Census data

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

Value	Fifth census	Sixth census	Seventh census
Total population	53,843 people	58,858 people	61,680 people
Urbanization rate	18.8%	23.7%	46.4%
Urban population	10,145 people	13,919 people	28,644 people
Male	27,454 people	30,670 people	31,777 people
Female	26,389 people	28,188 people	29,903 people
Households	11,084	17,771	19,606
Average household size	4.83	3.24	2.97

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+	88 people	128 people	216 people
80–84	167 people	171 people	338 people
75–79	296 people	354 people	650 people
70–74	424 people	531 people	955 people
65–69	682 people	682 people	1,364 people
60–64	928 people	1,029 people	1,957 people
55–59	1,437 people	1,359 people	2,796 people
50–54	2,200 people	1,996 people	4,196 people
45–49	2,693 people	2,482 people	5,175 people
40–44	2,734 people	2,567 people	5,301 people
35–39	2,952 people	2,886 people	5,838 people
30–34	3,312 people	3,217 people	6,529 people
25–29	2,293 people	2,121 people	4,414 people
20–24	1,552 people	1,258 people	2,810 people
15–19	1,738 people	1,610 people	3,348 people
10–14	2,742 people	2,551 people	5,293 people
5–9	3,108 people	2,785 people	5,893 people
1–4	2,105 people	1,881 people	3,986 people
0	326 people	295 people	621 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	44 people	64 people	108 people
80–84	104 people	116 people	220 people
75–79	209 people	217 people	426 people
70–74	433 people	353 people	786 people
65–69	583 people	557 people	1,140 people
60–64	706 people	687 people	1,393 people
55–59	990 people	852 people	1,842 people
50–54	1,212 people	1,220 people	2,432 people
45–49	1,754 people	1,539 people	3,293 people
40–44	2,457 people	2,192 people	4,649 people
35–39	3,062 people	2,683 people	5,745 people
30–34	3,240 people	2,843 people	6,083 people
25–29	3,354 people	3,028 people	6,382 people
20–24	3,239 people	2,966 people	6,205 people
15–19	2,256 people	2,165 people	4,421 people
10–14	1,936 people	1,874 people	3,810 people
5–9	2,313 people	2,237 people	4,550 people
1–4	2,288 people	2,114 people	4,402 people
0	490 people	481 people	971 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	27 people	42 people	69 people
80–84	61 people	68 people	129 people
75–79	130 people	164 people	294 people
70–74	285 people	254 people	539 people
65–69	378 people	355 people	733 people
60–64	617 people	521 people	1,138 people
55–59	735 people	650 people	1,385 people
50–54	764 people	798 people	1,562 people
45–49	987 people	956 people	1,943 people
40–44	1,367 people	1,306 people	2,673 people
35–39	1,782 people	1,689 people	3,471 people
30–34	2,364 people	2,262 people	4,626 people
25–29	2,800 people	2,738 people	5,538 people
20–24	2,956 people	2,844 people	5,800 people
15–19	3,427 people	3,152 people	6,579 people
10–14	4,011 people	3,992 people	8,003 people
5–9	2,728 people	2,633 people	5,361 people
1–4	1,632 people	1,518 people	3,150 people
0	403 people	447 people	850 people

Ethnic composition

Population by ethnic group in the latest census.

Kazakh78.57%

46,247 people

Han16.58%

9,761 people

Hui2.11%

1,240 people

Mongol1.25%

737 people

Uyghur0.86%

508 people

Dongxiang0.29%

168 people

Tatar0.22%

129 people

Uzbek0.04%

22 people

Zhuang0.02%

12 people

Salar0.01%

7 people

Bonan0.01%

7 people

Hani0.01%

4 people

Russian0.01%

4 people

Tujia0.00%

2 people

Xibe0.00%

2 people

Manchu0.00%

1 people

Yi0.00%

1 people

Bouyei0.00%

1 people

Yao0.00%

1 people

Li0.00%

1 people

Dai0.00%

1 people

Daur0.00%

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