Census data

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

Value	Fifth census	Sixth census	Seventh census
Total population	1,268,298 people	1,427,664 people	1,321,091 people
Urbanization rate	36.6%	24.1%	31.2%
Urban population	463,820 people	344,043 people	412,291 people
Male	674,213 people	745,887 people	692,074 people
Female	594,085 people	681,777 people	629,017 people
Households	280,783	358,633	376,259
Average household size	4.49	3.87	3.42

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+	8,128 people	12,901 people	21,029 people
80–84	9,343 people	12,063 people	21,406 people
75–79	12,635 people	13,783 people	26,418 people
70–74	17,532 people	17,402 people	34,934 people
65–69	24,023 people	22,476 people	46,499 people
60–64	32,950 people	30,310 people	63,260 people
55–59	39,281 people	36,617 people	75,898 people
50–54	43,185 people	43,760 people	86,945 people
45–49	40,515 people	40,705 people	81,220 people
40–44	35,848 people	35,461 people	71,309 people
35–39	41,891 people	38,986 people	80,877 people
30–34	48,113 people	44,090 people	92,203 people
25–29	52,696 people	44,705 people	97,401 people
20–24	45,849 people	34,396 people	80,245 people
15–19	39,190 people	28,496 people	67,686 people
10–14	62,036 people	53,211 people	115,247 people
5–9	72,296 people	62,191 people	134,487 people
1–4	55,511 people	48,319 people	103,830 people
0	11,052 people	9,145 people	20,197 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	3,497 people	5,112 people	8,609 people
80–84	7,249 people	8,585 people	15,834 people
75–79	11,988 people	12,973 people	24,961 people
70–74	15,556 people	16,468 people	32,024 people
65–69	17,029 people	16,180 people	33,209 people
60–64	22,307 people	19,782 people	42,089 people
55–59	28,468 people	25,282 people	53,750 people
50–54	38,572 people	34,928 people	73,500 people
45–49	44,284 people	41,743 people	86,027 people
40–44	48,859 people	49,114 people	97,973 people
35–39	46,324 people	46,536 people	92,860 people
30–34	43,068 people	43,658 people	86,726 people
25–29	50,450 people	52,552 people	103,002 people
20–24	62,102 people	61,013 people	123,115 people
15–19	94,019 people	82,276 people	176,295 people
10–14	94,152 people	77,424 people	171,576 people
5–9	60,483 people	43,739 people	104,222 people
1–4	45,315 people	35,501 people	80,816 people
0	12,165 people	8,911 people	21,076 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	1,235 people	1,988 people	3,223 people
80–84	2,551 people	3,282 people	5,833 people
75–79	5,853 people	6,356 people	12,209 people
70–74	12,340 people	12,233 people	24,573 people
65–69	16,560 people	15,647 people	32,207 people
60–64	19,267 people	18,101 people	37,368 people
55–59	18,971 people	17,004 people	35,975 people
50–54	23,463 people	21,246 people	44,709 people
45–49	29,361 people	26,070 people	55,431 people
40–44	37,608 people	34,796 people	72,404 people
35–39	43,187 people	40,485 people	83,672 people
30–34	47,232 people	46,969 people	94,201 people
25–29	43,573 people	42,801 people	86,374 people
20–24	40,466 people	36,540 people	77,006 people
15–19	65,368 people	52,936 people	118,304 people
10–14	91,931 people	79,284 people	171,215 people
5–9	97,962 people	81,044 people	179,006 people
1–4	67,112 people	50,142 people	117,254 people
0	10,173 people	7,161 people	17,334 people

Ethnic composition

Population by ethnic group in the latest census.

Han99.78%

1,424,490 people

Zhuang0.18%

2,518 people

Yao0.02%

280 people

Miao0.01%

80 people

Bouyei0.01%

69 people

Li0.00%

41 people

Sui0.00%

38 people

Dong0.00%

28 people

Mulao0.00%

23 people

Tujia0.00%

16 people

Manchu0.00%

12 people

Gin0.00%

10 people

Gelao0.00%

5 people

Mongol0.00%

4 people

Bai0.00%

3 people

Tibetan0.00%

2 people

Kazakh0.00%

2 people

Maonan0.00%

2 people

Yi0.00%

1 people

Dai0.00%

1 people

She0.00%

1 people

Wa0.00%

1 people

Qiang0.00%

1 people

Jingpo0.00%

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