Census data

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

Value	Fifth census	Sixth census	Seventh census
Total population	747,942 people	743,385 people	642,452 people
Urbanization rate	15.3%	23.0%	43.0%
Urban population	114,291 people	171,207 people	276,070 people
Male	384,129 people	380,206 people	321,995 people
Female	363,813 people	363,179 people	320,457 people
Households	180,746	193,171	209,029
Average household size	3.88	3.55	2.91

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+	2,380 people	3,592 people	5,972 people
80–84	5,005 people	6,736 people	11,741 people
75–79	8,658 people	10,608 people	19,266 people
70–74	13,161 people	14,521 people	27,682 people
65–69	19,802 people	21,009 people	40,811 people
60–64	23,490 people	23,172 people	46,662 people
55–59	27,739 people	27,898 people	55,637 people
50–54	30,802 people	30,877 people	61,679 people
45–49	25,965 people	26,481 people	52,446 people
40–44	17,484 people	17,203 people	34,687 people
35–39	18,752 people	18,318 people	37,070 people
30–34	25,152 people	24,741 people	49,893 people
25–29	23,354 people	21,482 people	44,836 people
20–24	11,435 people	9,996 people	21,431 people
15–19	11,127 people	9,995 people	21,122 people
10–14	17,899 people	16,679 people	34,578 people
5–9	20,616 people	19,419 people	40,035 people
1–4	15,922 people	14,884 people	30,806 people
0	3,252 people	2,846 people	6,098 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	1,535 people	1,958 people	3,493 people
80–84	2,489 people	3,034 people	5,523 people
75–79	5,694 people	6,440 people	12,134 people
70–74	9,727 people	10,721 people	20,448 people
65–69	12,606 people	13,874 people	26,480 people
60–64	17,022 people	17,407 people	34,429 people
55–59	23,722 people	24,292 people	48,014 people
50–54	27,690 people	26,643 people	54,333 people
45–49	32,734 people	31,494 people	64,228 people
40–44	36,867 people	34,854 people	71,721 people
35–39	33,485 people	31,757 people	65,242 people
30–34	23,960 people	21,910 people	45,870 people
25–29	24,903 people	23,349 people	48,252 people
20–24	33,428 people	31,724 people	65,152 people
15–19	41,071 people	37,022 people	78,093 people
10–14	20,472 people	17,413 people	37,885 people
5–9	15,042 people	13,427 people	28,469 people
1–4	14,086 people	12,538 people	26,624 people
0	3,673 people	3,322 people	6,995 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	532 people	859 people	1,391 people
80–84	1,804 people	2,218 people	4,022 people
75–79	4,170 people	4,474 people	8,644 people
70–74	5,654 people	5,785 people	11,439 people
65–69	8,708 people	9,167 people	17,875 people
60–64	12,481 people	13,228 people	25,709 people
55–59	14,832 people	15,578 people	30,410 people
50–54	18,476 people	18,783 people	37,259 people
45–49	25,110 people	25,193 people	50,303 people
40–44	28,797 people	27,582 people	56,379 people
35–39	34,301 people	32,562 people	66,863 people
30–34	38,386 people	35,798 people	74,184 people
25–29	33,186 people	31,652 people	64,838 people
20–24	22,494 people	21,466 people	43,960 people
15–19	29,826 people	26,545 people	56,371 people
10–14	44,446 people	41,240 people	85,686 people
5–9	40,575 people	35,227 people	75,802 people
1–4	16,317 people	12,994 people	29,311 people
0	4,034 people	3,462 people	7,496 people

Ethnic composition

Population by ethnic group in the latest census.

Han99.95%

742,983 people

Hui0.04%

312 people

Manchu0.01%

56 people

Mongol0.00%

19 people

Tibetan0.00%

13 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