Census data

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

Value	Fifth census	Sixth census	Seventh census
Total population	1,351,939 people	1,409,436 people	1,537,231 people
Urbanization rate	22.0%	33.7%	48.8%
Urban population	297,269 people	474,318 people	750,569 people
Male	697,126 people	717,269 people	781,713 people
Female	654,813 people	692,167 people	755,518 people
Households	375,566	434,587	560,361
Average household size	3.57	3.18	2.61

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+	8,601 people	7,555 people	16,156 people
80–84	45,344 people	39,556 people	84,900 people
75–79	73,174 people	59,385 people	132,559 people
70–74	65,704 people	51,436 people	117,140 people
65–69	48,956 people	41,348 people	90,304 people
60–64	41,842 people	37,928 people	79,770 people
55–59	52,414 people	51,749 people	104,163 people
50–54	67,140 people	70,721 people	137,861 people
45–49	44,211 people	43,047 people	87,258 people
40–44	48,646 people	46,999 people	95,645 people
35–39	55,665 people	53,520 people	109,185 people
30–34	71,790 people	73,895 people	145,685 people
25–29	49,232 people	52,483 people	101,715 people
20–24	20,529 people	19,233 people	39,762 people
15–19	32,824 people	35,013 people	67,837 people
10–14	25,555 people	29,620 people	55,175 people
5–9	16,117 people	19,178 people	35,295 people
1–4	8,591 people	11,919 people	20,510 people
0	5,378 people	10,933 people	16,311 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	12,429 people	8,973 people	21,402 people
80–84	47,603 people	34,250 people	81,853 people
75–79	52,649 people	37,267 people	89,916 people
70–74	51,022 people	39,873 people	90,895 people
65–69	54,737 people	53,601 people	108,338 people
60–64	61,941 people	72,057 people	133,998 people
55–59	43,864 people	45,340 people	89,204 people
50–54	51,880 people	50,140 people	102,020 people
45–49	60,308 people	57,293 people	117,601 people
40–44	78,693 people	77,446 people	156,139 people
35–39	54,074 people	55,030 people	109,104 people
30–34	22,768 people	20,593 people	43,361 people
25–29	36,355 people	37,257 people	73,612 people
20–24	31,412 people	33,352 people	64,764 people
15–19	22,966 people	23,629 people	46,595 people
10–14	15,663 people	17,156 people	32,819 people
5–9	10,486 people	13,719 people	24,205 people
1–4	5,806 people	9,411 people	15,217 people
0	2,613 people	5,780 people	8,393 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	9,944 people	6,371 people	16,315 people
80–84	36,193 people	25,600 people	61,793 people
75–79	61,519 people	49,466 people	110,985 people
70–74	87,823 people	77,859 people	165,682 people
65–69	49,608 people	48,145 people	97,753 people
60–64	54,484 people	52,066 people	106,550 people
55–59	65,470 people	60,664 people	126,134 people
50–54	83,366 people	79,087 people	162,453 people
45–49	59,027 people	56,901 people	115,928 people
40–44	22,952 people	20,137 people	43,089 people
35–39	38,719 people	37,871 people	76,590 people
30–34	35,114 people	36,528 people	71,642 people
25–29	26,294 people	25,314 people	51,608 people
20–24	22,308 people	21,614 people	43,922 people
15–19	17,329 people	18,576 people	35,905 people
10–14	14,061 people	17,471 people	31,532 people
5–9	7,825 people	11,306 people	19,131 people
1–4	3,502 people	6,468 people	9,970 people
0	1,588 people	3,369 people	4,957 people

Ethnic composition

Population by ethnic group in the latest census.

Han97.17%

1,369,523 people

Hui2.79%

39,254 people

Dong0.02%

278 people

Li0.01%

73 people

Tujia0.00%

48 people

Zhuang0.00%

43 people

Manchu0.00%

36 people

Dai0.00%

27 people

Yi0.00%

25 people

Sui0.00%

23 people

Uyghur0.00%

22 people

Miao0.00%

13 people

Mongol0.00%

12 people

Korean0.00%

11 people

Lisu0.00%

10 people

Tibetan0.00%

9 people

Yao0.00%

8 people

Qiang0.00%

5 people

Hani0.00%

3 people

She0.00%

3 people

Mulao0.00%

3 people

Kazakh0.00%

2 people

Bouyei0.00%

1 people

Dongxiang0.00%

1 people

Wa0.00%

1 people

Kyrgyz0.00%

1 people

Salar0.00%

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