Census data

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

Value	Fifth census	Sixth census	Seventh census
Total population	1,003,294 people	859,787 people	829,699 people
Urbanization rate	15.0%	39.2%	56.1%
Urban population	150,299 people	336,643 people	465,057 people
Male	515,134 people	420,602 people	415,067 people
Female	488,160 people	439,185 people	414,632 people
Households	247,410	245,378	294,032
Average household size	4.02	3.43	2.73

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+	3,867 people	7,666 people	11,533 people
80–84	6,972 people	8,740 people	15,712 people
75–79	11,374 people	12,019 people	23,393 people
70–74	17,166 people	17,617 people	34,783 people
65–69	27,884 people	27,750 people	55,634 people
60–64	27,216 people	25,263 people	52,479 people
55–59	28,453 people	30,005 people	58,458 people
50–54	38,311 people	41,395 people	79,706 people
45–49	28,754 people	30,856 people	59,610 people
40–44	21,557 people	22,371 people	43,928 people
35–39	21,474 people	23,565 people	45,039 people
30–34	31,615 people	33,211 people	64,826 people
25–29	21,907 people	21,786 people	43,693 people
20–24	14,366 people	12,652 people	27,018 people
15–19	25,205 people	20,234 people	45,439 people
10–14	35,166 people	30,520 people	65,686 people
5–9	31,639 people	28,412 people	60,051 people
1–4	19,016 people	17,795 people	36,811 people
0	3,125 people	2,775 people	5,900 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	1,872 people	4,672 people	6,544 people
80–84	3,245 people	5,807 people	9,052 people
75–79	7,640 people	10,345 people	17,985 people
70–74	12,233 people	13,020 people	25,253 people
65–69	15,597 people	14,882 people	30,479 people
60–64	20,814 people	20,265 people	41,079 people
55–59	30,988 people	31,139 people	62,127 people
50–54	28,721 people	28,275 people	56,996 people
45–49	28,362 people	32,164 people	60,526 people
40–44	36,789 people	42,857 people	79,646 people
35–39	27,314 people	31,523 people	58,837 people
30–34	20,053 people	24,109 people	44,162 people
25–29	19,038 people	26,422 people	45,460 people
20–24	32,147 people	40,392 people	72,539 people
15–19	35,085 people	32,531 people	67,616 people
10–14	28,210 people	23,235 people	51,445 people
5–9	35,044 people	27,198 people	62,242 people
1–4	31,179 people	25,331 people	56,510 people
0	6,271 people	5,018 people	11,289 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	1,072 people	2,791 people	3,863 people
80–84	2,587 people	5,502 people	8,089 people
75–79	5,006 people	8,780 people	13,786 people
70–74	7,657 people	10,478 people	18,135 people
65–69	12,609 people	14,449 people	27,058 people
60–64	17,245 people	16,325 people	33,570 people
55–59	19,417 people	17,407 people	36,824 people
50–54	24,390 people	22,336 people	46,726 people
45–49	37,000 people	34,292 people	71,292 people
40–44	35,177 people	30,897 people	66,074 people
35–39	39,292 people	38,570 people	77,862 people
30–34	55,172 people	53,317 people	108,489 people
25–29	42,928 people	42,052 people	84,980 people
20–24	34,553 people	34,597 people	69,150 people
15–19	44,702 people	40,483 people	85,185 people
10–14	67,727 people	62,064 people	129,791 people
5–9	42,154 people	34,320 people	76,474 people
1–4	21,471 people	15,261 people	36,732 people
0	4,975 people	4,239 people	9,214 people

Ethnic composition

Population by ethnic group in the latest census.

Han99.82%

858,193 people

Hui0.14%

1,163 people

Miao0.01%

101 people

Yi0.01%

69 people

Hani0.01%

59 people

Bouyei0.00%

28 people

Manchu0.00%

25 people

Zhuang0.00%

24 people

Tujia0.00%

15 people

Dai0.00%

12 people

Lahu0.00%

12 people

Lisu0.00%

10 people

Yao0.00%

9 people

Li0.00%

9 people

Uyghur0.00%

8 people

Tibetan0.00%

8 people

Korean0.00%

6 people

Jingpo0.00%

5 people

Blang0.00%

5 people

Mongol0.00%

3 people

She0.00%

3 people

Wa0.00%

3 people

Daur0.00%

3 people

Nu0.00%

3 people

Gelao0.00%

2 people

Tu0.00%

2 people

Other groups0.00%

2 people

Bai0.00%

1 people

Kazakh0.00%

1 people

Qiang0.00%

1 people

Pumi0.00%

1 people

Derung0.00%

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