Census data

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

Value	Fifth census	Sixth census	Seventh census
Total population	1,539,922 people	1,458,038 people	1,462,563 people
Urbanization rate	23.8%	43.3%	58.2%
Urban population	366,496 people	631,572 people	850,815 people
Male	791,332 people	739,611 people	740,611 people
Female	748,590 people	718,427 people	721,952 people
Households	414,737	406,540	472,070
Average household size	3.65	3.52	2.94

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+	8,617 people	15,367 people	23,984 people
80–84	11,202 people	14,752 people	25,954 people
75–79	19,064 people	23,009 people	42,073 people
70–74	25,044 people	26,639 people	51,683 people
65–69	41,230 people	41,598 people	82,828 people
60–64	37,646 people	35,839 people	73,485 people
55–59	47,050 people	50,049 people	97,099 people
50–54	57,562 people	65,067 people	122,629 people
45–49	45,686 people	48,122 people	93,808 people
40–44	33,528 people	36,152 people	69,680 people
35–39	44,316 people	45,440 people	89,756 people
30–34	66,362 people	65,599 people	131,961 people
25–29	35,328 people	34,778 people	70,106 people
20–24	22,877 people	20,385 people	43,262 people
15–19	42,753 people	34,027 people	76,780 people
10–14	90,989 people	74,259 people	165,248 people
5–9	68,776 people	54,216 people	122,992 people
1–4	36,570 people	31,294 people	67,864 people
0	6,011 people	5,360 people	11,371 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	3,783 people	7,167 people	10,950 people
80–84	7,515 people	10,664 people	18,179 people
75–79	13,545 people	16,021 people	29,566 people
70–74	18,456 people	19,802 people	38,258 people
65–69	24,822 people	26,196 people	51,018 people
60–64	29,816 people	29,565 people	59,381 people
55–59	45,951 people	44,822 people	90,773 people
50–54	41,812 people	40,016 people	81,828 people
45–49	51,619 people	54,602 people	106,221 people
40–44	62,341 people	68,160 people	130,501 people
35–39	48,465 people	50,057 people	98,522 people
30–34	36,113 people	38,797 people	74,910 people
25–29	50,515 people	53,024 people	103,539 people
20–24	77,638 people	78,045 people	155,683 people
15–19	53,331 people	49,596 people	102,927 people
10–14	39,848 people	31,447 people	71,295 people
5–9	54,226 people	40,077 people	94,303 people
1–4	67,308 people	49,958 people	117,266 people
0	12,507 people	10,411 people	22,918 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	2,111 people	4,939 people	7,050 people
80–84	4,990 people	8,362 people	13,352 people
75–79	10,210 people	13,439 people	23,649 people
70–74	16,568 people	19,107 people	35,675 people
65–69	21,174 people	21,694 people	42,868 people
60–64	24,990 people	23,869 people	48,859 people
55–59	29,691 people	29,016 people	58,707 people
50–54	35,045 people	32,904 people	67,949 people
45–49	53,749 people	49,733 people	103,482 people
40–44	48,631 people	44,149 people	92,780 people
35–39	63,832 people	63,626 people	127,458 people
30–34	77,056 people	79,716 people	156,772 people
25–29	59,268 people	59,171 people	118,439 people
20–24	44,481 people	48,201 people	92,682 people
15–19	82,141 people	74,666 people	156,807 people
10–14	121,144 people	104,942 people	226,086 people
5–9	59,121 people	45,162 people	104,283 people
1–4	30,140 people	20,582 people	50,722 people
0	6,990 people	5,312 people	12,302 people

Ethnic composition

Population by ethnic group in the latest census.

Han99.94%

1,457,214 people

Manchu0.02%

273 people

Hui0.01%

150 people

Miao0.01%

87 people

Mongol0.01%

85 people

Yi0.00%

42 people

Bouyei0.00%

29 people

Tibetan0.00%

27 people

Korean0.00%

21 people

Zhuang0.00%

18 people

Uyghur0.00%

17 people

Yao0.00%

15 people

Tujia0.00%

13 people

Bai0.00%

11 people

Hani0.00%

11 people

Wa0.00%

7 people

Dai0.00%

5 people

Dong0.00%

4 people

Kazakh0.00%

3 people

Naxi0.00%

2 people

Qiang0.00%

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