Census data

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

Value	Fifth census	Sixth census	Seventh census
Total population	261,498 people	269,941 people	342,603 people
Urbanization rate	17.7%	1.4%	8.0%
Urban population	46,254 people	3,724 people	27,257 people
Male	134,799 people	137,086 people	179,888 people
Female	126,699 people	132,855 people	162,715 people
Households	61,799	64,186	79,105
Average household size	4.22	4.20	3.86

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+	356 people	285 people	641 people
80–84	624 people	432 people	1,056 people
75–79	1,510 people	1,120 people	2,630 people
70–74	2,720 people	2,236 people	4,956 people
65–69	3,821 people	2,794 people	6,615 people
60–64	5,030 people	4,056 people	9,086 people
55–59	6,505 people	5,063 people	11,568 people
50–54	10,009 people	8,582 people	18,591 people
45–49	10,159 people	8,167 people	18,326 people
40–44	10,161 people	9,335 people	19,496 people
35–39	12,666 people	10,851 people	23,517 people
30–34	15,827 people	13,759 people	29,586 people
25–29	14,155 people	13,168 people	27,323 people
20–24	11,528 people	11,237 people	22,765 people
15–19	10,938 people	10,178 people	21,116 people
10–14	18,941 people	18,391 people	37,332 people
5–9	35,153 people	33,841 people	68,994 people
1–4	8,745 people	8,196 people	16,941 people
0	1,040 people	1,024 people	2,064 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	526 people	273 people	799 people
80–84	622 people	395 people	1,017 people
75–79	819 people	587 people	1,406 people
70–74	1,799 people	1,304 people	3,103 people
65–69	2,922 people	2,269 people	5,191 people
60–64	4,196 people	3,638 people	7,834 people
55–59	4,377 people	3,974 people	8,351 people
50–54	5,201 people	5,240 people	10,441 people
45–49	5,948 people	5,660 people	11,608 people
40–44	8,812 people	8,946 people	17,758 people
35–39	9,328 people	8,763 people	18,091 people
30–34	10,708 people	10,924 people	21,632 people
25–29	13,339 people	12,942 people	26,281 people
20–24	16,014 people	17,193 people	33,207 people
15–19	13,318 people	12,326 people	25,644 people
10–14	13,582 people	13,097 people	26,679 people
5–9	12,435 people	11,834 people	24,269 people
1–4	10,093 people	10,363 people	20,456 people
0	3,047 people	3,127 people	6,174 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	1,054 people	509 people	1,563 people
80–84	1,099 people	627 people	1,726 people
75–79	1,246 people	801 people	2,047 people
70–74	2,050 people	1,486 people	3,536 people
65–69	2,066 people	1,585 people	3,651 people
60–64	3,257 people	2,780 people	6,037 people
55–59	3,840 people	3,450 people	7,290 people
50–54	5,352 people	5,424 people	10,776 people
45–49	5,158 people	4,897 people	10,055 people
40–44	5,866 people	5,772 people	11,638 people
35–39	6,785 people	6,543 people	13,328 people
30–34	9,556 people	9,553 people	19,109 people
25–29	10,584 people	10,175 people	20,759 people
20–24	12,234 people	12,670 people	24,904 people
15–19	15,260 people	13,107 people	28,367 people
10–14	19,717 people	18,398 people	38,115 people
5–9	16,408 people	16,167 people	32,575 people
1–4	10,479 people	10,182 people	20,661 people
0	2,788 people	2,573 people	5,361 people

Ethnic composition

Population by ethnic group in the latest census.

Uyghur99.72%

269,188 people

Han0.22%

583 people

Hui0.06%

169 people

Kazakh0.00%

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