Census data

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

Value	Fifth census	Sixth census	Seventh census
Total population	214,642 people	256,716 people	276,215 people
Urbanization rate	14.4%	25.7%	41.6%
Urban population	30,794 people	65,960 people	114,810 people
Male	108,393 people	130,194 people	139,528 people
Female	106,249 people	126,522 people	136,687 people
Households	46,552	62,950	86,864
Average household size	4.45	3.87	3.00

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+	498 people	1,057 people	1,555 people
80–84	843 people	1,524 people	2,367 people
75–79	1,595 people	1,992 people	3,587 people
70–74	2,234 people	2,787 people	5,021 people
65–69	2,579 people	2,962 people	5,541 people
60–64	2,526 people	2,422 people	4,948 people
55–59	5,960 people	5,744 people	11,704 people
50–54	9,334 people	8,952 people	18,286 people
45–49	10,825 people	10,230 people	21,055 people
40–44	10,881 people	10,427 people	21,308 people
35–39	11,182 people	11,085 people	22,267 people
30–34	11,985 people	11,698 people	23,683 people
25–29	12,347 people	11,685 people	24,032 people
20–24	10,065 people	9,362 people	19,427 people
15–19	9,242 people	8,876 people	18,118 people
10–14	11,088 people	10,876 people	21,964 people
5–9	13,524 people	12,523 people	26,047 people
1–4	10,455 people	10,098 people	20,553 people
0	2,365 people	2,387 people	4,752 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	278 people	644 people	922 people
80–84	592 people	984 people	1,576 people
75–79	1,218 people	1,676 people	2,894 people
70–74	1,867 people	2,360 people	4,227 people
65–69	2,691 people	2,677 people	5,368 people
60–64	3,329 people	3,453 people	6,782 people
55–59	3,491 people	3,513 people	7,004 people
50–54	3,442 people	3,125 people	6,567 people
45–49	7,679 people	6,700 people	14,379 people
40–44	10,822 people	9,893 people	20,715 people
35–39	12,170 people	11,169 people	23,339 people
30–34	12,004 people	11,519 people	23,523 people
25–29	11,579 people	11,722 people	23,301 people
20–24	11,646 people	11,401 people	23,047 people
15–19	13,454 people	12,547 people	26,001 people
10–14	12,602 people	12,620 people	25,222 people
5–9	11,012 people	10,609 people	21,621 people
1–4	8,254 people	7,950 people	16,204 people
0	2,064 people	1,960 people	4,024 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	145 people	343 people	488 people
80–84	337 people	727 people	1,064 people
75–79	732 people	1,245 people	1,977 people
70–74	1,326 people	1,785 people	3,111 people
65–69	1,915 people	2,277 people	4,192 people
60–64	2,560 people	2,933 people	5,493 people
55–59	3,054 people	2,974 people	6,028 people
50–54	3,743 people	3,571 people	7,314 people
45–49	3,863 people	3,761 people	7,624 people
40–44	3,515 people	3,040 people	6,555 people
35–39	7,938 people	6,903 people	14,841 people
30–34	10,390 people	9,742 people	20,132 people
25–29	11,597 people	11,046 people	22,643 people
20–24	10,998 people	10,692 people	21,690 people
15–19	10,885 people	10,669 people	21,554 people
10–14	12,045 people	11,804 people	23,849 people
5–9	12,835 people	12,415 people	25,250 people
1–4	8,263 people	8,202 people	16,465 people
0	2,252 people	2,120 people	4,372 people

Ethnic composition

Population by ethnic group in the latest census.

Tibetan68.52%

189,268 people

Mongol13.44%

37,111 people

Hui6.94%

19,160 people

Han6.74%

18,624 people

Tu3.37%

9,318 people

Salar0.65%

1,791 people

Bonan0.14%

392 people

Dongxiang0.09%

245 people

Tujia0.04%

104 people

Bai0.02%

60 people

Manchu0.02%

54 people

Miao0.01%

25 people

Yi0.01%

24 people

Zhuang0.00%

10 people

Qiang0.00%

9 people

Bouyei0.00%

6 people

Uyghur0.00%

3 people

Dong0.00%

3 people

Wa0.00%

3 people

Yao0.00%

2 people

Kazakh0.00%

1 people

Gelao0.00%

1 people

Yugur0.00%

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