Census data

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

Value	Fifth census	Sixth census	Seventh census
Total population	153,100 people	164,860 people	175,766 people
Urbanization rate	13.1%	19.8%	43.9%
Urban population	20,102 people	32,704 people	77,106 people
Male	78,643 people	84,944 people	89,987 people
Female	74,457 people	79,916 people	85,779 people
Households	34,221	46,457	53,623
Average household size	4.46	3.49	3.17

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+	369 people	388 people	757 people
80–84	702 people	717 people	1,419 people
75–79	1,137 people	1,231 people	2,368 people
70–74	1,781 people	1,852 people	3,633 people
65–69	2,678 people	2,703 people	5,381 people
60–64	3,061 people	3,042 people	6,103 people
55–59	4,835 people	4,630 people	9,465 people
50–54	6,786 people	6,669 people	13,455 people
45–49	7,413 people	7,183 people	14,596 people
40–44	7,234 people	7,043 people	14,277 people
35–39	7,419 people	7,118 people	14,537 people
30–34	7,913 people	7,577 people	15,490 people
25–29	5,748 people	5,419 people	11,167 people
20–24	4,846 people	4,164 people	9,010 people
15–19	5,170 people	4,804 people	9,974 people
10–14	8,728 people	8,151 people	16,879 people
5–9	9,046 people	8,487 people	17,533 people
1–4	4,521 people	4,037 people	8,558 people
0	600 people	564 people	1,164 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	178 people	189 people	367 people
80–84	348 people	252 people	600 people
75–79	758 people	620 people	1,378 people
70–74	1,463 people	1,100 people	2,563 people
65–69	1,915 people	1,727 people	3,642 people
60–64	2,425 people	2,282 people	4,707 people
55–59	3,246 people	3,095 people	6,341 people
50–54	3,616 people	3,402 people	7,018 people
45–49	5,443 people	4,971 people	10,414 people
40–44	7,320 people	6,906 people	14,226 people
35–39	7,820 people	7,409 people	15,229 people
30–34	7,569 people	7,281 people	14,850 people
25–29	7,398 people	7,201 people	14,599 people
20–24	7,839 people	7,538 people	15,377 people
15–19	7,208 people	7,200 people	14,408 people
10–14	6,431 people	5,909 people	12,340 people
5–9	6,410 people	5,941 people	12,351 people
1–4	5,623 people	5,107 people	10,730 people
0	1,934 people	1,786 people	3,720 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	120 people	141 people	261 people
80–84	208 people	253 people	461 people
75–79	500 people	390 people	890 people
70–74	876 people	675 people	1,551 people
65–69	1,383 people	1,097 people	2,480 people
60–64	2,125 people	1,649 people	3,774 people
55–59	2,273 people	2,070 people	4,343 people
50–54	2,739 people	2,739 people	5,478 people
45–49	3,361 people	3,324 people	6,685 people
40–44	3,773 people	3,466 people	7,239 people
35–39	5,616 people	5,302 people	10,918 people
30–34	7,332 people	7,011 people	14,343 people
25–29	8,024 people	7,899 people	15,923 people
20–24	7,895 people	7,909 people	15,804 people
15–19	8,637 people	8,001 people	16,638 people
10–14	10,092 people	9,674 people	19,766 people
5–9	7,370 people	7,046 people	14,416 people
1–4	5,082 people	4,722 people	9,804 people
0	1,237 people	1,089 people	2,326 people

Ethnic composition

Population by ethnic group in the latest census.

Kazakh30.01%

49,475 people

Han26.15%

43,114 people

Uyghur23.79%

39,221 people

Hui15.72%

25,912 people

Dongxiang1.97%

3,248 people

Mongol1.15%

1,888 people

Xibe0.70%

1,150 people

Kyrgyz0.16%

255 people

Manchu0.11%

183 people

Uzbek0.05%

81 people

Tu0.04%

73 people

Tatar0.04%

65 people

Russian0.03%

56 people

Salar0.01%

23 people

Bonan0.01%

23 people

Zhuang0.01%

21 people

Tibetan0.01%

20 people

Tujia0.01%

19 people

Miao0.01%

10 people

Yi0.00%

5 people

Yao0.00%

4 people

Korean0.00%

3 people

Maonan0.00%

3 people

Tajik0.00%

3 people

Daur0.00%

2 people

Yugur0.00%

2 people

Li0.00%

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