
15–19	10,166 people	7,532 people	17,698 people
10–14	13,700 people	11,537 people	25,237 people
5–9	14,967 people	13,129 people	28,096 people
1–4	11,998 people	11,033 people	23,031 people
0	2,411 people	2,178 people	4,589 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	1,827 people	2,804 people	4,631 people
80–84	2,962 people	3,589 people	6,551 people
75–79	5,038 people	5,362 people	10,400 people
70–74	6,807 people	5,546 people	12,353 people
65–69	8,176 people	6,426 people	14,602 people
60–64	11,957 people	9,088 people	21,045 people
55–59	15,801 people	13,569 people	29,370 people
50–54	16,336 people	14,906 people	31,242 people
45–49	20,350 people	21,579 people	41,929 people
40–44	21,088 people	23,003 people	44,091 people
35–39	19,335 people	20,001 people	39,336 people
30–34	17,330 people	16,701 people	34,031 people
25–29	18,302 people	16,765 people	35,067 people
20–24	23,646 people	21,487 people	45,133 people
15–19	27,050 people	23,018 people	50,068 people
10–14	19,084 people	14,349 people	33,433 people
5–9	10,998 people	8,266 people	19,264 people
1–4	8,869 people	7,133 people	16,002 people
0	2,389 people	1,877 people	4,266 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	773 people	1,445 people	2,218 people
80–84	1,579 people	2,040 people	3,619 people
75–79	3,517 people	4,143 people	7,660 people
70–74	5,424 people	5,529 people	10,953 people
65–69	6,950 people	6,750 people	13,700 people
60–64	7,837 people	6,245 people	14,082 people
55–59	8,558 people	6,725 people	15,283 people
50–54	12,459 people	9,764 people	22,223 people
45–49	15,760 people	13,937 people	29,697 people
40–44	15,927 people	14,910 people	30,837 people
35–39	19,240 people	21,290 people	40,530 people
30–34	19,463 people	22,066 people	41,529 people
25–29	17,329 people	18,908 people	36,237 people
20–24	14,887 people	15,009 people	29,896 people
15–19	19,861 people	16,746 people	36,607 people
10–14	27,901 people	25,269 people	53,170 people
5–9	25,666 people	20,793 people	46,459 people
1–4	14,609 people	10,478 people	25,087 people
0	3,025 people	2,086 people	5,111 people

Ethnic composition

Population by ethnic group in the latest census.

Han99.52%

490,451 people

Zhuang0.32%

1,599 people

Miao0.08%

373 people

Yao0.04%

178 people

Tujia0.01%

45 people

Dong0.01%

42 people

Li0.00%

21 people

Yi0.00%

19 people

Bouyei0.00%

11 people

Mongol0.00%

9 people

Bai0.00%

9 people

Sui0.00%

9 people

Hui0.00%

8 people

Tu0.00%

8 people

Tibetan0.00%

7 people

Kazakh0.00%

4 people

Maonan0.00%

3 people

Other groups0.00%

3 people

Uyghur0.00%

2 people

Hani0.00%

2 people

Manchu0.00%

1 people

Korean0.00%

1 people

Gelao0.00%

1 people

Lahu0.00%

1 people

Wa0.00%

1 people

Mulao0.00%

1 people

Evenki0.00%

1 people

Gin0.00%

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