Census data

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

Value	Fifth census	Sixth census	Seventh census
Total population	1,057,073 people	972,525 people	967,313 people
Urbanization rate	37.2%	49.3%	60.0%
Urban population	392,959 people	479,243 people	580,157 people
Male	495,819 people	447,908 people	467,719 people
Female	561,254 people	524,617 people	499,594 people
Households	424,440	420,406	436,111
Average household size	2.39	2.17	2.05

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+	2,224 people	2,167 people	4,391 people
80–84	11,339 people	10,763 people	22,102 people
75–79	16,922 people	16,236 people	33,158 people
70–74	16,000 people	15,773 people	31,773 people
65–69	13,320 people	12,878 people	26,198 people
60–64	15,681 people	14,367 people	30,048 people
55–59	23,947 people	22,319 people	46,266 people
50–54	32,641 people	31,758 people	64,399 people
45–49	24,637 people	25,024 people	49,661 people
40–44	26,121 people	28,057 people	54,178 people
35–39	32,451 people	34,228 people	66,679 people
30–34	46,621 people	48,026 people	94,647 people
25–29	48,646 people	51,947 people	100,593 people
20–24	44,460 people	47,460 people	91,920 people
15–19	41,595 people	46,288 people	87,883 people
10–14	29,942 people	34,546 people	64,488 people
5–9	18,031 people	21,525 people	39,556 people
1–4	13,591 people	18,099 people	31,690 people
0	9,550 people	18,133 people	27,683 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	3,119 people	2,914 people	6,033 people
80–84	11,715 people	11,394 people	23,109 people
75–79	15,880 people	15,657 people	31,537 people
70–74	20,750 people	20,536 people	41,286 people
65–69	25,609 people	26,609 people	52,218 people
60–64	22,756 people	25,774 people	48,530 people
55–59	20,793 people	24,617 people	45,410 people
50–54	21,869 people	27,565 people	49,434 people
45–49	27,548 people	35,208 people	62,756 people
40–44	39,675 people	49,523 people	89,198 people
35–39	43,172 people	53,195 people	96,367 people
30–34	41,293 people	49,893 people	91,186 people
25–29	41,184 people	48,698 people	89,882 people
20–24	33,756 people	37,850 people	71,606 people
15–19	24,267 people	25,566 people	49,833 people
10–14	23,020 people	24,481 people	47,501 people
5–9	17,007 people	20,523 people	37,530 people
1–4	9,231 people	13,896 people	23,127 people
0	5,264 people	10,718 people	15,982 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	3,635 people	3,443 people	7,078 people
80–84	16,047 people	15,782 people	31,829 people
75–79	30,624 people	30,407 people	61,031 people
70–74	40,995 people	39,775 people	80,770 people
65–69	25,649 people	27,482 people	53,131 people
60–64	19,569 people	27,018 people	46,587 people
55–59	28,549 people	35,361 people	63,910 people
50–54	43,709 people	50,699 people	94,408 people
45–49	49,040 people	57,410 people	106,450 people
40–44	46,107 people	52,782 people	98,889 people
35–39	44,998 people	51,237 people	96,235 people
30–34	35,952 people	39,297 people	75,249 people
25–29	26,029 people	26,791 people	52,820 people
20–24	26,741 people	27,085 people	53,826 people
15–19	22,781 people	24,686 people	47,467 people
10–14	16,207 people	19,977 people	36,184 people
5–9	10,439 people	14,800 people	25,239 people
1–4	5,975 people	10,061 people	16,036 people
0	2,773 people	7,161 people	9,934 people

Ethnic composition

Population by ethnic group in the latest census.

Han99.86%

971,200 people

Manchu0.02%

222 people

Yi0.02%

183 people

Korean0.02%

168 people

Hui0.01%

126 people

Tibetan0.01%

92 people

Tujia0.01%

80 people

Yao0.01%

79 people

Bouyei0.01%

68 people

Dong0.01%

59 people

Zhuang0.00%

40 people

Mongol0.00%

34 people

Miao0.00%

24 people

Hani0.00%

20 people

Uyghur0.00%

18 people

Kazakh0.00%

17 people

Salar0.00%

16 people

Maonan0.00%

13 people

Dongxiang0.00%

9 people

Mulao0.00%

9 people

She0.00%

8 people

Dai0.00%

7 people

Lahu0.00%

4 people

Naxi0.00%

4 people

Jingpo0.00%

4 people

Lisu0.00%

3 people

Gin0.00%

3 people

Bai0.00%

2 people

Achang0.00%

2 people

Li0.00%

1 people

Qiang0.00%

1 people

Xibe0.00%

1 people

Kyrgyz0.00%

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