Census data

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

Value	Fifth census	Sixth census	Seventh census
Total population	216,024 people	258,210 people	281,573 people
Urbanization rate	14.6%	9.1%	16.9%
Urban population	31,612 people	23,392 people	47,551 people
Male	110,663 people	130,956 people	140,215 people
Female	105,361 people	127,254 people	141,358 people
Households	52,824	69,708	81,803
Average household size	4.08	3.67	3.30

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+	329 people	269 people	598 people
80–84	715 people	512 people	1,227 people
75–79	1,512 people	1,331 people	2,843 people
70–74	2,628 people	2,647 people	5,275 people
65–69	2,820 people	2,871 people	5,691 people
60–64	3,392 people	3,706 people	7,098 people
55–59	4,859 people	5,155 people	10,014 people
50–54	7,241 people	8,218 people	15,459 people
45–49	8,096 people	8,561 people	16,657 people
40–44	7,829 people	8,634 people	16,463 people
35–39	10,676 people	10,792 people	21,468 people
30–34	14,066 people	14,754 people	28,820 people
25–29	10,696 people	11,043 people	21,739 people
20–24	8,125 people	7,761 people	15,886 people
15–19	9,367 people	8,804 people	18,171 people
10–14	14,517 people	14,169 people	28,686 people
5–9	24,294 people	23,345 people	47,639 people
1–4	8,093 people	7,864 people	15,957 people
0	960 people	922 people	1,882 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	265 people	216 people	481 people
80–84	572 people	422 people	994 people
75–79	1,045 people	818 people	1,863 people
70–74	2,126 people	1,589 people	3,715 people
65–69	3,244 people	2,925 people	6,169 people
60–64	4,627 people	4,438 people	9,065 people
55–59	4,329 people	4,422 people	8,751 people
50–54	4,780 people	5,008 people	9,788 people
45–49	6,402 people	6,099 people	12,501 people
40–44	9,139 people	8,996 people	18,135 people
35–39	9,965 people	9,503 people	19,468 people
30–34	9,910 people	9,793 people	19,703 people
25–29	13,232 people	12,310 people	25,542 people
20–24	16,300 people	16,541 people	32,841 people
15–19	11,952 people	11,814 people	23,766 people
10–14	10,457 people	10,279 people	20,736 people
5–9	10,815 people	10,592 people	21,407 people
1–4	8,960 people	8,743 people	17,703 people
0	2,836 people	2,746 people	5,582 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	271 people	168 people	439 people
80–84	484 people	372 people	856 people
75–79	1,097 people	783 people	1,880 people
70–74	1,792 people	1,362 people	3,154 people
65–69	2,233 people	1,768 people	4,001 people
60–64	3,531 people	2,884 people	6,415 people
55–59	3,878 people	4,141 people	8,019 people
50–54	4,838 people	5,719 people	10,557 people
45–49	4,261 people	3,858 people	8,119 people
40–44	4,695 people	4,397 people	9,092 people
35–39	6,127 people	5,907 people	12,034 people
30–34	8,460 people	8,250 people	16,710 people
25–29	9,414 people	9,123 people	18,537 people
20–24	9,955 people	9,616 people	19,571 people
15–19	12,818 people	11,354 people	24,172 people
10–14	16,960 people	16,249 people	33,209 people
5–9	11,438 people	11,276 people	22,714 people
1–4	6,637 people	6,417 people	13,054 people
0	1,774 people	1,717 people	3,491 people

Ethnic composition

Population by ethnic group in the latest census.

Uyghur98.18%

253,516 people

Han1.08%

2,797 people

Tajik0.37%

954 people

Kyrgyz0.33%

850 people

Uzbek0.02%

38 people

Tibetan0.01%

22 people

Hui0.01%

21 people

Kazakh0.00%

6 people

Salar0.00%

6 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