Census data

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

Value	Fifth census	Sixth census	Seventh census
Total population	1,307,572 people	1,279,469 people	1,429,384 people
Urbanization rate	21.9%	46.0%	62.0%
Urban population	286,516 people	588,081 people	886,257 people
Male	680,610 people	656,455 people	731,835 people
Female	626,962 people	623,014 people	697,549 people
Households	343,031	366,010	410,222
Average household size	3.57	3.39	3.12

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+	6,277 people	9,750 people	16,027 people
80–84	10,856 people	12,699 people	23,555 people
75–79	16,012 people	16,282 people	32,294 people
70–74	26,422 people	25,562 people	51,984 people
65–69	37,541 people	36,563 people	74,104 people
60–64	38,671 people	34,530 people	73,201 people
55–59	58,658 people	55,006 people	113,664 people
50–54	70,705 people	69,836 people	140,541 people
45–49	62,463 people	58,602 people	121,065 people
40–44	46,053 people	44,338 people	90,391 people
35–39	57,873 people	55,817 people	113,690 people
30–34	65,862 people	67,024 people	132,886 people
25–29	28,433 people	27,947 people	56,380 people
20–24	29,841 people	25,139 people	54,980 people
15–19	34,834 people	29,887 people	64,721 people
10–14	45,915 people	42,467 people	88,382 people
5–9	52,110 people	47,393 people	99,503 people
1–4	37,344 people	33,303 people	70,647 people
0	5,965 people	5,404 people	11,369 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	4,094 people	6,261 people	10,355 people
80–84	7,454 people	8,896 people	16,350 people
75–79	12,705 people	13,794 people	26,499 people
70–74	19,850 people	18,630 people	38,480 people
65–69	22,335 people	19,643 people	41,978 people
60–64	32,057 people	28,081 people	60,138 people
55–59	41,824 people	38,233 people	80,057 people
50–54	41,307 people	35,797 people	77,104 people
45–49	59,585 people	55,267 people	114,852 people
40–44	69,598 people	67,577 people	137,175 people
35–39	58,193 people	53,756 people	111,949 people
30–34	41,880 people	40,343 people	82,223 people
25–29	51,860 people	53,191 people	105,051 people
20–24	54,933 people	56,821 people	111,754 people
15–19	25,943 people	24,044 people	49,987 people
10–14	30,630 people	28,712 people	59,342 people
5–9	38,486 people	35,260 people	73,746 people
1–4	34,879 people	31,099 people	65,978 people
0	8,842 people	7,609 people	16,451 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	2,025 people	3,728 people	5,753 people
80–84	5,288 people	6,707 people	11,995 people
75–79	11,068 people	12,172 people	23,240 people
70–74	16,551 people	15,799 people	32,350 people
65–69	20,715 people	19,392 people	40,107 people
60–64	27,397 people	23,015 people	50,412 people
55–59	27,117 people	22,083 people	49,200 people
50–54	36,706 people	31,143 people	67,849 people
45–49	45,740 people	40,957 people	86,697 people
40–44	44,708 people	37,890 people	82,598 people
35–39	64,469 people	58,756 people	123,225 people
30–34	76,353 people	73,302 people	149,655 people
25–29	64,687 people	59,766 people	124,453 people
20–24	45,739 people	44,744 people	90,483 people
15–19	62,171 people	57,139 people	119,310 people
10–14	71,425 people	66,912 people	138,337 people
5–9	26,556 people	24,583 people	51,139 people
1–4	24,464 people	22,222 people	46,686 people
0	7,431 people	6,652 people	14,083 people

Ethnic composition

Population by ethnic group in the latest census.

Han99.91%

1,278,261 people

Miao0.04%

442 people

Tujia0.02%

300 people

Zhuang0.01%

109 people

Dong0.01%

96 people

Hui0.01%

62 people

Yao0.00%

47 people

Yi0.00%

23 people

Bouyei0.00%

19 people

Hani0.00%

16 people

Bai0.00%

15 people

Li0.00%

14 people

Mongol0.00%

10 people

Tu0.00%

8 people

Uyghur0.00%

7 people

Gelao0.00%

7 people

Manchu0.00%

5 people

Maonan0.00%

5 people

Tibetan0.00%

4 people

Dai0.00%

3 people

She0.00%

3 people

Wa0.00%

3 people

Other groups0.00%

3 people

Korean0.00%

1 people

Lahu0.00%

1 people

Mulao0.00%

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