Census data

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

Value	Fifth census	Sixth census	Seventh census
Total population	1,085,478 people	995,983 people	880,006 people
Urbanization rate	21.1%	48.1%	58.2%
Urban population	228,694 people	479,170 people	512,131 people
Male	532,069 people	478,054 people	429,701 people
Female	553,409 people	517,929 people	450,305 people
Households	354,089	341,107	342,614
Average household size	3.02	2.82	2.43

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+	1,954 people	1,815 people	3,769 people
80–84	9,783 people	9,132 people	18,915 people
75–79	13,186 people	12,328 people	25,514 people
70–74	12,675 people	12,461 people	25,136 people
65–69	10,184 people	8,956 people	19,140 people
60–64	10,101 people	8,957 people	19,058 people
55–59	17,563 people	16,694 people	34,257 people
50–54	25,018 people	25,477 people	50,495 people
45–49	17,070 people	18,149 people	35,219 people
40–44	20,446 people	23,429 people	43,875 people
35–39	27,556 people	31,731 people	59,287 people
30–34	52,351 people	55,011 people	107,362 people
25–29	47,908 people	47,661 people	95,569 people
20–24	39,284 people	39,317 people	78,601 people
15–19	41,409 people	43,228 people	84,637 people
10–14	33,889 people	36,415 people	70,304 people
5–9	23,454 people	25,274 people	48,728 people
1–4	15,455 people	17,685 people	33,140 people
0	10,415 people	16,585 people	27,000 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	2,245 people	2,244 people	4,489 people
80–84	10,717 people	10,240 people	20,957 people
75–79	14,206 people	13,858 people	28,064 people
70–74	18,009 people	17,968 people	35,977 people
65–69	26,249 people	26,591 people	52,840 people
60–64	20,445 people	24,859 people	45,304 people
55–59	15,692 people	19,351 people	35,043 people
50–54	19,928 people	25,220 people	45,148 people
45–49	27,973 people	34,117 people	62,090 people
40–44	54,372 people	60,715 people	115,087 people
35–39	49,927 people	53,793 people	103,720 people
30–34	41,902 people	43,737 people	85,639 people
25–29	45,740 people	46,943 people	92,683 people
20–24	39,611 people	40,128 people	79,739 people
15–19	31,024 people	29,815 people	60,839 people
10–14	25,344 people	24,045 people	49,389 people
5–9	18,005 people	19,302 people	37,307 people
1–4	10,414 people	13,949 people	24,363 people
0	6,251 people	11,054 people	17,305 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	3,120 people	3,035 people	6,155 people
80–84	15,208 people	15,122 people	30,330 people
75–79	29,759 people	29,354 people	59,113 people
70–74	41,100 people	40,021 people	81,121 people
65–69	20,256 people	19,060 people	39,316 people
60–64	17,739 people	23,386 people	41,125 people
55–59	28,005 people	34,711 people	62,716 people
50–54	56,895 people	61,754 people	118,649 people
45–49	52,608 people	55,277 people	107,885 people
40–44	44,199 people	44,929 people	89,128 people
35–39	47,883 people	48,378 people	96,261 people
30–34	42,173 people	41,611 people	83,784 people
25–29	34,470 people	31,778 people	66,248 people
20–24	30,363 people	27,040 people	57,403 people
15–19	25,363 people	24,128 people	49,491 people
10–14	19,190 people	20,879 people	40,069 people
5–9	13,306 people	16,325 people	29,631 people
1–4	7,055 people	10,132 people	17,187 people
0	3,377 people	6,489 people	9,866 people

Ethnic composition

Population by ethnic group in the latest census.

Han99.65%

992,527 people

Bouyei0.13%

1,267 people

Manchu0.12%

1,199 people

Korean0.03%

252 people

Tujia0.01%

103 people

Tibetan0.01%

96 people

Hui0.01%

86 people

Bai0.01%

82 people

Yi0.01%

75 people

Wa0.01%

61 people

Yao0.00%

37 people

Dong0.00%

28 people

Kazakh0.00%

24 people

Mongol0.00%

21 people

Zhuang0.00%

19 people

Dongxiang0.00%

17 people

Sui0.00%

13 people

Uyghur0.00%

12 people

Miao0.00%

9 people

Maonan0.00%

9 people

Hani0.00%

6 people

She0.00%

6 people

Dai0.00%

5 people

Lisu0.00%

5 people

Kyrgyz0.00%

5 people

Evenki0.00%

5 people

Qiang0.00%

4 people

Jingpo0.00%

4 people

Mulao0.00%

3 people

Xibe0.00%

1 people

Blang0.00%

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