Census data

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

Value	Fifth census	Sixth census	Seventh census
Total population	774,054 people	649,182 people	557,374 people
Urbanization rate	14.4%	34.5%	49.2%
Urban population	111,793 people	224,003 people	274,294 people
Male	403,318 people	327,027 people	282,481 people
Female	370,736 people	322,155 people	274,893 people
Households	230,408	227,564	229,335
Average household size	3.35	2.76	2.35

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+	4,219 people	5,538 people	9,757 people
80–84	6,470 people	7,608 people	14,078 people
75–79	10,984 people	11,625 people	22,609 people
70–74	14,508 people	14,520 people	29,028 people
65–69	19,414 people	18,192 people	37,606 people
60–64	13,233 people	10,702 people	23,935 people
55–59	23,408 people	23,162 people	46,570 people
50–54	28,000 people	28,345 people	56,345 people
45–49	28,947 people	29,900 people	58,847 people
40–44	10,467 people	11,329 people	21,796 people
35–39	12,654 people	12,769 people	25,423 people
30–34	13,206 people	13,334 people	26,540 people
25–29	14,603 people	13,686 people	28,289 people
20–24	13,289 people	11,551 people	24,840 people
15–19	20,868 people	18,287 people	39,155 people
10–14	21,665 people	19,959 people	41,624 people
5–9	14,878 people	13,613 people	28,491 people
1–4	9,764 people	9,011 people	18,775 people
0	1,904 people	1,762 people	3,666 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	1,706 people	2,638 people	4,344 people
80–84	4,421 people	5,213 people	9,634 people
75–79	8,777 people	9,087 people	17,864 people
70–74	12,153 people	12,405 people	24,558 people
65–69	15,722 people	15,439 people	31,161 people
60–64	18,349 people	17,194 people	35,543 people
55–59	22,360 people	20,746 people	43,106 people
50–54	14,422 people	12,135 people	26,557 people
45–49	25,011 people	24,883 people	49,894 people
40–44	30,091 people	29,930 people	60,021 people
35–39	31,019 people	32,515 people	63,534 people
30–34	11,663 people	12,867 people	24,530 people
25–29	14,405 people	15,302 people	29,707 people
20–24	15,101 people	16,182 people	31,283 people
15–19	25,422 people	25,384 people	50,806 people
10–14	26,595 people	25,028 people	51,623 people
5–9	28,886 people	26,150 people	55,036 people
1–4	17,669 people	16,101 people	33,770 people
0	3,255 people	2,956 people	6,211 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	804 people	1,750 people	2,554 people
80–84	1,864 people	2,991 people	4,855 people
75–79	4,570 people	5,850 people	10,420 people
70–74	9,693 people	10,149 people	19,842 people
65–69	14,023 people	13,698 people	27,721 people
60–64	16,457 people	15,858 people	32,315 people
55–59	18,670 people	17,734 people	36,404 people
50–54	21,220 people	19,359 people	40,579 people
45–49	26,806 people	23,349 people	50,155 people
40–44	18,928 people	14,089 people	33,017 people
35–39	37,933 people	33,804 people	71,737 people
30–34	49,479 people	43,218 people	92,697 people
25–29	51,009 people	46,327 people	97,336 people
20–24	18,908 people	19,100 people	38,008 people
15–19	24,513 people	22,627 people	47,140 people
10–14	28,617 people	27,049 people	55,666 people
5–9	31,809 people	29,355 people	61,164 people
1–4	23,486 people	20,453 people	43,939 people
0	4,529 people	3,976 people	8,505 people

Ethnic composition

Population by ethnic group in the latest census.

Han99.78%

647,740 people

Tujia0.14%

935 people

Miao0.03%

168 people

Hani0.01%

76 people

Yi0.01%

69 people

Gelao0.01%

31 people

Zhuang0.01%

30 people

Dai0.00%

26 people

Bouyei0.00%

18 people

Hui0.00%

13 people

Mongol0.00%

12 people

Yao0.00%

11 people

Tu0.00%

10 people

Tibetan0.00%

8 people

Uyghur0.00%

7 people

Manchu0.00%

7 people

Qiang0.00%

4 people

Lahu0.00%

3 people

Monba0.00%

2 people

Other groups0.00%

2 people

Korean0.00%

1 people

Li0.00%

1 people

She0.00%

1 people

Lisu0.00%

1 people

Wa0.00%

1 people

Naxi0.00%

1 people

Salar0.00%

1 people

De'ang0.00%

1 people

Gaoshan0.00%

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