Census data

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

Value	Fifth census	Sixth census	Seventh census
Total population	1,451,875 people	1,714,857 people	1,593,444 people
Urbanization rate	35.6%	46.3%	61.8%
Urban population	516,353 people	793,560 people	985,435 people
Male	753,046 people	895,412 people	826,012 people
Female	698,829 people	819,445 people	767,432 people
Households	385,121	485,730	582,926
Average household size	3.71	3.28	2.48

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+	6,453 people	5,774 people	12,227 people
80–84	34,389 people	30,715 people	65,104 people
75–79	51,451 people	45,049 people	96,500 people
70–74	54,087 people	46,076 people	100,163 people
65–69	52,719 people	43,942 people	96,661 people
60–64	38,880 people	36,793 people	75,673 people
55–59	62,049 people	59,631 people	121,680 people
50–54	71,978 people	66,549 people	138,527 people
45–49	64,808 people	56,849 people	121,657 people
40–44	49,688 people	45,425 people	95,113 people
35–39	68,295 people	67,836 people	136,131 people
30–34	65,788 people	66,123 people	131,911 people
25–29	55,702 people	56,143 people	111,845 people
20–24	47,704 people	43,254 people	90,958 people
15–19	41,099 people	37,457 people	78,556 people
10–14	26,420 people	23,089 people	49,509 people
5–9	16,166 people	15,671 people	31,837 people
1–4	10,789 people	11,160 people	21,949 people
0	7,547 people	9,896 people	17,443 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	8,899 people	7,141 people	16,040 people
80–84	38,512 people	30,568 people	69,080 people
75–79	50,965 people	42,571 people	93,536 people
70–74	69,183 people	60,571 people	129,754 people
65–69	105,016 people	96,362 people	201,378 people
60–64	75,336 people	72,870 people	148,206 people
55–59	71,042 people	65,674 people	136,716 people
50–54	57,333 people	53,018 people	110,351 people
45–49	78,463 people	77,457 people	155,920 people
40–44	76,064 people	74,730 people	150,794 people
35–39	65,859 people	63,232 people	129,091 people
30–34	55,501 people	48,047 people	103,548 people
25–29	47,171 people	40,663 people	87,834 people
20–24	31,320 people	26,023 people	57,343 people
15–19	21,208 people	18,918 people	40,126 people
10–14	18,539 people	16,121 people	34,660 people
5–9	14,416 people	13,655 people	28,071 people
1–4	7,289 people	7,716 people	15,005 people
0	3,296 people	4,108 people	7,404 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	10,768 people	9,099 people	19,867 people
80–84	44,863 people	39,316 people	84,179 people
75–79	80,517 people	72,334 people	152,851 people
70–74	88,627 people	79,015 people	167,642 people
65–69	69,870 people	61,360 people	131,230 people
60–64	42,171 people	44,015 people	86,186 people
55–59	62,464 people	67,623 people	130,087 people
50–54	63,325 people	67,821 people	131,146 people
45–49	59,550 people	60,617 people	120,167 people
40–44	52,414 people	46,130 people	98,544 people
35–39	48,276 people	40,889 people	89,165 people
30–34	32,906 people	26,237 people	59,143 people
25–29	23,312 people	19,267 people	42,579 people
20–24	23,830 people	18,784 people	42,614 people
15–19	20,893 people	18,141 people	39,034 people
10–14	14,701 people	13,456 people	28,157 people
5–9	8,868 people	8,436 people	17,304 people
1–4	4,231 people	4,490 people	8,721 people
0	1,460 people	1,799 people	3,259 people

Ethnic composition

Population by ethnic group in the latest census.

Han99.91%

1,713,330 people

Dong0.02%

355 people

Zhuang0.02%

311 people

Yi0.02%

258 people

Hui0.01%

185 people

Korean0.01%

95 people

Li0.01%

82 people

Manchu0.00%

48 people

Miao0.00%

32 people

Tujia0.00%

26 people

Uyghur0.00%

14 people

Mongol0.00%

13 people

Tajik0.00%

11 people

Bai0.00%

9 people

Lisu0.00%

9 people

Wa0.00%

9 people

Tibetan0.00%

7 people

Dongxiang0.00%

7 people

Dai0.00%

6 people

Yao0.00%

5 people

Kazakh0.00%

5 people

She0.00%

5 people

Mulao0.00%

5 people

Hani0.00%

4 people

Xibe0.00%

4 people

Evenki0.00%

4 people

Bouyei0.00%

3 people

Jingpo0.00%

3 people

Maonan0.00%

3 people

Bonan0.00%

3 people

Lahu0.00%

2 people

Tu0.00%

2 people

Kyrgyz0.00%

1 people

Blang0.00%

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