Census data

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

Value	Fifth census	Sixth census	Seventh census
Total population	142,513 people	157,743 people	155,737 people
Urbanization rate	14.1%	21.7%	37.2%
Urban population	20,137 people	34,240 people	57,885 people
Male	73,584 people	83,859 people	80,405 people
Female	68,929 people	73,884 people	75,332 people
Households	31,111	47,701	48,910
Average household size	4.57	3.24	3.09

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+	299 people	297 people	596 people
80–84	554 people	587 people	1,141 people
75–79	989 people	1,023 people	2,012 people
70–74	1,471 people	1,483 people	2,954 people
65–69	2,276 people	2,414 people	4,690 people
60–64	2,850 people	2,920 people	5,770 people
55–59	4,538 people	4,411 people	8,949 people
50–54	6,076 people	5,851 people	11,927 people
45–49	6,476 people	6,380 people	12,856 people
40–44	6,551 people	6,226 people	12,777 people
35–39	6,936 people	6,344 people	13,280 people
30–34	7,581 people	6,992 people	14,573 people
25–29	5,258 people	4,698 people	9,956 people
20–24	3,865 people	3,327 people	7,192 people
15–19	4,535 people	3,807 people	8,342 people
10–14	7,483 people	7,145 people	14,628 people
5–9	7,877 people	7,096 people	14,973 people
1–4	4,188 people	3,769 people	7,957 people
0	602 people	562 people	1,164 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	199 people	172 people	371 people
80–84	378 people	268 people	646 people
75–79	759 people	585 people	1,344 people
70–74	1,415 people	1,019 people	2,434 people
65–69	1,878 people	1,479 people	3,357 people
60–64	2,466 people	2,064 people	4,530 people
55–59	3,406 people	2,977 people	6,383 people
50–54	3,883 people	3,608 people	7,491 people
45–49	5,874 people	5,044 people	10,918 people
40–44	7,413 people	6,439 people	13,852 people
35–39	7,615 people	6,963 people	14,578 people
30–34	7,544 people	6,733 people	14,277 people
25–29	7,588 people	6,863 people	14,451 people
20–24	8,747 people	7,218 people	15,965 people
15–19	6,467 people	5,611 people	12,078 people
10–14	5,484 people	5,196 people	10,680 people
5–9	5,997 people	5,178 people	11,175 people
1–4	5,117 people	4,911 people	10,028 people
0	1,629 people	1,556 people	3,185 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	103 people	103 people	206 people
80–84	182 people	160 people	342 people
75–79	373 people	312 people	685 people
70–74	775 people	571 people	1,346 people
65–69	1,187 people	977 people	2,164 people
60–64	1,851 people	1,443 people	3,294 people
55–59	2,056 people	1,830 people	3,886 people
50–54	2,521 people	2,333 people	4,854 people
45–49	3,265 people	3,215 people	6,480 people
40–44	3,571 people	3,560 people	7,131 people
35–39	5,359 people	5,064 people	10,423 people
30–34	6,699 people	6,499 people	13,198 people
25–29	7,191 people	7,298 people	14,489 people
20–24	7,477 people	7,077 people	14,554 people
15–19	8,667 people	7,810 people	16,477 people
10–14	9,959 people	9,247 people	19,206 people
5–9	6,962 people	6,430 people	13,392 people
1–4	4,340 people	4,054 people	8,394 people
0	1,046 people	946 people	1,992 people

Ethnic composition

Population by ethnic group in the latest census.

Kazakh46.40%

73,196 people

Han24.30%

38,323 people

Uyghur12.26%

19,332 people

Hui10.45%

16,490 people

Mongol5.17%

8,150 people

Dongxiang0.41%

642 people

Kyrgyz0.37%

575 people

Xibe0.29%

451 people

Uzbek0.11%

178 people

Zhuang0.06%

93 people

Manchu0.03%

54 people

Tujia0.03%

46 people

Daur0.03%

41 people

Salar0.03%

41 people

Tibetan0.03%

40 people

Russian0.02%

26 people

Tu0.02%

25 people

Tatar0.01%

14 people

Miao0.00%

7 people

Yao0.00%

7 people

Yi0.00%

4 people

Bouyei0.00%

2 people

Hani0.00%

2 people

Yugur0.00%

2 people

Bai0.00%

1 people

Korean0.00%

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