Total population41,540,086 peopleSeventh census

Households14,371,078Average household size 2.68

Urbanization rate68.8%2020

Sex ratio (male per 100 female)106.9Minority population share 2.7%

Census data

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

Value	Fifth census	Sixth census	Seventh census
Total population	34,097,947 people	36,894,217 people	41,540,086 people
Urbanization rate	42.0%	57.1%	68.8%
Urban population	14,306,812 people	21,061,940 people	28,557,247 people
Male	17,568,535 people	18,981,054 people	21,466,757 people
Female	16,529,412 people	17,913,163 people	20,073,329 people
Households	8,743,252	11,206,317	14,371,078
Average household size	3.57	2.98	2.68

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+	206,764 people	174,229 people	380,993 people
80–84	1,173,993 people	994,358 people	2,168,351 people
75–79	1,627,920 people	1,365,950 people	2,993,870 people
70–74	1,342,664 people	1,139,347 people	2,482,011 people
65–69	1,081,131 people	930,965 people	2,012,096 people
60–64	1,098,046 people	941,317 people	2,039,363 people
55–59	1,528,514 people	1,335,197 people	2,863,711 people
50–54	2,049,194 people	1,952,671 people	4,001,865 people
45–49	1,704,483 people	1,620,671 people	3,325,154 people
40–44	1,544,982 people	1,466,467 people	3,011,449 people
35–39	1,818,519 people	1,739,015 people	3,557,534 people
30–34	1,711,798 people	1,650,758 people	3,362,556 people
25–29	1,363,368 people	1,339,896 people	2,703,264 people
20–24	1,021,219 people	1,006,651 people	2,027,870 people
15–19	887,915 people	931,304 people	1,819,219 people
10–14	562,879 people	570,740 people	1,133,619 people
5–9	349,835 people	369,567 people	719,402 people
1–4	232,858 people	284,503 people	517,361 people
0	160,675 people	259,723 people	420,398 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	222,995 people	177,481 people	400,476 people
80–84	957,385 people	769,402 people	1,726,787 people
75–79	1,008,140 people	848,656 people	1,856,796 people
70–74	940,795 people	780,844 people	1,721,639 people
65–69	1,485,493 people	1,331,286 people	2,816,779 people
60–64	1,962,823 people	1,955,717 people	3,918,540 people
55–59	1,661,969 people	1,637,965 people	3,299,934 people
50–54	1,559,374 people	1,488,709 people	3,048,083 people
45–49	1,847,755 people	1,756,409 people	3,604,164 people
40–44	1,751,557 people	1,675,021 people	3,426,578 people
35–39	1,419,803 people	1,361,230 people	2,781,033 people
30–34	1,097,620 people	1,028,876 people	2,126,496 people
25–29	989,791 people	964,733 people	1,954,524 people
20–24	677,823 people	622,435 people	1,300,258 people
15–19	475,129 people	435,730 people	910,859 people
10–14	400,388 people	394,784 people	795,172 people
5–9	282,423 people	321,176 people	603,599 people
1–4	162,540 people	216,773 people	379,313 people
0	77,251 people	145,936 people	223,187 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	185,480 people	156,236 people	341,716 people
80–84	712,567 people	568,944 people	1,281,511 people
75–79	1,386,602 people	1,150,416 people	2,537,018 people
70–74	1,906,796 people	1,777,424 people	3,684,220 people
65–69	1,673,699 people	1,656,940 people	3,330,639 people
60–64	1,538,248 people	1,513,525 people	3,051,773 people
55–59	1,850,853 people	1,763,968 people	3,614,821 people
50–54	1,766,795 people	1,679,875 people	3,446,670 people
45–49	1,458,787 people	1,385,243 people	2,844,030 people
40–44	1,154,941 people	1,059,031 people	2,213,972 people
35–39	1,060,327 people	999,313 people	2,059,640 people
30–34	751,316 people	655,497 people	1,406,813 people
25–29	555,470 people	472,636 people	1,028,106 people
20–24	518,374 people	459,002 people	977,376 people
15–19	429,341 people	419,750 people	849,091 people
10–14	326,249 people	352,384 people	678,633 people
5–9	179,236 people	237,405 people	416,641 people
1–4	79,853 people	136,670 people	216,523 people
0	33,601 people	85,153 people	118,754 people

Ethnic composition

Population by ethnic group in the latest census.

Han97.30%

40,418,616 people

Dongxiang0.90%

374,663 people

Manchu0.41%

168,928 people

Korean0.34%

142,673 people

Hui0.31%

128,591 people

Yi0.13%

53,930 people

Tujia0.13%

53,350 people

Tibetan0.12%

48,893 people

Bouyei0.08%

31,784 people

Dong0.03%

14,034 people

Yao0.03%

10,782 people

Bai0.02%

9,612 people

Zhuang0.02%

9,154 people

Maonan0.02%

8,109 people

Kazakh0.02%

7,622 people

Hani0.02%

7,074 people

Uyghur0.01%

5,502 people

Dai0.01%

5,332 people

Wa0.01%

4,838 people

Miao0.01%

3,600 people

Sui0.01%

3,106 people

Mongol0.01%

2,963 people

Lisu0.01%

2,913 people

She0.01%

1,926 people

Kyrgyz0.01%

1,891 people

Mulao0.01%

1,883 people

Lahu0.00%

1,796 people

Qiang0.00%

1,453 people

Blang0.00%

701 people

Daur0.00%

581 people

Jingpo0.00%

575 people

Li0.00%

437 people

Gelao0.00%

417 people

Pumi0.00%

379 people

Tu0.00%

350 people

Salar0.00%

331 people

Naxi0.00%

269 people

Tajik0.00%

263 people

Xibe0.00%

189 people

Yugur0.00%

188 people

Russian0.00%

181 people

Achang0.00%

158 people

Monba0.00%

144 people

Evenki0.00%

99 people

De'ang0.00%

50 people

Bonan0.00%

30 people

Tatar0.00%

27 people

Gin0.00%

25 people

Lhoba0.00%

24 people

Nu0.00%

19 people

Nanai0.00%

17 people

Uzbek0.00%

14 people

Jino0.00%

11 people

Derung0.00%

10 people

Oroqen0.00%

6 people

Gaoshan0.00%

5 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