Census data

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

Value	Fifth census	Sixth census	Seventh census
Total population	133,900 people	142,718 people	148,945 people
Urbanization rate	21.2%	27.6%	39.3%
Urban population	28,428 people	39,443 people	58,507 people
Male	68,451 people	75,088 people	76,239 people
Female	65,449 people	67,630 people	72,706 people
Households	27,603	39,580	44,147
Average household size	4.84	3.50	3.26

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+	280 people	291 people	571 people
80–84	475 people	431 people	906 people
75–79	849 people	858 people	1,707 people
70–74	1,352 people	1,204 people	2,556 people
65–69	2,071 people	2,149 people	4,220 people
60–64	2,429 people	2,560 people	4,989 people
55–59	3,638 people	3,719 people	7,357 people
50–54	5,181 people	5,135 people	10,316 people
45–49	5,611 people	5,391 people	11,002 people
40–44	5,803 people	5,478 people	11,281 people
35–39	6,726 people	6,344 people	13,070 people
30–34	7,577 people	7,313 people	14,890 people
25–29	5,238 people	4,952 people	10,190 people
20–24	3,919 people	3,516 people	7,435 people
15–19	4,559 people	4,223 people	8,782 people
10–14	7,815 people	7,464 people	15,279 people
5–9	7,969 people	7,424 people	15,393 people
1–4	4,172 people	3,779 people	7,951 people
0	575 people	475 people	1,050 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	147 people	105 people	252 people
80–84	289 people	206 people	495 people
75–79	553 people	407 people	960 people
70–74	1,068 people	767 people	1,835 people
65–69	1,436 people	1,220 people	2,656 people
60–64	2,210 people	1,626 people	3,836 people
55–59	3,001 people	2,660 people	5,661 people
50–54	3,362 people	3,035 people	6,397 people
45–49	4,762 people	4,262 people	9,024 people
40–44	6,355 people	5,715 people	12,070 people
35–39	6,549 people	5,818 people	12,367 people
30–34	6,797 people	6,064 people	12,861 people
25–29	7,366 people	6,775 people	14,141 people
20–24	7,793 people	7,574 people	15,367 people
15–19	6,056 people	5,642 people	11,698 people
10–14	5,212 people	4,616 people	9,828 people
5–9	5,492 people	5,023 people	10,515 people
1–4	5,026 people	4,639 people	9,665 people
0	1,614 people	1,476 people	3,090 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	87 people	85 people	172 people
80–84	166 people	167 people	333 people
75–79	362 people	318 people	680 people
70–74	720 people	535 people	1,255 people
65–69	1,024 people	818 people	1,842 people
60–64	1,569 people	1,336 people	2,905 people
55–59	1,680 people	1,480 people	3,160 people
50–54	2,379 people	2,087 people	4,466 people
45–49	3,037 people	2,850 people	5,887 people
40–44	3,345 people	3,248 people	6,593 people
35–39	4,506 people	4,593 people	9,099 people
30–34	5,619 people	5,750 people	11,369 people
25–29	6,231 people	6,156 people	12,387 people
20–24	6,787 people	6,745 people	13,532 people
15–19	8,480 people	8,000 people	16,480 people
10–14	10,112 people	9,816 people	19,928 people
5–9	7,071 people	6,657 people	13,728 people
1–4	4,268 people	3,875 people	8,143 people
0	1,008 people	933 people	1,941 people

Ethnic composition

Population by ethnic group in the latest census.

Kazakh45.49%

64,925 people

Han18.42%

26,291 people

Hui14.11%

20,132 people

Uyghur11.32%

16,158 people

Kyrgyz6.33%

9,029 people

Mongol2.90%

4,141 people

Dongxiang1.09%

1,559 people

Uzbek0.09%

131 people

Xibe0.07%

106 people

Yi0.05%

66 people

Salar0.04%

61 people

Manchu0.03%

39 people

Tujia0.02%

31 people

Tibetan0.01%

14 people

Tatar0.01%

13 people

Zhuang0.01%

8 people

Russian0.00%

6 people

Lahu0.00%

2 people

Miao0.00%

1 people

Dong0.00%

1 people

Bai0.00%

1 people

Dai0.00%

1 people

Blang0.00%

1 people

Yugur0.00%

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