Census data

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

Value	Fifth census	Sixth census	Seventh census
Total population	1,162,470 people	831,112 people	829,562 people
Urbanization rate	20.9%	46.7%	61.5%
Urban population	242,411 people	387,900 people	510,517 people
Male	603,223 people	423,219 people	414,975 people
Female	559,247 people	407,893 people	414,587 people
Households	279,214	225,418	274,233
Average household size	4.09	3.60	2.91

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+	4,064 people	7,559 people	11,623 people
80–84	6,615 people	8,375 people	14,990 people
75–79	11,217 people	11,559 people	22,776 people
70–74	14,314 people	14,007 people	28,321 people
65–69	23,560 people	24,816 people	48,376 people
60–64	23,087 people	21,915 people	45,002 people
55–59	26,439 people	28,333 people	54,772 people
50–54	34,004 people	37,718 people	71,722 people
45–49	29,024 people	31,518 people	60,542 people
40–44	23,514 people	25,784 people	49,298 people
35–39	23,400 people	26,007 people	49,407 people
30–34	32,332 people	35,357 people	67,689 people
25–29	23,105 people	22,855 people	45,960 people
20–24	14,350 people	12,738 people	27,088 people
15–19	24,671 people	18,297 people	42,968 people
10–14	41,118 people	34,753 people	75,871 people
5–9	36,694 people	31,910 people	68,604 people
1–4	20,083 people	18,027 people	38,110 people
0	3,384 people	3,059 people	6,443 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	2,221 people	4,742 people	6,963 people
80–84	3,929 people	6,223 people	10,152 people
75–79	7,637 people	9,604 people	17,241 people
70–74	11,713 people	12,237 people	23,950 people
65–69	15,570 people	14,340 people	29,910 people
60–64	17,277 people	15,905 people	33,182 people
55–59	26,445 people	27,157 people	53,602 people
50–54	24,829 people	23,876 people	48,705 people
45–49	28,130 people	29,793 people	57,923 people
40–44	36,259 people	39,342 people	75,601 people
35–39	30,178 people	32,155 people	62,333 people
30–34	23,348 people	24,364 people	47,712 people
25–29	23,322 people	24,204 people	47,526 people
20–24	34,654 people	36,297 people	70,951 people
15–19	40,236 people	34,292 people	74,528 people
10–14	27,931 people	21,288 people	49,219 people
5–9	30,326 people	22,056 people	52,382 people
1–4	31,183 people	22,988 people	54,171 people
0	8,031 people	7,030 people	15,061 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	1,451 people	3,388 people	4,839 people
80–84	3,405 people	6,353 people	9,758 people
75–79	6,856 people	10,605 people	17,461 people
70–74	10,248 people	13,082 people	23,330 people
65–69	14,937 people	16,465 people	31,402 people
60–64	19,895 people	18,837 people	38,732 people
55–59	23,574 people	20,723 people	44,297 people
50–54	24,828 people	22,204 people	47,032 people
45–49	38,836 people	36,275 people	75,111 people
40–44	36,624 people	31,888 people	68,512 people
35–39	47,125 people	44,758 people	91,883 people
30–34	62,075 people	60,741 people	122,816 people
25–29	54,480 people	51,619 people	106,099 people
20–24	46,152 people	44,371 people	90,523 people
15–19	50,456 people	47,151 people	97,607 people
10–14	74,376 people	67,808 people	142,184 people
5–9	52,730 people	40,292 people	93,022 people
1–4	28,758 people	17,358 people	46,116 people
0	6,417 people	5,329 people	11,746 people

Ethnic composition

Population by ethnic group in the latest census.

Han99.24%

824,815 people

Hui0.58%

4,804 people

Bai0.06%

461 people

Sui0.02%

181 people

Kazakh0.02%

165 people

Miao0.02%

126 people

Yi0.01%

64 people

Hani0.01%

61 people

Zhuang0.01%

51 people

Bouyei0.01%

43 people

Mongol0.01%

40 people

Dong0.00%

35 people

Li0.00%

35 people

Wa0.00%

34 people

Lisu0.00%

33 people

Manchu0.00%

28 people

Tujia0.00%

26 people

Dai0.00%

22 people

Lahu0.00%

21 people

Tibetan0.00%

13 people

Tu0.00%

13 people

Nu0.00%

13 people

Uyghur0.00%

8 people

Yao0.00%

6 people

Jingpo0.00%

4 people

Gin0.00%

4 people

Salar0.00%

2 people

Mulao0.00%

1 people

Yugur0.00%

1 people

Uzbek0.00%

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