Census data

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

Value	Fifth census	Sixth census	Seventh census
Total population	284,853 people	312,455 people	355,544 people
Urbanization rate	7.8%	11.5%	19.3%
Urban population	22,177 people	35,788 people	68,445 people
Male	145,252 people	157,845 people	177,674 people
Female	139,601 people	154,610 people	177,870 people
Households	65,413	74,838	100,834
Average household size	4.32	4.13	3.32

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+	528 people	536 people	1,064 people
80–84	951 people	958 people	1,909 people
75–79	1,700 people	1,809 people	3,509 people
70–74	3,084 people	3,465 people	6,549 people
65–69	3,961 people	4,263 people	8,224 people
60–64	4,766 people	5,464 people	10,230 people
55–59	6,359 people	7,139 people	13,498 people
50–54	8,869 people	10,487 people	19,356 people
45–49	10,468 people	11,457 people	21,925 people
40–44	10,789 people	11,742 people	22,531 people
35–39	12,327 people	12,171 people	24,498 people
30–34	16,505 people	16,616 people	33,121 people
25–29	16,242 people	16,222 people	32,464 people
20–24	12,873 people	11,076 people	23,949 people
15–19	12,934 people	11,919 people	24,853 people
10–14	17,396 people	16,512 people	33,908 people
5–9	27,551 people	26,402 people	53,953 people
1–4	9,404 people	8,794 people	18,198 people
0	967 people	838 people	1,805 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	510 people	373 people	883 people
80–84	827 people	734 people	1,561 people
75–79	1,287 people	1,104 people	2,391 people
70–74	2,651 people	2,311 people	4,962 people
65–69	3,587 people	3,193 people	6,780 people
60–64	5,282 people	5,316 people	10,598 people
55–59	5,587 people	5,573 people	11,160 people
50–54	6,338 people	6,438 people	12,776 people
45–49	7,830 people	7,671 people	15,501 people
40–44	10,391 people	10,472 people	20,863 people
35–39	11,721 people	11,540 people	23,261 people
30–34	11,940 people	11,930 people	23,870 people
25–29	13,237 people	13,083 people	26,320 people
20–24	16,610 people	16,867 people	33,477 people
15–19	17,050 people	16,957 people	34,007 people
10–14	14,751 people	14,243 people	28,994 people
5–9	13,113 people	12,457 people	25,570 people
1–4	12,065 people	11,282 people	23,347 people
0	3,068 people	3,066 people	6,134 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	924 people	674 people	1,598 people
80–84	1,049 people	946 people	1,995 people
75–79	1,346 people	912 people	2,258 people
70–74	2,549 people	2,181 people	4,730 people
65–69	2,902 people	2,377 people	5,279 people
60–64	4,478 people	3,932 people	8,410 people
55–59	4,127 people	3,972 people	8,099 people
50–54	5,977 people	5,896 people	11,873 people
45–49	6,487 people	6,549 people	13,036 people
40–44	6,563 people	6,494 people	13,057 people
35–39	8,197 people	8,218 people	16,415 people
30–34	9,894 people	10,157 people	20,051 people
25–29	11,699 people	12,102 people	23,801 people
20–24	12,894 people	12,610 people	25,504 people
15–19	14,054 people	12,406 people	26,460 people
10–14	19,220 people	18,595 people	37,815 people
5–9	18,703 people	17,982 people	36,685 people
1–4	11,102 people	10,674 people	21,776 people
0	3,087 people	2,924 people	6,011 people

Ethnic composition

Population by ethnic group in the latest census.

Uyghur93.03%

290,687 people

Han6.82%

21,296 people

Kyrgyz0.09%

284 people

Hui0.05%

148 people

Mongol0.00%

11 people

Miao0.00%

10 people

Manchu0.00%

10 people

Tujia0.00%

4 people

Zhuang0.00%

3 people

Tibetan0.00%

1 people

Kazakh0.00%

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