Census data

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

Value	Fifth census	Sixth census	Seventh census
Total population	807,440 people	920,471 people	689,611 people
Urbanization rate	69.2%	67.7%	77.2%
Urban population	558,308 people	623,337 people	532,126 people
Male	418,995 people	471,513 people	348,664 people
Female	388,445 people	448,958 people	340,947 people
Households	251,494	342,089	282,562
Average household size	3.15	2.65	2.24

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+	1,343 people	1,218 people	2,561 people
80–84	7,613 people	7,214 people	14,827 people
75–79	12,911 people	12,084 people	24,995 people
70–74	17,380 people	16,148 people	33,528 people
65–69	13,671 people	12,437 people	26,108 people
60–64	11,002 people	9,935 people	20,937 people
55–59	15,434 people	14,334 people	29,768 people
50–54	26,697 people	25,033 people	51,730 people
45–49	25,908 people	24,539 people	50,447 people
40–44	28,911 people	27,452 people	56,363 people
35–39	39,992 people	38,231 people	78,223 people
30–34	40,143 people	38,770 people	78,913 people
25–29	33,675 people	32,643 people	66,318 people
20–24	25,148 people	25,230 people	50,378 people
15–19	22,264 people	23,856 people	46,120 people
10–14	13,008 people	15,435 people	28,443 people
5–9	6,756 people	8,198 people	14,954 people
1–4	4,098 people	4,727 people	8,825 people
0	2,710 people	3,463 people	6,173 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	3,445 people	3,061 people	6,506 people
80–84	16,755 people	15,450 people	32,205 people
75–79	20,050 people	18,517 people	38,567 people
70–74	22,002 people	20,941 people	42,943 people
65–69	26,209 people	24,468 people	50,677 people
60–64	36,887 people	34,712 people	71,599 people
55–59	35,943 people	33,672 people	69,615 people
50–54	38,678 people	36,515 people	75,193 people
45–49	52,702 people	49,991 people	102,693 people
40–44	53,204 people	50,390 people	103,594 people
35–39	45,884 people	42,748 people	88,632 people
30–34	35,825 people	33,409 people	69,234 people
25–29	32,243 people	31,862 people	64,105 people
20–24	20,507 people	21,281 people	41,788 people
15–19	11,936 people	12,296 people	24,232 people
10–14	9,025 people	8,738 people	17,763 people
5–9	5,292 people	5,434 people	10,726 people
1–4	3,049 people	3,302 people	6,351 people
0	1,877 people	2,171 people	4,048 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	3,698 people	3,509 people	7,207 people
80–84	15,417 people	14,395 people	29,812 people
75–79	25,274 people	23,575 people	48,849 people
70–74	40,674 people	38,479 people	79,153 people
65–69	33,903 people	30,872 people	64,775 people
60–64	31,377 people	29,600 people	60,977 people
55–59	46,273 people	42,690 people	88,963 people
50–54	48,167 people	44,400 people	92,567 people
45–49	42,739 people	38,613 people	81,352 people
40–44	34,236 people	30,728 people	64,964 people
35–39	32,646 people	30,174 people	62,820 people
30–34	21,011 people	20,470 people	41,481 people
25–29	13,131 people	12,626 people	25,757 people
20–24	11,360 people	10,205 people	21,565 people
15–19	8,008 people	7,157 people	15,165 people
10–14	5,796 people	5,511 people	11,307 people
5–9	3,302 people	3,261 people	6,563 people
1–4	1,398 people	1,524 people	2,922 people
0	585 people	656 people	1,241 people

Ethnic composition

Population by ethnic group in the latest census.

Han96.78%

667,401 people

Dong2.14%

14,748 people

Mongol0.65%

4,452 people

Hui0.19%

1,302 people

Zhuang0.18%

1,220 people

Tajik0.02%

164 people

Xibe0.01%

78 people

Tujia0.01%

47 people

Korean0.01%

43 people

Manchu0.00%

27 people

Miao0.00%

20 people

Nanai0.00%

13 people

Bonan0.00%

12 people

Lhoba0.00%

12 people

Uyghur0.00%

9 people

Yi0.00%

9 people

Tibetan0.00%

8 people

Bai0.00%

8 people

Lisu0.00%

5 people

Bouyei0.00%

4 people

Dai0.00%

4 people

Gelao0.00%

4 people

Yao0.00%

3 people

Kazakh0.00%

3 people

She0.00%

3 people

Mulao0.00%

2 people

Hani0.00%

1 people

Li0.00%

1 people

Dongxiang0.00%

1 people

Qiang0.00%

1 people

Kyrgyz0.00%

1 people

Jingpo0.00%

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