Census data

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

Value	Fifth census	Sixth census	Seventh census
Total population	1,200,679 people	984,983 people	785,272 people
Urbanization rate	20.9%	42.6%	54.5%
Urban population	250,702 people	419,542 people	427,660 people
Male	619,541 people	491,843 people	394,371 people
Female	581,138 people	493,140 people	390,901 people
Households	305,571	288,633	287,962
Average household size	3.89	3.30	2.64

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+	4,680 people	7,467 people	12,147 people
80–84	8,004 people	9,836 people	17,840 people
75–79	11,889 people	13,211 people	25,100 people
70–74	20,420 people	20,487 people	40,907 people
65–69	29,795 people	29,557 people	59,352 people
60–64	27,713 people	26,769 people	54,482 people
55–59	30,635 people	31,998 people	62,633 people
50–54	37,967 people	40,179 people	78,146 people
45–49	28,431 people	31,148 people	59,579 people
40–44	21,751 people	24,285 people	46,036 people
35–39	18,957 people	20,858 people	39,815 people
30–34	25,065 people	26,772 people	51,837 people
25–29	24,593 people	22,347 people	46,940 people
20–24	13,937 people	11,576 people	25,513 people
15–19	19,939 people	14,682 people	34,621 people
10–14	27,110 people	21,475 people	48,585 people
5–9	25,664 people	21,763 people	47,427 people
1–4	15,277 people	13,990 people	29,267 people
0	2,544 people	2,501 people	5,045 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	1,979 people	3,889 people	5,868 people
80–84	4,478 people	6,541 people	11,019 people
75–79	10,534 people	12,577 people	23,111 people
70–74	16,132 people	17,036 people	33,168 people
65–69	18,356 people	18,397 people	36,753 people
60–64	26,988 people	25,809 people	52,797 people
55–59	35,979 people	35,793 people	71,772 people
50–54	33,436 people	33,738 people	67,174 people
45–49	36,970 people	40,870 people	77,840 people
40–44	46,286 people	51,437 people	97,723 people
35–39	34,453 people	39,541 people	73,994 people
30–34	26,727 people	31,095 people	57,822 people
25–29	23,161 people	28,146 people	51,307 people
20–24	32,182 people	36,762 people	68,944 people
15–19	51,968 people	41,917 people	93,885 people
10–14	30,582 people	22,367 people	52,949 people
5–9	30,025 people	22,433 people	52,458 people
1–4	25,858 people	20,040 people	45,898 people
0	5,749 people	4,752 people	10,501 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	848 people	2,286 people	3,134 people
80–84	2,570 people	4,987 people	7,557 people
75–79	6,013 people	9,215 people	15,228 people
70–74	10,983 people	13,317 people	24,300 people
65–69	18,309 people	19,500 people	37,809 people
60–64	23,414 people	22,556 people	45,970 people
55–59	23,281 people	21,821 people	45,102 people
50–54	32,802 people	29,533 people	62,335 people
45–49	44,990 people	40,751 people	85,741 people
40–44	42,397 people	37,839 people	80,236 people
35–39	51,999 people	50,230 people	102,229 people
30–34	70,024 people	69,186 people	139,210 people
25–29	53,249 people	55,031 people	108,280 people
20–24	40,352 people	42,657 people	83,009 people
15–19	43,280 people	40,069 people	83,349 people
10–14	62,476 people	54,930 people	117,406 people
5–9	59,528 people	44,895 people	104,423 people
1–4	27,176 people	17,203 people	44,379 people
0	5,850 people	5,132 people	10,982 people

Ethnic composition

Population by ethnic group in the latest census.

Han99.91%

984,107 people

Hui0.03%

317 people

Miao0.02%

151 people

Yi0.01%

68 people

Zhuang0.01%

53 people

Lisu0.00%

43 people

Bouyei0.00%

37 people

Dai0.00%

31 people

Manchu0.00%

26 people

Lahu0.00%

23 people

Hani0.00%

19 people

Li0.00%

18 people

Tujia0.00%

16 people

Mongol0.00%

9 people

Blang0.00%

9 people

Tibetan0.00%

7 people

Yao0.00%

7 people

Nu0.00%

5 people

Uyghur0.00%

4 people

Dong0.00%

4 people

Korean0.00%

4 people

She0.00%

4 people

Wa0.00%

4 people

Derung0.00%

3 people

Tu0.00%

2 people

Mulao0.00%

2 people

Jingpo0.00%

2 people

Achang0.00%

2 people

Gaoshan0.00%

2 people

Bai0.00%

1 people

Kazakh0.00%

1 people

Sui0.00%

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