Census data

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

Value	Fifth census	Sixth census	Seventh census
Total population	1,093,686 people	940,792 people	960,453 people
Urbanization rate	6.3%	24.2%	39.9%
Urban population	69,372 people	227,378 people	383,034 people
Male	572,849 people	462,379 people	479,746 people
Female	520,837 people	478,413 people	480,707 people
Households	276,799	261,378	286,030
Average household size	3.94	3.53	3.11

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+	5,417 people	4,988 people	10,405 people
80–84	29,089 people	27,611 people	56,700 people
75–79	45,389 people	40,673 people	86,062 people
70–74	43,576 people	36,458 people	80,034 people
65–69	34,660 people	27,655 people	62,315 people
60–64	30,299 people	23,588 people	53,887 people
55–59	29,894 people	29,767 people	59,661 people
50–54	32,454 people	33,210 people	65,664 people
45–49	21,844 people	22,919 people	44,763 people
40–44	24,478 people	24,753 people	49,231 people
35–39	30,743 people	32,295 people	63,038 people
30–34	36,128 people	42,929 people	79,057 people
25–29	27,461 people	31,903 people	59,364 people
20–24	25,307 people	25,662 people	50,969 people
15–19	27,288 people	29,139 people	56,427 people
10–14	17,597 people	19,289 people	36,886 people
5–9	9,882 people	12,338 people	22,220 people
1–4	5,120 people	7,855 people	12,975 people
0	3,120 people	7,675 people	10,795 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	5,470 people	4,992 people	10,462 people
80–84	33,348 people	25,316 people	58,664 people
75–79	47,367 people	35,162 people	82,529 people
70–74	59,093 people	42,050 people	101,143 people
65–69	51,410 people	47,020 people	98,430 people
60–64	34,349 people	42,629 people	76,978 people
55–59	19,283 people	26,764 people	46,047 people
50–54	20,382 people	25,300 people	45,682 people
45–49	25,355 people	30,591 people	55,946 people
40–44	31,105 people	40,645 people	71,750 people
35–39	25,121 people	31,946 people	57,067 people
30–34	25,360 people	27,378 people	52,738 people
25–29	28,468 people	30,999 people	59,467 people
20–24	20,903 people	21,542 people	42,445 people
15–19	13,803 people	14,794 people	28,597 people
10–14	9,935 people	11,479 people	21,414 people
5–9	6,760 people	9,920 people	16,680 people
1–4	3,443 people	6,074 people	9,517 people
0	1,424 people	3,812 people	5,236 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	9,400 people	8,304 people	17,704 people
80–84	42,684 people	23,947 people	66,631 people
75–79	62,496 people	45,026 people	107,522 people
70–74	70,970 people	59,614 people	130,584 people
65–69	40,298 people	37,429 people	77,727 people
60–64	40,123 people	36,671 people	76,794 people
55–59	47,366 people	44,313 people	91,679 people
50–54	53,173 people	53,339 people	106,512 people
45–49	39,392 people	39,321 people	78,713 people
40–44	33,285 people	31,170 people	64,455 people
35–39	36,496 people	35,041 people	71,537 people
30–34	27,887 people	26,915 people	54,802 people
25–29	19,179 people	18,414 people	37,593 people
20–24	16,377 people	16,029 people	32,406 people
15–19	13,774 people	15,189 people	28,963 people
10–14	10,601 people	13,351 people	23,952 people
5–9	5,584 people	8,663 people	14,247 people
1–4	2,836 people	5,608 people	8,444 people
0	928 people	2,493 people	3,421 people

Ethnic composition

Population by ethnic group in the latest census.

Han99.79%

958,460 people

Hui0.17%

1,605 people

Tujia0.01%

68 people

Korean0.01%

52 people

Manchu0.01%

47 people

Tibetan0.00%

28 people

Zhuang0.00%

25 people

Dong0.00%

22 people

Yi0.00%

21 people

Bai0.00%

18 people

Bouyei0.00%

15 people

Miao0.00%

12 people

Yao0.00%

11 people

Mongol0.00%

9 people

Hani0.00%

7 people

Dai0.00%

7 people

Maonan0.00%

7 people

She0.00%

6 people

Lahu0.00%

6 people

Kyrgyz0.00%

5 people

Lisu0.00%

4 people

Uyghur0.00%

3 people

Kazakh0.00%

3 people

Sui0.00%

3 people

Mulao0.00%

2 people

Daur0.00%

2 people

Qiang0.00%

1 people

Nu0.00%

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