Census data

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

Value	Fifth census	Sixth census	Seventh census
Total population	1,009,690 people	881,128 people	747,134 people
Urbanization rate	21.2%	33.2%	45.1%
Urban population	214,398 people	292,930 people	337,206 people
Male	512,653 people	440,041 people	373,983 people
Female	497,037 people	441,087 people	373,151 people
Households	268,649	247,197	289,820
Average household size	3.63	3.45	2.48

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+	3,024 people	2,655 people	5,679 people
80–84	14,487 people	13,622 people	28,109 people
75–79	17,889 people	16,571 people	34,460 people
70–74	16,986 people	16,484 people	33,470 people
65–69	10,113 people	9,097 people	19,210 people
60–64	10,143 people	9,313 people	19,456 people
55–59	19,366 people	17,892 people	37,258 people
50–54	25,650 people	24,805 people	50,455 people
45–49	22,137 people	21,780 people	43,917 people
40–44	23,935 people	23,176 people	47,111 people
35–39	32,162 people	32,490 people	64,652 people
30–34	41,729 people	41,607 people	83,336 people
25–29	40,247 people	39,139 people	79,386 people
20–24	30,224 people	29,088 people	59,312 people
15–19	26,326 people	26,576 people	52,902 people
10–14	19,530 people	20,949 people	40,479 people
5–9	10,193 people	12,155 people	22,348 people
1–4	6,271 people	9,016 people	15,287 people
0	3,571 people	6,736 people	10,307 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	4,044 people	3,665 people	7,709 people
80–84	14,729 people	13,796 people	28,525 people
75–79	15,286 people	14,395 people	29,681 people
70–74	19,757 people	18,768 people	38,525 people
65–69	36,924 people	35,037 people	71,961 people
60–64	31,557 people	35,043 people	66,600 people
55–59	29,266 people	31,467 people	60,733 people
50–54	31,379 people	30,781 people	62,160 people
45–49	38,870 people	38,560 people	77,430 people
40–44	46,523 people	45,375 people	91,898 people
35–39	43,911 people	42,463 people	86,374 people
30–34	33,879 people	32,215 people	66,094 people
25–29	30,522 people	28,988 people	59,510 people
20–24	23,931 people	23,426 people	47,357 people
15–19	14,522 people	14,818 people	29,340 people
10–14	11,943 people	13,634 people	25,577 people
5–9	8,022 people	10,191 people	18,213 people
1–4	3,428 people	5,240 people	8,668 people
0	1,548 people	3,225 people	4,773 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	3,358 people	2,996 people	6,354 people
80–84	16,601 people	15,531 people	32,132 people
75–79	37,234 people	35,615 people	72,849 people
70–74	54,298 people	52,224 people	106,522 people
65–69	43,475 people	40,819 people	84,294 people
60–64	36,576 people	36,223 people	72,799 people
55–59	44,901 people	44,149 people	89,050 people
50–54	56,254 people	53,884 people	110,138 people
45–49	52,514 people	49,415 people	101,929 people
40–44	39,231 people	36,050 people	75,281 people
35–39	35,009 people	32,039 people	67,048 people
30–34	27,779 people	26,074 people	53,853 people
25–29	17,859 people	16,953 people	34,812 people
20–24	16,938 people	17,050 people	33,988 people
15–19	13,898 people	14,722 people	28,620 people
10–14	8,815 people	10,430 people	19,245 people
5–9	5,154 people	7,378 people	12,532 people
1–4	2,100 people	3,735 people	5,835 people
0	659 people	1,750 people	2,409 people

Ethnic composition

Population by ethnic group in the latest census.

Han99.79%

879,308 people

Korean0.14%

1,219 people

Hui0.03%

268 people

Tujia0.02%

132 people

Manchu0.01%

59 people

Dai0.00%

26 people

Dong0.00%

15 people

Yao0.00%

13 people

Yi0.00%

11 people

Zhuang0.00%

10 people

Miao0.00%

10 people

Tibetan0.00%

8 people

Evenki0.00%

8 people

Uyghur0.00%

7 people

Maonan0.00%

6 people

Kazakh0.00%

4 people

Dongxiang0.00%

4 people

Hani0.00%

3 people

Monba0.00%

3 people

Mongol0.00%

2 people

Bouyei0.00%

2 people

She0.00%

2 people

Kyrgyz0.00%

2 people

Lhoba0.00%

2 people

Naxi0.00%

1 people

Blang0.00%

1 people

Nu0.00%

1 people

Uzbek0.00%

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