Census data

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

Value	Fifth census	Sixth census	Seventh census
Total population	1,327,028 people	1,167,087 people	1,187,254 people
Urbanization rate	19.5%	25.0%	37.5%
Urban population	258,630 people	291,618 people	444,796 people
Male	701,702 people	585,605 people	608,038 people
Female	625,326 people	581,482 people	579,216 people
Households	329,208	362,985	433,590
Average household size	4.03	3.20	2.64

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+	6,148 people	5,336 people	11,484 people
80–84	33,859 people	29,532 people	63,391 people
75–79	62,007 people	54,112 people	116,119 people
70–74	68,299 people	59,447 people	127,746 people
65–69	45,526 people	36,777 people	82,303 people
60–64	26,903 people	21,300 people	48,203 people
55–59	36,607 people	33,656 people	70,263 people
50–54	41,566 people	42,937 people	84,503 people
45–49	32,652 people	32,617 people	65,269 people
40–44	37,325 people	34,969 people	72,294 people
35–39	37,627 people	35,290 people	72,917 people
30–34	42,239 people	47,215 people	89,454 people
25–29	35,128 people	38,885 people	74,013 people
20–24	18,298 people	18,424 people	36,722 people
15–19	27,247 people	28,707 people	55,954 people
10–14	23,865 people	23,597 people	47,462 people
5–9	16,122 people	15,593 people	31,715 people
1–4	9,927 people	10,397 people	20,324 people
0	6,693 people	10,425 people	17,118 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	13,275 people	9,927 people	23,202 people
80–84	52,788 people	42,964 people	95,752 people
75–79	59,258 people	47,800 people	107,058 people
70–74	45,299 people	34,811 people	80,110 people
65–69	47,401 people	41,924 people	89,325 people
60–64	41,674 people	53,316 people	94,990 people
55–59	32,219 people	39,323 people	71,542 people
50–54	37,776 people	40,517 people	78,293 people
45–49	39,621 people	40,685 people	80,306 people
40–44	44,938 people	51,891 people	96,829 people
35–39	37,075 people	41,705 people	78,780 people
30–34	19,196 people	19,873 people	39,069 people
25–29	28,777 people	30,232 people	59,009 people
20–24	27,194 people	26,166 people	53,360 people
15–19	20,537 people	18,273 people	38,810 people
10–14	16,621 people	14,469 people	31,090 people
5–9	11,810 people	12,249 people	24,059 people
1–4	6,877 people	9,029 people	15,906 people
0	3,269 people	6,328 people	9,597 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	11,031 people	6,957 people	17,988 people
80–84	31,249 people	19,485 people	50,734 people
75–79	71,070 people	52,039 people	123,109 people
70–74	89,749 people	76,733 people	166,482 people
65–69	64,385 people	59,685 people	124,070 people
60–64	64,935 people	58,824 people	123,759 people
55–59	62,704 people	56,888 people	119,592 people
50–54	66,314 people	65,819 people	132,133 people
45–49	51,981 people	50,686 people	102,667 people
40–44	24,844 people	23,002 people	47,846 people
35–39	35,778 people	34,027 people	69,805 people
30–34	32,664 people	29,685 people	62,349 people
25–29	24,512 people	20,558 people	45,070 people
20–24	22,672 people	18,000 people	40,672 people
15–19	18,877 people	16,722 people	35,599 people
10–14	14,888 people	15,393 people	30,281 people
5–9	8,898 people	11,473 people	20,371 people
1–4	3,779 people	6,360 people	10,139 people
0	1,372 people	2,990 people	4,362 people

Ethnic composition

Population by ethnic group in the latest census.

Han99.86%

1,165,425 people

Hui0.11%

1,247 people

Manchu0.01%

77 people

Dai0.00%

45 people

Tujia0.00%

38 people

Yi0.00%

32 people

Dong0.00%

30 people

Korean0.00%

30 people

Lisu0.00%

30 people

Tibetan0.00%

19 people

Lahu0.00%

18 people

Zhuang0.00%

17 people

Miao0.00%

15 people

She0.00%

11 people

Hani0.00%

8 people

Li0.00%

8 people

Kazakh0.00%

8 people

Yao0.00%

7 people

Uyghur0.00%

6 people

Mongol0.00%

4 people

Daur0.00%

3 people

Qiang0.00%

2 people

Maonan0.00%

2 people

Sui0.00%

1 people

Kyrgyz0.00%

1 people

Salar0.00%

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