Census data

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

Value	Fifth census	Sixth census	Seventh census
Total population	1,828,462 people	1,946,677 people	2,109,750 people
Urbanization rate	9.3%	24.0%	36.8%
Urban population	169,677 people	466,886 people	775,371 people
Male	947,729 people	985,235 people	1,056,107 people
Female	880,733 people	961,442 people	1,053,643 people
Households	382,212	446,796	544,803
Average household size	4.71	4.23	3.75

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+	5,593 people	7,272 people	12,865 people
80–84	12,019 people	13,826 people	25,845 people
75–79	21,190 people	22,663 people	43,853 people
70–74	28,467 people	30,271 people	58,738 people
65–69	35,903 people	36,434 people	72,337 people
60–64	36,950 people	35,831 people	72,781 people
55–59	61,962 people	60,856 people	122,818 people
50–54	82,715 people	84,032 people	166,747 people
45–49	77,897 people	79,883 people	157,780 people
40–44	59,099 people	59,497 people	118,596 people
35–39	62,351 people	61,494 people	123,845 people
30–34	78,792 people	80,423 people	159,215 people
25–29	73,724 people	76,977 people	150,701 people
20–24	55,318 people	58,280 people	113,598 people
15–19	57,757 people	56,953 people	114,710 people
10–14	86,410 people	80,419 people	166,829 people
5–9	112,835 people	107,375 people	220,210 people
1–4	89,268 people	84,490 people	173,758 people
0	17,857 people	16,667 people	34,524 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	3,034 people	4,054 people	7,088 people
80–84	5,262 people	6,039 people	11,301 people
75–79	13,494 people	14,732 people	28,226 people
70–74	24,485 people	24,804 people	49,289 people
65–69	31,940 people	31,339 people	63,279 people
60–64	36,638 people	36,994 people	73,632 people
55–59	41,666 people	41,030 people	82,696 people
50–54	41,519 people	39,655 people	81,174 people
45–49	67,706 people	64,815 people	132,521 people
40–44	88,747 people	88,884 people	177,631 people
35–39	84,632 people	85,409 people	170,041 people
30–34	65,632 people	66,871 people	132,503 people
25–29	69,329 people	70,451 people	139,780 people
20–24	86,879 people	95,109 people	181,988 people
15–19	97,053 people	96,186 people	193,239 people
10–14	79,783 people	71,845 people	151,628 people
5–9	69,380 people	59,779 people	129,159 people
1–4	62,287 people	50,796 people	113,083 people
0	15,769 people	12,650 people	28,419 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	1,772 people	2,269 people	4,041 people
80–84	3,555 people	4,813 people	8,368 people
75–79	6,803 people	8,021 people	14,824 people
70–74	11,369 people	11,531 people	22,900 people
65–69	21,958 people	22,016 people	43,974 people
60–64	32,679 people	30,566 people	63,245 people
55–59	37,231 people	34,985 people	72,216 people
50–54	40,671 people	39,806 people	80,477 people
45–49	44,865 people	43,005 people	87,870 people
40–44	43,331 people	39,485 people	82,816 people
35–39	71,978 people	65,900 people	137,878 people
30–34	96,313 people	91,074 people	187,387 people
25–29	95,182 people	91,041 people	186,223 people
20–24	74,590 people	73,480 people	148,070 people
15–19	80,859 people	71,158 people	152,017 people
10–14	110,372 people	103,035 people	213,407 people
5–9	105,825 people	93,015 people	198,840 people
1–4	55,866 people	45,149 people	101,015 people
0	12,510 people	10,384 people	22,894 people

Ethnic composition

Population by ethnic group in the latest census.

Han39.70%

772,872 people

Hui31.59%

614,905 people

Dongxiang25.99%

505,976 people

Bonan0.92%

17,834 people

Tu0.71%

13,844 people

Salar0.65%

12,585 people

Tibetan0.40%

7,806 people

Manchu0.02%

350 people

Mongol0.01%

221 people

Tujia0.00%

60 people

Uyghur0.00%

41 people

Yi0.00%

22 people

Zhuang0.00%

21 people

Qiang0.00%

18 people

Yugur0.00%

18 people

Li0.00%

17 people

Kazakh0.00%

17 people

Miao0.00%

14 people

Bai0.00%

11 people

Korean0.00%

10 people

Gelao0.00%

7 people

Yao0.00%

6 people

Xibe0.00%

6 people

Dong0.00%

3 people

Hani0.00%

2 people

Dai0.00%

2 people

Jingpo0.00%

2 people

Gaoshan0.00%

2 people

Other groups0.00%

2 people

Bouyei0.00%

1 people

Kyrgyz0.00%

1 people

Pumi0.00%

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