Census data

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

Value	Fifth census	Sixth census	Seventh census
Total population	1,145,874 people	973,850 people	888,238 people
Urbanization rate	17.7%	39.8%	53.5%
Urban population	202,241 people	387,895 people	475,100 people
Male	600,162 people	491,156 people	457,599 people
Female	545,712 people	482,694 people	430,639 people
Households	298,547	309,322	343,693
Average household size	3.73	3.02	2.47

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+	4,537 people	6,722 people	11,259 people
80–84	8,030 people	8,867 people	16,897 people
75–79	14,404 people	14,072 people	28,476 people
70–74	23,386 people	22,105 people	45,491 people
65–69	29,072 people	26,919 people	55,991 people
60–64	20,336 people	17,010 people	37,346 people
55–59	40,340 people	39,417 people	79,757 people
50–54	49,520 people	49,758 people	99,278 people
45–49	40,208 people	39,908 people	80,116 people
40–44	25,910 people	27,507 people	53,417 people
35–39	23,937 people	24,287 people	48,224 people
30–34	33,040 people	32,365 people	65,405 people
25–29	23,595 people	20,821 people	44,416 people
20–24	16,636 people	14,240 people	30,876 people
15–19	21,236 people	17,104 people	38,340 people
10–14	30,014 people	24,581 people	54,595 people
5–9	27,692 people	23,015 people	50,707 people
1–4	21,386 people	18,413 people	39,799 people
0	4,320 people	3,528 people	7,848 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	1,704 people	3,134 people	4,838 people
80–84	4,236 people	5,773 people	10,009 people
75–79	10,105 people	10,823 people	20,928 people
70–74	15,148 people	13,944 people	29,092 people
65–69	20,755 people	17,944 people	38,699 people
60–64	28,615 people	25,645 people	54,260 people
55–59	33,182 people	30,625 people	63,807 people
50–54	22,535 people	20,243 people	42,778 people
45–49	42,834 people	46,124 people	88,958 people
40–44	52,569 people	58,839 people	111,408 people
35–39	42,557 people	46,651 people	89,208 people
30–34	27,549 people	30,560 people	58,109 people
25–29	25,612 people	27,368 people	52,980 people
20–24	33,126 people	34,513 people	67,639 people
15–19	35,668 people	31,326 people	66,994 people
10–14	32,559 people	28,874 people	61,433 people
5–9	28,792 people	23,977 people	52,769 people
1–4	26,824 people	21,069 people	47,893 people
0	6,786 people	5,262 people	12,048 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	398 people	1,297 people	1,695 people
80–84	1,619 people	3,386 people	5,005 people
75–79	5,425 people	7,516 people	12,941 people
70–74	10,691 people	11,461 people	22,152 people
65–69	17,743 people	16,136 people	33,879 people
60–64	21,768 people	17,873 people	39,641 people
55–59	26,099 people	20,957 people	47,056 people
50–54	35,089 people	28,967 people	64,056 people
45–49	40,418 people	34,349 people	74,767 people
40–44	27,781 people	22,506 people	50,287 people
35–39	56,012 people	53,625 people	109,637 people
30–34	69,579 people	67,320 people	136,899 people
25–29	59,099 people	54,200 people	113,299 people
20–24	38,284 people	37,915 people	76,199 people
15–19	43,472 people	38,173 people	81,645 people
10–14	65,612 people	60,458 people	126,070 people
5–9	45,711 people	39,131 people	84,842 people
1–4	28,290 people	24,347 people	52,637 people
0	7,072 people	6,095 people	13,167 people

Ethnic composition

Population by ethnic group in the latest census.

Han99.82%

972,074 people

Hui0.04%

410 people

Miao0.04%

372 people

Zhuang0.02%

221 people

Yi0.02%

181 people

Tujia0.01%

94 people

Bouyei0.01%

69 people

Wa0.01%

67 people

Manchu0.01%

64 people

Tibetan0.01%

58 people

Uyghur0.00%

43 people

Mongol0.00%

26 people

Li0.00%

25 people

Tu0.00%

20 people

Hani0.00%

19 people

Yao0.00%

17 people

Dai0.00%

16 people

Dong0.00%

15 people

Bai0.00%

11 people

Qiang0.00%

8 people

She0.00%

6 people

Gelao0.00%

6 people

Korean0.00%

5 people

Lahu0.00%

5 people

Other groups0.00%

5 people

Jingpo0.00%

4 people

Sui0.00%

2 people

Mulao0.00%

2 people

Lisu0.00%

1 people

Xibe0.00%

1 people

Blang0.00%

1 people

Achang0.00%

1 people

Nu0.00%

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