Census data

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

Value	Fifth census	Sixth census	Seventh census
Total population	2,453,479 people	2,935,469 people	2,738,482 people
Urbanization rate	52.6%	54.2%	57.0%
Urban population	1,289,907 people	1,590,341 people	1,561,303 people
Male	1,267,173 people	1,504,665 people	1,420,706 people
Female	1,186,306 people	1,430,804 people	1,317,776 people
Households	480,833	631,063	764,298
Average household size	5.02	4.53	3.41

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+	18,909 people	15,821 people	34,730 people
80–84	95,637 people	84,764 people	180,401 people
75–79	136,888 people	124,016 people	260,904 people
70–74	121,704 people	109,322 people	231,026 people
65–69	84,595 people	73,448 people	158,043 people
60–64	101,943 people	83,591 people	185,534 people
55–59	123,488 people	105,882 people	229,370 people
50–54	107,777 people	97,218 people	204,995 people
45–49	97,367 people	91,224 people	188,591 people
40–44	71,337 people	70,385 people	141,722 people
35–39	87,041 people	93,156 people	180,197 people
30–34	92,711 people	94,621 people	187,332 people
25–29	74,571 people	73,392 people	147,963 people
20–24	59,984 people	58,091 people	118,075 people
15–19	52,209 people	53,362 people	105,571 people
10–14	40,050 people	31,581 people	71,631 people
5–9	24,535 people	19,713 people	44,248 people
1–4	16,718 people	18,261 people	34,979 people
0	13,242 people	19,928 people	33,170 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	18,882 people	14,824 people	33,706 people
80–84	80,607 people	65,028 people	145,635 people
75–79	111,217 people	92,172 people	203,389 people
70–74	179,357 people	156,075 people	335,432 people
65–69	195,889 people	179,385 people	375,274 people
60–64	142,645 people	146,370 people	289,015 people
55–59	120,439 people	126,970 people	247,409 people
50–54	82,800 people	89,001 people	171,801 people
45–49	96,393 people	108,707 people	205,100 people
40–44	102,726 people	108,101 people	210,827 people
35–39	83,179 people	83,518 people	166,697 people
30–34	69,973 people	66,738 people	136,711 people
25–29	62,855 people	59,801 people	122,656 people
20–24	51,452 people	36,515 people	87,967 people
15–19	34,752 people	24,292 people	59,044 people
10–14	29,886 people	25,535 people	55,421 people
5–9	21,961 people	22,458 people	44,419 people
1–4	12,174 people	13,306 people	25,480 people
0	7,478 people	12,008 people	19,486 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	21,538 people	15,753 people	37,291 people
80–84	119,281 people	98,223 people	217,504 people
75–79	189,939 people	168,820 people	358,759 people
70–74	161,950 people	147,604 people	309,554 people
65–69	126,778 people	113,522 people	240,300 people
60–64	72,316 people	78,751 people	151,067 people
55–59	83,877 people	100,155 people	184,032 people
50–54	90,272 people	98,809 people	189,081 people
45–49	76,661 people	78,731 people	155,392 people
40–44	65,930 people	63,942 people	129,872 people
35–39	61,996 people	58,860 people	120,856 people
30–34	52,155 people	36,564 people	88,719 people
25–29	37,479 people	23,902 people	61,381 people
20–24	35,174 people	27,103 people	62,277 people
15–19	29,486 people	26,137 people	55,623 people
10–14	20,858 people	18,207 people	39,065 people
5–9	12,665 people	14,032 people	26,697 people
1–4	5,842 people	9,771 people	15,613 people
0	2,976 people	7,420 people	10,396 people

Ethnic composition

Population by ethnic group in the latest census.

Han99.89%

2,932,105 people

Tujia0.05%

1,422 people

Korean0.02%

494 people

Manchu0.01%

397 people

Dongxiang0.01%

194 people

Bouyei0.01%

189 people

Yao0.01%

189 people

Tibetan0.00%

91 people

Yi0.00%

71 people

Bai0.00%

51 people

Dai0.00%

50 people

Mulao0.00%

43 people

Hui0.00%

38 people

Zhuang0.00%

19 people

Hani0.00%

18 people

Kazakh0.00%

16 people

Dong0.00%

12 people

Blang0.00%

10 people

Miao0.00%

9 people

Kyrgyz0.00%

8 people

Jingpo0.00%

7 people

Maonan0.00%

7 people

Wa0.00%

6 people

Mongol0.00%

5 people

Uyghur0.00%

4 people

Lisu0.00%

2 people

Pumi0.00%

2 people

Lahu0.00%

1 people

Daur0.00%

1 people

Yugur0.00%

1 people

Monba0.00%

1 people

Tatar0.00%

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