Census data

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

Value	Fifth census	Sixth census	Seventh census
Total population	718,439 people	762,372 people	804,427 people
Urbanization rate	16.8%	33.1%	45.3%
Urban population	120,887 people	252,296 people	364,251 people
Male	378,502 people	395,404 people	416,142 people
Female	339,937 people	366,968 people	388,285 people
Households	167,390	222,827	253,947
Average household size	4.24	3.37	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+	5,620 people	4,922 people	10,542 people
80–84	31,863 people	28,412 people	60,275 people
75–79	50,048 people	45,139 people	95,187 people
70–74	44,028 people	39,386 people	83,414 people
65–69	27,206 people	24,003 people	51,209 people
60–64	19,390 people	17,139 people	36,529 people
55–59	21,994 people	20,371 people	42,365 people
50–54	31,401 people	29,605 people	61,006 people
45–49	28,156 people	24,653 people	52,809 people
40–44	24,129 people	21,830 people	45,959 people
35–39	24,117 people	23,253 people	47,370 people
30–34	25,085 people	23,807 people	48,892 people
25–29	20,854 people	21,250 people	42,104 people
20–24	15,330 people	15,991 people	31,321 people
15–19	16,009 people	18,334 people	34,343 people
10–14	12,550 people	11,434 people	23,984 people
5–9	8,937 people	7,674 people	16,611 people
1–4	5,463 people	5,381 people	10,844 people
0	3,962 people	5,701 people	9,663 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	8,473 people	6,568 people	15,041 people
80–84	30,695 people	24,384 people	55,079 people
75–79	39,321 people	33,199 people	72,520 people
70–74	39,591 people	33,992 people	73,583 people
65–69	35,335 people	31,768 people	67,103 people
60–64	32,363 people	31,218 people	63,581 people
55–59	28,221 people	26,703 people	54,924 people
50–54	25,111 people	24,065 people	49,176 people
45–49	25,140 people	24,761 people	49,901 people
40–44	25,623 people	25,507 people	51,130 people
35–39	21,495 people	22,388 people	43,883 people
30–34	16,557 people	17,765 people	34,322 people
25–29	17,887 people	19,998 people	37,885 people
20–24	15,502 people	13,480 people	28,982 people
15–19	12,215 people	9,415 people	21,630 people
10–14	9,404 people	7,781 people	17,185 people
5–9	6,697 people	6,821 people	13,518 people
1–4	3,588 people	3,963 people	7,551 people
0	2,186 people	3,192 people	5,378 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	6,417 people	4,887 people	11,304 people
80–84	24,709 people	18,301 people	43,010 people
75–79	38,358 people	31,175 people	69,533 people
70–74	60,440 people	53,769 people	114,209 people
65–69	45,170 people	35,928 people	81,098 people
60–64	26,403 people	24,302 people	50,705 people
55–59	24,831 people	25,814 people	50,645 people
50–54	27,000 people	26,911 people	53,911 people
45–49	22,608 people	23,372 people	45,980 people
40–44	17,018 people	18,215 people	35,233 people
35–39	18,323 people	20,012 people	38,335 people
30–34	16,798 people	14,270 people	31,068 people
25–29	13,777 people	9,962 people	23,739 people
20–24	11,739 people	8,812 people	20,551 people
15–19	9,893 people	8,640 people	18,533 people
10–14	7,255 people	6,571 people	13,826 people
5–9	4,285 people	4,366 people	8,651 people
1–4	2,281 people	2,696 people	4,977 people
0	1,197 people	1,934 people	3,131 people

Ethnic composition

Population by ethnic group in the latest census.

Han99.33%

799,000 people

Tujia0.46%

3,734 people

Yao0.07%

566 people

Manchu0.04%

300 people

Tibetan0.02%

187 people

Kyrgyz0.02%

135 people

Korean0.01%

103 people

Bouyei0.01%

79 people

Blang0.01%

66 people

Yi0.01%

42 people

Dong0.01%

40 people

Hui0.00%

32 people

Wa0.00%

26 people

Dai0.00%

25 people

Zhuang0.00%

16 people

Kazakh0.00%

15 people

Miao0.00%

13 people

Bai0.00%

7 people

Maonan0.00%

7 people

Hani0.00%

4 people

Monba0.00%

2 people

Lisu0.00%

1 people

Dongxiang0.00%

1 people

Qiang0.00%

1 people

Pumi0.00%

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