Census data

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

Value	Fifth census	Sixth census	Seventh census
Total population	788,329 people	811,633 people	744,694 people
Urbanization rate	23.7%	36.4%	55.5%
Urban population	186,513 people	295,507 people	413,419 people
Male	416,678 people	429,435 people	391,406 people
Female	371,651 people	382,198 people	353,288 people
Households	198,802	220,101	238,511
Average household size	3.64	3.21	2.77

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+	3,934 people	3,050 people	6,984 people
80–84	20,999 people	16,722 people	37,721 people
75–79	33,026 people	25,143 people	58,169 people
70–74	37,896 people	26,215 people	64,111 people
65–69	24,295 people	16,399 people	40,694 people
60–64	16,026 people	13,190 people	29,216 people
55–59	21,814 people	18,791 people	40,605 people
50–54	25,168 people	24,687 people	49,855 people
45–49	24,381 people	23,705 people	48,086 people
40–44	26,282 people	26,751 people	53,033 people
35–39	32,974 people	32,578 people	65,552 people
30–34	31,813 people	31,346 people	63,159 people
25–29	25,885 people	25,051 people	50,936 people
20–24	21,691 people	21,092 people	42,783 people
15–19	18,712 people	18,632 people	37,344 people
10–14	13,306 people	13,374 people	26,680 people
5–9	6,873 people	7,336 people	14,209 people
1–4	3,571 people	4,552 people	8,123 people
0	2,760 people	4,674 people	7,434 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	6,202 people	4,764 people	10,966 people
80–84	31,325 people	21,126 people	52,451 people
75–79	32,778 people	20,111 people	52,889 people
70–74	30,153 people	21,107 people	51,260 people
65–69	38,713 people	30,806 people	69,519 people
60–64	28,308 people	28,361 people	56,669 people
55–59	28,713 people	28,706 people	57,419 people
50–54	31,183 people	31,306 people	62,489 people
45–49	38,662 people	37,841 people	76,503 people
40–44	36,991 people	35,951 people	72,942 people
35–39	30,254 people	29,263 people	59,517 people
30–34	26,562 people	24,891 people	51,453 people
25–29	23,288 people	21,726 people	45,014 people
20–24	17,971 people	15,885 people	33,856 people
15–19	10,521 people	9,436 people	19,957 people
10–14	7,262 people	7,129 people	14,391 people
5–9	5,884 people	6,924 people	12,808 people
1–4	3,097 people	4,202 people	7,299 people
0	1,568 people	2,663 people	4,231 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	6,530 people	5,364 people	11,894 people
80–84	23,743 people	15,236 people	38,979 people
75–79	37,047 people	27,747 people	64,794 people
70–74	41,846 people	36,157 people	78,003 people
65–69	36,107 people	31,387 people	67,494 people
60–64	34,140 people	33,406 people	67,546 people
55–59	42,477 people	40,094 people	82,571 people
50–54	40,516 people	38,486 people	79,002 people
45–49	33,288 people	31,029 people	64,317 people
40–44	28,735 people	26,158 people	54,893 people
35–39	25,661 people	23,642 people	49,303 people
30–34	20,782 people	17,106 people	37,888 people
25–29	12,572 people	10,158 people	22,730 people
20–24	9,856 people	8,497 people	18,353 people
15–19	9,568 people	9,414 people	18,982 people
10–14	6,919 people	7,817 people	14,736 people
5–9	4,463 people	5,649 people	10,112 people
1–4	1,798 people	3,005 people	4,803 people
0	630 people	1,299 people	1,929 people

Ethnic composition

Population by ethnic group in the latest census.

Han99.76%

742,927 people

Manchu0.05%

379 people

Korean0.04%

307 people

Tujia0.04%

288 people

Yi0.02%

148 people

Tibetan0.02%

109 people

Hui0.01%

83 people

Bouyei0.01%

75 people

Yao0.01%

53 people

Dong0.01%

44 people

Zhuang0.01%

37 people

Dai0.00%

32 people

Dongxiang0.00%

29 people

Miao0.00%

22 people

Maonan0.00%

18 people

Uyghur0.00%

17 people

Bai0.00%

16 people

She0.00%

14 people

Wa0.00%

10 people

Lahu0.00%

7 people

Lisu0.00%

6 people

Mulao0.00%

6 people

Kyrgyz0.00%

6 people

Mongol0.00%

4 people

Kazakh0.00%

4 people

Qiang0.00%

4 people

Blang0.00%

3 people

Hani0.00%

1 people

Li0.00%

1 people

Jingpo0.00%

1 people

Achang0.00%

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