Census data

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

Value	Fifth census	Sixth census	Seventh census
Total population	5,292,200 people	5,286,077 people	4,688,744 people
Urbanization rate	21.6%	31.6%	49.3%
Urban population	1,143,636 people	1,669,297 people	2,311,932 people
Male	2,704,108 people	2,682,710 people	2,355,147 people
Female	2,588,092 people	2,603,367 people	2,333,597 people
Households	1,338,408	1,445,151	1,625,880
Average household size	3.79	3.45	2.71

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+	17,344 people	28,276 people	45,620 people
80–84	33,316 people	45,154 people	78,470 people
75–79	58,547 people	71,456 people	130,003 people
70–74	93,430 people	103,000 people	196,430 people
65–69	141,080 people	149,110 people	290,190 people
60–64	167,549 people	165,539 people	333,088 people
55–59	197,489 people	197,334 people	394,823 people
50–54	216,381 people	214,866 people	431,247 people
45–49	194,578 people	194,388 people	388,966 people
40–44	138,486 people	136,529 people	275,015 people
35–39	146,709 people	141,191 people	287,900 people
30–34	203,552 people	197,885 people	401,437 people
25–29	154,919 people	144,472 people	299,391 people
20–24	91,888 people	79,513 people	171,401 people
15–19	94,869 people	80,867 people	175,736 people
10–14	129,017 people	120,851 people	249,868 people
5–9	145,620 people	138,415 people	284,035 people
1–4	110,134 people	105,547 people	215,681 people
0	20,239 people	19,204 people	39,443 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	9,452 people	15,111 people	24,563 people
80–84	17,169 people	23,346 people	40,515 people
75–79	38,867 people	47,665 people	86,532 people
70–74	64,080 people	72,147 people	136,227 people
65–69	85,833 people	93,087 people	178,920 people
60–64	122,811 people	124,709 people	247,520 people
55–59	171,697 people	172,603 people	344,300 people
50–54	200,217 people	193,420 people	393,637 people
45–49	230,797 people	224,779 people	455,576 people
40–44	255,593 people	244,106 people	499,699 people
35–39	236,777 people	227,850 people	464,627 people
30–34	173,156 people	165,976 people	339,132 people
25–29	177,793 people	171,706 people	349,499 people
20–24	251,649 people	247,219 people	498,868 people
15–19	251,397 people	231,808 people	483,205 people
10–14	154,303 people	133,517 people	287,820 people
5–9	114,869 people	100,659 people	215,528 people
1–4	101,723 people	91,457 people	193,180 people
0	24,527 people	22,202 people	46,729 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	3,983 people	7,388 people	11,371 people
80–84	12,459 people	17,363 people	29,822 people
75–79	29,061 people	35,612 people	64,673 people
70–74	40,537 people	45,612 people	86,149 people
65–69	63,435 people	69,245 people	132,680 people
60–64	85,670 people	89,039 people	174,709 people
55–59	101,728 people	102,812 people	204,540 people
50–54	137,218 people	133,395 people	270,613 people
45–49	184,134 people	179,951 people	364,085 people
40–44	208,286 people	197,996 people	406,282 people
35–39	241,372 people	230,606 people	471,978 people
30–34	262,231 people	246,104 people	508,335 people
25–29	236,442 people	224,589 people	461,031 people
20–24	164,691 people	160,542 people	325,233 people
15–19	215,469 people	201,522 people	416,991 people
10–14	324,024 people	304,409 people	628,433 people
5–9	246,554 people	219,369 people	465,923 people
1–4	117,906 people	98,107 people	216,013 people
0	28,908 people	24,431 people	53,339 people

Ethnic composition

Population by ethnic group in the latest census.

Han99.89%

5,280,161 people

Hui0.08%

4,458 people

Manchu0.01%

713 people

Mongol0.01%

308 people

Tibetan0.00%

127 people

Zhuang0.00%

92 people

Li0.00%

44 people

Tujia0.00%

24 people

Miao0.00%

22 people

Wa0.00%

20 people

Bai0.00%

17 people

Uyghur0.00%

13 people

Korean0.00%

11 people

Yi0.00%

10 people

Yao0.00%

9 people

Tu0.00%

9 people

Kazakh0.00%

5 people

Dai0.00%

5 people

Sui0.00%

5 people

Bouyei0.00%

4 people

Lisu0.00%

2 people

Lahu0.00%

2 people

Dong0.00%

1 people

Dongxiang0.00%

1 people

Gelao0.00%

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