Census data

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

Value	Fifth census	Sixth census	Seventh census
Total population	1,359,035 people	1,496,904 people	1,511,011 people
Urbanization rate	20.4%	34.0%	43.2%
Urban population	277,012 people	508,212 people	652,210 people
Male	716,617 people	776,699 people	794,095 people
Female	642,418 people	720,205 people	716,916 people
Households	353,916	420,508	466,889
Average household size	3.81	3.49	3.07

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+	7,209 people	12,112 people	19,321 people
80–84	10,348 people	12,163 people	22,511 people
75–79	15,749 people	17,580 people	33,329 people
70–74	22,840 people	22,719 people	45,559 people
65–69	32,705 people	32,042 people	64,747 people
60–64	32,849 people	31,308 people	64,157 people
55–59	45,970 people	43,621 people	89,591 people
50–54	56,134 people	53,214 people	109,348 people
45–49	54,311 people	49,835 people	104,146 people
40–44	50,571 people	43,846 people	94,417 people
35–39	53,346 people	44,208 people	97,554 people
30–34	52,395 people	44,277 people	96,672 people
25–29	43,018 people	33,647 people	76,665 people
20–24	44,385 people	36,701 people	81,086 people
15–19	57,251 people	50,729 people	107,980 people
10–14	78,154 people	67,944 people	146,098 people
5–9	77,639 people	68,619 people	146,258 people
1–4	49,938 people	44,270 people	94,208 people
0	9,283 people	8,081 people	17,364 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	4,175 people	6,903 people	11,078 people
80–84	6,954 people	8,545 people	15,499 people
75–79	12,863 people	13,318 people	26,181 people
70–74	18,242 people	17,060 people	35,302 people
65–69	22,200 people	20,882 people	43,082 people
60–64	28,617 people	25,592 people	54,209 people
55–59	36,372 people	34,559 people	70,931 people
50–54	34,933 people	33,153 people	68,086 people
45–49	46,392 people	44,288 people	90,680 people
40–44	55,930 people	54,667 people	110,597 people
35–39	53,959 people	53,427 people	107,386 people
30–34	51,016 people	49,971 people	100,987 people
25–29	53,981 people	52,868 people	106,849 people
20–24	55,139 people	53,245 people	108,384 people
15–19	68,863 people	58,524 people	127,387 people
10–14	80,840 people	72,034 people	152,874 people
5–9	76,211 people	65,156 people	141,367 people
1–4	54,846 people	43,955 people	98,801 people
0	15,166 people	12,058 people	27,224 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	2,231 people	4,345 people	6,576 people
80–84	4,234 people	5,712 people	9,946 people
75–79	8,320 people	8,761 people	17,081 people
70–74	14,245 people	13,626 people	27,871 people
65–69	19,025 people	17,419 people	36,444 people
60–64	24,116 people	20,385 people	44,501 people
55–59	25,795 people	22,886 people	48,681 people
50–54	31,458 people	27,891 people	59,349 people
45–49	37,726 people	35,741 people	73,467 people
40–44	35,448 people	34,459 people	69,907 people
35–39	46,987 people	45,611 people	92,598 people
30–34	55,008 people	55,933 people	110,941 people
25–29	50,068 people	51,132 people	101,200 people
20–24	46,984 people	42,958 people	89,942 people
15–19	79,153 people	64,560 people	143,713 people
10–14	95,021 people	80,813 people	175,834 people
5–9	73,041 people	56,542 people	129,583 people
1–4	51,676 people	41,469 people	93,145 people
0	16,081 people	12,175 people	28,256 people

Ethnic composition

Population by ethnic group in the latest census.

Han92.58%

1,398,824 people

Zhuang6.98%

105,466 people

Yao0.29%

4,395 people

Miao0.04%

638 people

Bouyei0.02%

330 people

Dong0.02%

298 people

Tujia0.01%

198 people

Mulao0.01%

190 people

Yi0.01%

135 people

Other groups0.01%

79 people

Sui0.01%

70 people

Maonan0.00%

67 people

Li0.00%

52 people

Hui0.00%

51 people

Manchu0.00%

42 people

Tibetan0.00%

29 people

Bai0.00%

23 people

Gelao0.00%

21 people

Mongol0.00%

20 people

Wa0.00%

17 people

She0.00%

12 people

Hani0.00%

11 people

Gin0.00%

6 people

Korean0.00%

5 people

Dai0.00%

5 people

Evenki0.00%

4 people

Tu0.00%

3 people

Uyghur0.00%

2 people

Lisu0.00%

1 people

Dongxiang0.00%

1 people

Lahu0.00%

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