Census data

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

Value	Fifth census	Sixth census	Seventh census
Total population	535,499 people	618,885 people	613,894 people
Urbanization rate	20.7%	34.9%	49.9%
Urban population	110,874 people	216,229 people	306,358 people
Male	280,328 people	314,406 people	314,148 people
Female	255,171 people	304,479 people	299,746 people
Households	125,566	146,212	179,862
Average household size	4.12	4.05	3.28

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+	2,251 people	3,597 people	5,848 people
80–84	3,685 people	4,917 people	8,602 people
75–79	5,249 people	5,940 people	11,189 people
70–74	8,205 people	8,800 people	17,005 people
65–69	11,572 people	12,026 people	23,598 people
60–64	14,026 people	13,702 people	27,728 people
55–59	17,886 people	17,372 people	35,258 people
50–54	24,011 people	23,834 people	47,845 people
45–49	26,179 people	25,728 people	51,907 people
40–44	22,144 people	22,103 people	44,247 people
35–39	19,037 people	19,324 people	38,361 people
30–34	23,489 people	23,034 people	46,523 people
25–29	18,534 people	17,105 people	35,639 people
20–24	18,555 people	16,392 people	34,947 people
15–19	22,529 people	18,689 people	41,218 people
10–14	30,563 people	26,568 people	57,131 people
5–9	25,753 people	22,878 people	48,631 people
1–4	17,418 people	15,141 people	32,559 people
0	3,062 people	2,596 people	5,658 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	1,465 people	2,308 people	3,773 people
80–84	2,403 people	3,019 people	5,422 people
75–79	3,943 people	4,441 people	8,384 people
70–74	6,819 people	7,318 people	14,137 people
65–69	7,560 people	7,409 people	14,969 people
60–64	10,352 people	10,228 people	20,580 people
55–59	13,281 people	13,361 people	26,642 people
50–54	15,148 people	15,254 people	30,402 people
45–49	17,682 people	18,391 people	36,073 people
40–44	22,860 people	24,524 people	47,384 people
35–39	25,967 people	28,096 people	54,063 people
30–34	23,094 people	25,502 people	48,596 people
25–29	20,302 people	22,919 people	43,221 people
20–24	24,676 people	26,549 people	51,225 people
15–19	28,120 people	22,504 people	50,624 people
10–14	32,571 people	26,391 people	58,962 people
5–9	29,567 people	23,671 people	53,238 people
1–4	24,078 people	18,973 people	43,051 people
0	4,518 people	3,621 people	8,139 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	532 people	1,030 people	1,562 people
80–84	1,645 people	2,079 people	3,724 people
75–79	3,147 people	4,004 people	7,151 people
70–74	4,960 people	5,183 people	10,143 people
65–69	6,064 people	5,965 people	12,029 people
60–64	9,058 people	8,466 people	17,524 people
55–59	8,737 people	8,222 people	16,959 people
50–54	11,543 people	10,490 people	22,033 people
45–49	14,557 people	13,753 people	28,310 people
40–44	16,699 people	15,214 people	31,913 people
35–39	19,935 people	18,933 people	38,868 people
30–34	24,819 people	24,444 people	49,263 people
25–29	25,976 people	25,117 people	51,093 people
20–24	21,603 people	21,630 people	43,233 people
15–19	23,808 people	19,865 people	43,673 people
10–14	34,660 people	30,759 people	65,419 people
5–9	27,227 people	21,252 people	48,479 people
1–4	20,756 people	14,799 people	35,555 people
0	4,602 people	3,966 people	8,568 people

Ethnic composition

Population by ethnic group in the latest census.

Han99.76%

612,426 people

She0.15%

941 people

Miao0.02%

123 people

Zhuang0.02%

93 people

Tujia0.01%

82 people

Hui0.01%

45 people

Dong0.01%

35 people

Yi0.01%

29 people

Bouyei0.00%

25 people

Yao0.00%

25 people

Li0.00%

11 people

Tibetan0.00%

9 people

Bai0.00%

9 people

Manchu0.00%

8 people

Uyghur0.00%

7 people

Hani0.00%

5 people

Mongol0.00%

4 people

Dai0.00%

3 people

Sui0.00%

3 people

Korean0.00%

2 people

Gelao0.00%

2 people

Naxi0.00%

2 people

Lahu0.00%

1 people

Tu0.00%

1 people

Maonan0.00%

1 people

Other groups0.00%

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