Census data

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

Value	Fifth census	Sixth census	Seventh census
Total population	2,585,479 people	2,567,718 people	2,407,272 people
Urbanization rate	8.2%	19.1%	36.2%
Urban population	211,164 people	490,582 people	870,878 people
Male	1,362,613 people	1,336,964 people	1,227,642 people
Female	1,222,866 people	1,230,754 people	1,179,630 people
Households	600,326	660,598	781,801
Average household size	4.25	3.76	3.00

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+	6,364 people	8,344 people	14,708 people
80–84	14,974 people	17,380 people	32,354 people
75–79	29,678 people	30,462 people	60,140 people
70–74	43,735 people	43,525 people	87,260 people
65–69	56,355 people	52,141 people	108,496 people
60–64	48,686 people	43,435 people	92,121 people
55–59	86,764 people	78,048 people	164,812 people
50–54	124,905 people	119,076 people	243,981 people
45–49	115,380 people	110,155 people	225,535 people
40–44	75,370 people	66,991 people	142,361 people
35–39	73,265 people	68,049 people	141,314 people
30–34	91,941 people	92,763 people	184,704 people
25–29	79,655 people	83,876 people	163,531 people
20–24	52,999 people	53,904 people	106,903 people
15–19	61,424 people	59,402 people	120,826 people
10–14	89,129 people	84,912 people	174,041 people
5–9	94,442 people	89,939 people	184,381 people
1–4	69,350 people	64,884 people	134,234 people
0	13,226 people	12,344 people	25,570 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	3,716 people	5,051 people	8,767 people
80–84	8,218 people	9,430 people	17,648 people
75–79	18,893 people	19,173 people	38,066 people
70–74	34,521 people	32,744 people	67,265 people
65–69	48,182 people	43,804 people	91,986 people
60–64	58,887 people	54,089 people	112,976 people
55–59	67,374 people	59,267 people	126,641 people
50–54	57,799 people	49,456 people	107,255 people
45–49	99,956 people	84,764 people	184,720 people
40–44	144,551 people	127,800 people	272,351 people
35–39	135,084 people	120,260 people	255,344 people
30–34	91,566 people	79,394 people	170,960 people
25–29	87,839 people	83,172 people	171,011 people
20–24	105,446 people	110,222 people	215,668 people
15–19	117,434 people	115,425 people	232,859 people
10–14	95,418 people	89,530 people	184,948 people
5–9	80,277 people	73,405 people	153,682 people
1–4	64,853 people	58,443 people	123,296 people
0	16,950 people	15,325 people	32,275 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	1,889 people	2,585 people	4,474 people
80–84	5,601 people	6,928 people	12,529 people
75–79	14,351 people	15,655 people	30,006 people
70–74	23,387 people	22,956 people	46,343 people
65–69	35,354 people	31,628 people	66,982 people
60–64	50,597 people	44,224 people	94,821 people
55–59	60,091 people	52,214 people	112,305 people
50–54	68,522 people	61,273 people	129,795 people
45–49	74,702 people	64,630 people	139,332 people
40–44	61,662 people	51,831 people	113,493 people
35–39	108,358 people	90,006 people	198,364 people
30–34	160,169 people	140,436 people	300,605 people
25–29	147,142 people	133,146 people	280,288 people
20–24	93,388 people	82,284 people	175,672 people
15–19	102,104 people	91,243 people	193,347 people
10–14	145,634 people	135,746 people	281,380 people
5–9	125,415 people	119,501 people	244,916 people
1–4	64,244 people	57,722 people	121,966 people
0	20,003 people	18,858 people	38,861 people

Ethnic composition

Population by ethnic group in the latest census.

Han97.93%

2,514,590 people

Hui1.38%

35,410 people

Tibetan0.66%

17,056 people

Manchu0.01%

161 people

Tujia0.01%

117 people

Yi0.00%

80 people

Mongol0.00%

64 people

Miao0.00%

42 people

Dongxiang0.00%

37 people

Kazakh0.00%

35 people

Tu0.00%

27 people

Zhuang0.00%

20 people

Li0.00%

14 people

Uyghur0.00%

10 people

Yao0.00%

10 people

Korean0.00%

10 people

She0.00%

7 people

Hani0.00%

6 people

Other groups0.00%

5 people

Qiang0.00%

4 people

Naxi0.00%

3 people

Bouyei0.00%

1 people

Gelao0.00%

1 people

Sui0.00%

1 people

Mulao0.00%

1 people

Xibe0.00%

1 people

Jingpo0.00%

1 people

Salar0.00%

1 people

Bonan0.00%

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