Census data

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

Value	Fifth census	Sixth census	Seventh census
Total population	1,120,376 people	826,195 people	722,073 people
Urbanization rate	12.7%	30.6%	42.3%
Urban population	142,276 people	252,451 people	305,613 people
Male	578,458 people	415,855 people	360,392 people
Female	541,918 people	410,340 people	361,681 people
Households	306,496	238,860	270,786
Average household size	3.61	3.38	2.54

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+	5,378 people	8,177 people	13,555 people
80–84	7,661 people	9,143 people	16,804 people
75–79	11,659 people	12,583 people	24,242 people
70–74	19,092 people	19,416 people	38,508 people
65–69	28,962 people	29,540 people	58,502 people
60–64	23,353 people	22,396 people	45,749 people
55–59	23,947 people	25,798 people	49,745 people
50–54	31,511 people	34,335 people	65,846 people
45–49	29,842 people	32,278 people	62,120 people
40–44	16,088 people	16,753 people	32,841 people
35–39	14,674 people	14,362 people	29,036 people
30–34	23,196 people	21,039 people	44,235 people
25–29	19,148 people	17,947 people	37,095 people
20–24	15,460 people	14,126 people	29,586 people
15–19	21,516 people	19,970 people	41,486 people
10–14	28,561 people	26,635 people	55,196 people
5–9	23,359 people	21,535 people	44,894 people
1–4	14,442 people	13,305 people	27,747 people
0	2,543 people	2,343 people	4,886 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	2,466 people	4,250 people	6,716 people
80–84	5,497 people	6,589 people	12,086 people
75–79	9,053 people	9,893 people	18,946 people
70–74	13,714 people	13,228 people	26,942 people
65–69	16,444 people	15,572 people	32,016 people
60–64	24,063 people	22,320 people	46,383 people
55–59	32,906 people	32,599 people	65,505 people
50–54	25,152 people	24,188 people	49,340 people
45–49	25,346 people	26,112 people	51,458 people
40–44	35,725 people	35,856 people	71,581 people
35–39	37,959 people	38,746 people	76,705 people
30–34	20,909 people	21,783 people	42,692 people
25–29	18,608 people	18,731 people	37,339 people
20–24	28,534 people	28,755 people	57,289 people
15–19	32,031 people	32,444 people	64,475 people
10–14	31,550 people	29,492 people	61,042 people
5–9	30,295 people	27,377 people	57,672 people
1–4	21,750 people	18,980 people	40,730 people
0	3,853 people	3,425 people	7,278 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	1,230 people	2,978 people	4,208 people
80–84	3,069 people	4,785 people	7,854 people
75–79	7,446 people	9,071 people	16,517 people
70–74	13,711 people	14,051 people	27,762 people
65–69	18,100 people	16,860 people	34,960 people
60–64	22,555 people	19,599 people	42,154 people
55–59	24,977 people	22,129 people	47,106 people
50–54	33,694 people	29,619 people	63,313 people
45–49	47,092 people	42,856 people	89,948 people
40–44	37,680 people	32,807 people	70,487 people
35–39	41,184 people	39,749 people	80,933 people
30–34	58,155 people	57,491 people	115,646 people
25–29	58,574 people	59,073 people	117,647 people
20–24	31,722 people	33,957 people	65,679 people
15–19	33,371 people	30,736 people	64,107 people
10–14	63,216 people	57,039 people	120,255 people
5–9	49,607 people	43,029 people	92,636 people
1–4	28,155 people	22,228 people	50,383 people
0	4,920 people	3,861 people	8,781 people

Ethnic composition

Population by ethnic group in the latest census.

Han99.90%

825,399 people

Tibetan0.02%

173 people

Yi0.02%

123 people

Miao0.01%

109 people

Hui0.01%

41 people

Tujia0.00%

37 people

Hani0.00%

37 people

Lisu0.00%

33 people

Naxi0.00%

31 people

Lahu0.00%

26 people

Dai0.00%

25 people

Wa0.00%

25 people

Bouyei0.00%

24 people

Zhuang0.00%

22 people

Manchu0.00%

15 people

Yao0.00%

11 people

Kazakh0.00%

9 people

Li0.00%

8 people

Qiang0.00%

8 people

Mulao0.00%

7 people

Bai0.00%

5 people

Korean0.00%

3 people

Salar0.00%

3 people

Uyghur0.00%

2 people

Mongol0.00%

2 people

Dong0.00%

2 people

Tu0.00%

2 people

Blang0.00%

2 people

Maonan0.00%

2 people

Pumi0.00%

2 people

Other groups0.00%

2 people

Gelao0.00%

1 people

Jingpo0.00%

1 people

Achang0.00%

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