Census data

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

Value	Fifth census	Sixth census	Seventh census
Total population	186,127 people	322,300 people	501,028 people
Urbanization rate	54.7%	37.2%	58.5%
Urban population	101,750 people	119,804 people	293,056 people
Male	94,034 people	163,950 people	250,126 people
Female	92,093 people	158,350 people	250,902 people
Households	46,377	85,364	130,038
Average household size	3.79	3.65	3.51

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+	394 people	399 people	793 people
80–84	803 people	764 people	1,567 people
75–79	1,573 people	1,542 people	3,115 people
70–74	3,085 people	3,021 people	6,106 people
65–69	3,931 people	3,946 people	7,877 people
60–64	5,706 people	5,769 people	11,475 people
55–59	8,867 people	8,358 people	17,225 people
50–54	13,705 people	13,885 people	27,590 people
45–49	15,158 people	15,581 people	30,739 people
40–44	14,170 people	15,212 people	29,382 people
35–39	17,747 people	18,307 people	36,054 people
30–34	23,387 people	23,407 people	46,794 people
25–29	19,072 people	19,881 people	38,953 people
20–24	19,917 people	21,339 people	41,256 people
15–19	18,999 people	19,412 people	38,411 people
10–14	26,656 people	25,881 people	52,537 people
5–9	44,143 people	42,140 people	86,283 people
1–4	11,147 people	10,518 people	21,665 people
0	1,666 people	1,540 people	3,206 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	406 people	227 people	633 people
80–84	606 people	385 people	991 people
75–79	949 people	694 people	1,643 people
70–74	1,971 people	1,627 people	3,598 people
65–69	2,834 people	2,491 people	5,325 people
60–64	4,688 people	4,238 people	8,926 people
55–59	4,822 people	4,552 people	9,374 people
50–54	6,718 people	6,181 people	12,899 people
45–49	9,099 people	8,092 people	17,191 people
40–44	13,188 people	12,277 people	25,465 people
35–39	13,909 people	13,720 people	27,629 people
30–34	13,264 people	13,722 people	26,986 people
25–29	15,244 people	15,581 people	30,825 people
20–24	19,407 people	19,696 people	39,103 people
15–19	14,961 people	14,489 people	29,450 people
10–14	14,095 people	13,354 people	27,449 people
5–9	13,257 people	12,807 people	26,064 people
1–4	11,826 people	11,607 people	23,433 people
0	2,706 people	2,610 people	5,316 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	391 people	229 people	620 people
80–84	452 people	325 people	777 people
75–79	583 people	367 people	950 people
70–74	1,068 people	782 people	1,850 people
65–69	1,295 people	960 people	2,255 people
60–64	2,460 people	2,078 people	4,538 people
55–59	2,278 people	2,131 people	4,409 people
50–54	3,508 people	3,541 people	7,049 people
45–49	3,566 people	3,515 people	7,081 people
40–44	4,855 people	4,383 people	9,238 people
35–39	6,785 people	6,000 people	12,785 people
30–34	8,922 people	8,369 people	17,291 people
25–29	9,113 people	9,941 people	19,054 people
20–24	9,123 people	9,715 people	18,838 people
15–19	10,798 people	11,341 people	22,139 people
10–14	11,005 people	11,086 people	22,091 people
5–9	9,091 people	9,014 people	18,105 people
1–4	6,677 people	6,376 people	13,053 people
0	2,064 people	1,940 people	4,004 people

Ethnic composition

Population by ethnic group in the latest census.

Uyghur86.87%

279,972 people

Han12.79%

41,212 people

Hui0.22%

701 people

Mongol0.01%

43 people

Yi0.01%

41 people

Tujia0.01%

41 people

Manchu0.01%

40 people

Kazakh0.01%

34 people

Miao0.01%

33 people

Dongxiang0.01%

32 people

Tibetan0.01%

26 people

Kyrgyz0.01%

18 people

Zhuang0.01%

17 people

Xibe0.01%

17 people

Tajik0.00%

14 people

Yao0.00%

10 people

Tu0.00%

10 people

Salar0.00%

5 people

Uzbek0.00%

4 people

Korean0.00%

3 people

Li0.00%

3 people

Naxi0.00%

3 people

Qiang0.00%

3 people

Bonan0.00%

3 people

Daur0.00%

2 people

Nu0.00%

2 people

Bai0.00%

1 people

She0.00%

1 people

Gelao0.00%

1 people

Blang0.00%

1 people

Maonan0.00%

1 people

Derung0.00%

1 people

Lhoba0.00%

1 people

Other groups0.00%

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