Census data

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

Value	Fifth census	Sixth census	Seventh census
Total population	1,191,526 people	1,296,757 people	1,184,097 people
Urbanization rate	10.9%	28.2%	40.7%
Urban population	129,982 people	366,169 people	482,376 people
Male	622,350 people	675,772 people	617,585 people
Female	569,176 people	620,985 people	566,512 people
Households	283,401	314,836	361,148
Average household size	4.18	4.00	3.16

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+	6,678 people	5,499 people	12,177 people
80–84	35,021 people	29,553 people	64,574 people
75–79	54,850 people	45,179 people	100,029 people
70–74	58,846 people	46,492 people	105,338 people
65–69	42,560 people	29,263 people	71,823 people
60–64	35,223 people	26,458 people	61,681 people
55–59	35,928 people	31,940 people	67,868 people
50–54	39,400 people	38,642 people	78,042 people
45–49	35,476 people	36,661 people	72,137 people
40–44	43,920 people	43,392 people	87,312 people
35–39	47,399 people	46,846 people	94,245 people
30–34	44,888 people	44,860 people	89,748 people
25–29	37,153 people	37,258 people	74,411 people
20–24	29,352 people	29,167 people	58,519 people
15–19	27,889 people	28,236 people	56,125 people
10–14	21,121 people	21,061 people	42,182 people
5–9	11,318 people	11,623 people	22,941 people
1–4	6,490 people	7,568 people	14,058 people
0	4,073 people	6,814 people	10,887 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	9,034 people	7,585 people	16,619 people
80–84	53,293 people	39,020 people	92,313 people
75–79	59,879 people	41,435 people	101,314 people
70–74	63,778 people	46,504 people	110,282 people
65–69	56,474 people	49,386 people	105,860 people
60–64	49,641 people	56,209 people	105,850 people
55–59	45,982 people	50,559 people	96,541 people
50–54	54,618 people	54,934 people	109,552 people
45–49	55,349 people	53,310 people	108,659 people
40–44	49,458 people	46,585 people	96,043 people
35–39	39,265 people	38,937 people	78,202 people
30–34	32,953 people	32,656 people	65,609 people
25–29	32,487 people	31,295 people	63,782 people
20–24	27,101 people	24,835 people	51,936 people
15–19	16,885 people	14,994 people	31,879 people
10–14	13,242 people	12,461 people	25,703 people
5–9	9,794 people	10,556 people	20,350 people
1–4	4,582 people	6,025 people	10,607 people
0	1,957 people	3,699 people	5,656 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	9,628 people	9,516 people	19,144 people
80–84	48,883 people	32,673 people	81,556 people
75–79	65,390 people	54,565 people	119,955 people
70–74	74,483 people	66,977 people	141,460 people
65–69	51,236 people	43,030 people	94,266 people
60–64	50,288 people	51,850 people	102,138 people
55–59	54,343 people	53,528 people	107,871 people
50–54	52,143 people	51,930 people	104,073 people
45–49	43,959 people	43,223 people	87,182 people
40–44	36,135 people	34,697 people	70,832 people
35–39	35,265 people	32,553 people	67,818 people
30–34	29,703 people	26,232 people	55,935 people
25–29	19,024 people	16,198 people	35,222 people
20–24	17,563 people	14,562 people	32,125 people
15–19	15,456 people	14,398 people	29,854 people
10–14	10,535 people	10,866 people	21,401 people
5–9	5,799 people	7,570 people	13,369 people
1–4	1,898 people	3,441 people	5,339 people
0	619 people	1,367 people	1,986 people

Ethnic composition

Population by ethnic group in the latest census.

Han99.89%

1,182,833 people

Manchu0.02%

276 people

Korean0.01%

149 people

Tujia0.01%

132 people

Hui0.01%

111 people

Tibetan0.01%

97 people

Yi0.01%

83 people

Bouyei0.00%

42 people

Yao0.00%

32 people

Zhuang0.00%

28 people

Bai0.00%

28 people

Dong0.00%

26 people

Dongxiang0.00%

23 people

Lahu0.00%

22 people

Kyrgyz0.00%

22 people

Miao0.00%

15 people

Dai0.00%

13 people

Lisu0.00%

13 people

Uyghur0.00%

12 people

She0.00%

10 people

Kazakh0.00%

9 people

Qiang0.00%

9 people

Mongol0.00%

8 people

Maonan0.00%

7 people

Wa0.00%

6 people

Hani0.00%

3 people

Naxi0.00%

3 people

Jingpo0.00%

3 people

Sui0.00%

2 people

Blang0.00%

2 people

Monba0.00%

2 people

Achang0.00%

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