Census data

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

Value	Fifth census	Sixth census	Seventh census
Total population	1,151,733 people	1,282,262 people	1,078,632 people
Urbanization rate	14.8%	28.9%	44.5%
Urban population	170,952 people	371,000 people	479,917 people
Male	602,973 people	663,728 people	544,508 people
Female	548,760 people	618,534 people	534,124 people
Households	326,957	331,373	340,007
Average household size	3.49	3.61	2.88

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+	5,397 people	8,702 people	14,099 people
80–84	9,025 people	8,961 people	17,986 people
75–79	17,593 people	15,236 people	32,829 people
70–74	26,525 people	21,937 people	48,462 people
65–69	33,215 people	34,531 people	67,746 people
60–64	21,524 people	25,074 people	46,598 people
55–59	35,813 people	41,528 people	77,341 people
50–54	41,228 people	46,987 people	88,215 people
45–49	36,142 people	33,873 people	70,015 people
40–44	31,174 people	32,061 people	63,235 people
35–39	28,433 people	30,477 people	58,910 people
30–34	34,808 people	37,861 people	72,669 people
25–29	19,378 people	20,903 people	40,281 people
20–24	16,637 people	16,144 people	32,781 people
15–19	28,529 people	23,735 people	52,264 people
10–14	68,791 people	57,840 people	126,631 people
5–9	57,237 people	49,417 people	106,654 people
1–4	28,563 people	24,976 people	53,539 people
0	4,496 people	3,881 people	8,377 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	2,455 people	4,561 people	7,016 people
80–84	4,937 people	6,007 people	10,944 people
75–79	11,081 people	10,896 people	21,977 people
70–74	17,659 people	13,967 people	31,626 people
65–69	26,092 people	20,100 people	46,192 people
60–64	36,181 people	28,107 people	64,288 people
55–59	41,665 people	41,052 people	82,717 people
50–54	28,685 people	31,627 people	60,312 people
45–49	46,141 people	49,378 people	95,519 people
40–44	54,065 people	55,580 people	109,645 people
35–39	48,960 people	43,310 people	92,270 people
30–34	46,924 people	46,394 people	93,318 people
25–29	45,345 people	48,488 people	93,833 people
20–24	58,994 people	63,741 people	122,735 people
15–19	44,567 people	39,355 people	83,922 people
10–14	40,642 people	33,479 people	74,121 people
5–9	45,242 people	34,173 people	79,415 people
1–4	55,714 people	41,620 people	97,334 people
0	8,379 people	6,699 people	15,078 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	1,260 people	2,986 people	4,246 people
80–84	3,306 people	5,462 people	8,768 people
75–79	7,151 people	9,014 people	16,165 people
70–74	11,221 people	11,141 people	22,362 people
65–69	18,208 people	15,289 people	33,497 people
60–64	24,863 people	18,048 people	42,911 people
55–59	30,575 people	23,069 people	53,644 people
50–54	38,959 people	29,964 people	68,923 people
45–49	43,731 people	41,970 people	85,701 people
40–44	28,139 people	29,948 people	58,087 people
35–39	48,268 people	50,055 people	98,323 people
30–34	57,146 people	57,029 people	114,175 people
25–29	49,307 people	42,910 people	92,217 people
20–24	45,094 people	43,795 people	88,889 people
15–19	52,461 people	47,163 people	99,624 people
10–14	74,974 people	65,677 people	140,651 people
5–9	38,132 people	30,972 people	69,104 people
1–4	23,256 people	17,997 people	41,253 people
0	6,922 people	6,271 people	13,193 people

Ethnic composition

Population by ethnic group in the latest census.

Han99.30%

1,045,558 people

Hui0.65%

6,840 people

Manchu0.01%

128 people

Mongol0.01%

101 people

Tujia0.01%

78 people

Zhuang0.01%

62 people

Miao0.00%

46 people

Bouyei0.00%

18 people

Yi0.00%

17 people

Bai0.00%

14 people

Uyghur0.00%

13 people

Yao0.00%

13 people

Dong0.00%

12 people

Tibetan0.00%

11 people

Gelao0.00%

10 people

Other groups0.00%

9 people

Hani0.00%

7 people

Li0.00%

7 people

Lisu0.00%

4 people

Dai0.00%

3 people

Lahu0.00%

3 people

Qiang0.00%

3 people

Mulao0.00%

3 people

She0.00%

2 people

Wa0.00%

2 people

Dongxiang0.00%

1 people

Tu0.00%

1 people

Russian0.00%

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