Census data

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

Value	Fifth census	Sixth census	Seventh census
Total population	620,329 people	762,385 people	860,800 people
Urbanization rate	14.2%	17.6%	33.0%
Urban population	88,148 people	133,835 people	283,622 people
Male	316,912 people	387,967 people	430,157 people
Female	303,417 people	374,418 people	430,643 people
Households	140,732	177,495	226,498
Average household size	4.36	4.21	3.59

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+	1,100 people	957 people	2,057 people
80–84	1,991 people	1,552 people	3,543 people
75–79	4,182 people	3,795 people	7,977 people
70–74	7,687 people	7,780 people	15,467 people
65–69	8,547 people	8,652 people	17,199 people
60–64	10,317 people	10,530 people	20,847 people
55–59	14,416 people	14,921 people	29,337 people
50–54	20,660 people	21,952 people	42,612 people
45–49	23,254 people	25,240 people	48,494 people
40–44	24,002 people	25,823 people	49,825 people
35–39	32,027 people	33,629 people	65,656 people
30–34	40,271 people	41,751 people	82,022 people
25–29	36,893 people	37,738 people	74,631 people
20–24	28,461 people	27,213 people	55,674 people
15–19	29,084 people	27,512 people	56,596 people
10–14	50,640 people	48,718 people	99,358 people
5–9	73,272 people	70,754 people	144,026 people
1–4	20,886 people	19,842 people	40,728 people
0	2,467 people	2,284 people	4,751 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	1,141 people	831 people	1,972 people
80–84	1,532 people	1,195 people	2,727 people
75–79	3,055 people	2,307 people	5,362 people
70–74	5,705 people	4,308 people	10,013 people
65–69	8,427 people	7,363 people	15,790 people
60–64	12,715 people	12,381 people	25,096 people
55–59	12,180 people	11,949 people	24,129 people
50–54	13,988 people	13,170 people	27,158 people
45–49	17,735 people	16,971 people	34,706 people
40–44	24,006 people	23,192 people	47,198 people
35–39	27,253 people	26,550 people	53,803 people
30–34	29,413 people	28,209 people	57,622 people
25–29	38,081 people	37,041 people	75,122 people
20–24	44,539 people	46,014 people	90,553 people
15–19	39,443 people	38,090 people	77,533 people
10–14	32,720 people	31,843 people	64,563 people
5–9	33,447 people	31,806 people	65,253 people
1–4	33,593 people	32,438 people	66,031 people
0	8,994 people	8,760 people	17,754 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	1,351 people	929 people	2,280 people
80–84	2,048 people	1,461 people	3,509 people
75–79	3,033 people	2,037 people	5,070 people
70–74	5,118 people	3,910 people	9,028 people
65–69	6,276 people	4,866 people	11,142 people
60–64	9,168 people	7,839 people	17,007 people
55–59	9,240 people	8,914 people	18,154 people
50–54	16,590 people	16,807 people	33,397 people
45–49	13,831 people	14,424 people	28,255 people
40–44	13,823 people	13,030 people	26,853 people
35–39	17,192 people	16,137 people	33,329 people
30–34	21,990 people	20,643 people	42,633 people
25–29	25,365 people	25,964 people	51,329 people
20–24	26,264 people	26,636 people	52,900 people
15–19	34,353 people	32,870 people	67,223 people
10–14	43,681 people	41,775 people	85,456 people
5–9	39,653 people	38,257 people	77,910 people
1–4	22,658 people	21,850 people	44,508 people
0	5,278 people	5,068 people	10,346 people

Ethnic composition

Population by ethnic group in the latest census.

Uyghur95.37%

727,091 people

Han3.89%

29,629 people

Tajik0.33%

2,516 people

Uzbek0.14%

1,094 people

Kyrgyz0.14%

1,081 people

Hui0.09%

709 people

Kazakh0.01%

68 people

Mongol0.01%

52 people

Zhuang0.00%

27 people

Li0.00%

20 people

Manchu0.00%

15 people

Tatar0.00%

14 people

Tujia0.00%

10 people

Wa0.00%

9 people

Tu0.00%

9 people

Miao0.00%

8 people

Tibetan0.00%

6 people

Qiang0.00%

6 people

Xibe0.00%

5 people

Yi0.00%

4 people

Yao0.00%

4 people

Dongxiang0.00%

4 people

Gaoshan0.00%

3 people

Russian0.00%

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