Census data

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

Value	Fifth census	Sixth census	Seventh census
Total population	716,789 people	825,727 people	674,829 people
Urbanization rate	16.2%	29.9%	31.0%
Urban population	116,397 people	247,236 people	209,233 people
Male	364,467 people	423,407 people	346,159 people
Female	352,322 people	402,320 people	328,670 people
Households	158,736	173,672	190,026
Average household size	4.45	4.56	3.47

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+	6,336 people	5,554 people	11,890 people
80–84	21,564 people	18,982 people	40,546 people
75–79	29,255 people	26,747 people	56,002 people
70–74	28,375 people	25,989 people	54,364 people
65–69	20,861 people	19,019 people	39,880 people
60–64	24,382 people	20,758 people	45,140 people
55–59	26,827 people	23,581 people	50,408 people
50–54	21,084 people	19,201 people	40,285 people
45–49	19,900 people	18,656 people	38,556 people
40–44	15,386 people	15,932 people	31,318 people
35–39	18,781 people	21,933 people	40,714 people
30–34	22,255 people	23,392 people	45,647 people
25–29	21,588 people	20,869 people	42,457 people
20–24	19,974 people	19,317 people	39,291 people
15–19	17,964 people	18,548 people	36,512 people
10–14	12,835 people	9,746 people	22,581 people
5–9	8,228 people	6,454 people	14,682 people
1–4	5,685 people	6,431 people	12,116 people
0	4,879 people	7,561 people	12,440 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	5,182 people	4,754 people	9,936 people
80–84	21,351 people	17,466 people	38,817 people
75–79	29,013 people	25,187 people	54,200 people
70–74	45,862 people	41,820 people	87,682 people
65–69	47,178 people	44,068 people	91,246 people
60–64	34,682 people	33,450 people	68,132 people
55–59	32,177 people	32,121 people	64,298 people
50–54	23,391 people	24,019 people	47,410 people
45–49	26,254 people	29,458 people	55,712 people
40–44	28,516 people	29,844 people	58,360 people
35–39	26,634 people	25,570 people	52,204 people
30–34	24,557 people	23,643 people	48,200 people
25–29	22,558 people	21,878 people	44,436 people
20–24	17,350 people	11,860 people	29,210 people
15–19	12,272 people	8,265 people	20,537 people
10–14	10,285 people	9,418 people	19,703 people
5–9	7,900 people	8,569 people	16,469 people
1–4	4,983 people	5,843 people	10,826 people
0	3,262 people	5,087 people	8,349 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	6,386 people	5,804 people	12,190 people
80–84	31,441 people	27,003 people	58,444 people
75–79	47,486 people	43,743 people	91,229 people
70–74	39,101 people	35,903 people	75,004 people
65–69	32,177 people	29,660 people	61,837 people
60–64	19,203 people	20,699 people	39,902 people
55–59	22,234 people	27,759 people	49,993 people
50–54	25,133 people	28,020 people	53,153 people
45–49	24,214 people	24,609 people	48,823 people
40–44	23,158 people	22,726 people	45,884 people
35–39	21,854 people	21,891 people	43,745 people
30–34	17,502 people	12,260 people	29,762 people
25–29	13,386 people	8,733 people	22,119 people
20–24	13,142 people	11,119 people	24,261 people
15–19	10,646 people	10,420 people	21,066 people
10–14	8,353 people	8,485 people	16,838 people
5–9	5,255 people	6,378 people	11,633 people
1–4	2,522 people	4,000 people	6,522 people
0	1,274 people	3,110 people	4,384 people

Ethnic composition

Population by ethnic group in the latest census.

Han99.92%

825,091 people

Li0.02%

196 people

Tujia0.02%

191 people

Manchu0.01%

50 people

Yao0.01%

47 people

Dai0.01%

47 people

Hui0.00%

24 people

Korean0.00%

14 people

Evenki0.00%

12 people

Mulao0.00%

11 people

Lahu0.00%

9 people

Uzbek0.00%

6 people

Zhuang0.00%

5 people

Tibetan0.00%

5 people

Uyghur0.00%

4 people

Lisu0.00%

4 people

Miao0.00%

3 people

Yi0.00%

2 people

Dong0.00%

2 people

Kazakh0.00%

1 people

Monba0.00%

1 people

Tatar0.00%

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