Census data

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

Value	Fifth census	Sixth census	Seventh census
Total population	219,219 people	233,933 people	266,002 people
Urbanization rate	14.5%	26.1%	31.2%
Urban population	31,734 people	61,036 people	83,110 people
Male	115,111 people	121,934 people	137,563 people
Female	104,108 people	111,999 people	128,439 people
Households	54,633	68,194	78,482
Average household size	3.86	3.33	2.98

Age pyramid

Male and female population by five-year age group in the latest census.

census.age_pyramid_scale

census.age_table_title

census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	954 people	950 people	1,904 people
80–84	6,443 people	6,183 people	12,626 people
75–79	13,663 people	13,202 people	26,865 people
70–74	10,716 people	10,172 people	20,888 people
65–69	8,776 people	9,308 people	18,084 people
60–64	9,762 people	10,252 people	20,014 people
55–59	11,295 people	10,051 people	21,346 people
50–54	14,370 people	12,498 people	26,868 people
45–49	11,032 people	9,623 people	20,655 people
40–44	9,455 people	8,480 people	17,935 people
35–39	10,884 people	10,068 people	20,952 people
30–34	10,573 people	9,672 people	20,245 people
25–29	7,231 people	6,254 people	13,485 people
20–24	4,244 people	3,779 people	8,023 people
15–19	3,154 people	2,940 people	6,094 people
10–14	2,528 people	2,497 people	5,025 people
5–9	1,440 people	1,555 people	2,995 people
1–4	685 people	617 people	1,302 people
0	358 people	338 people	696 people

census.age_table_title

census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	1,973 people	1,876 people	3,849 people
80–84	7,909 people	7,582 people	15,491 people
75–79	8,100 people	7,883 people	15,983 people
70–74	8,487 people	8,070 people	16,557 people
65–69	9,969 people	9,291 people	19,260 people
60–64	12,142 people	11,589 people	23,731 people
55–59	10,469 people	9,677 people	20,146 people
50–54	9,597 people	8,792 people	18,389 people
45–49	11,754 people	10,778 people	22,532 people
40–44	12,022 people	10,983 people	23,005 people
35–39	8,812 people	7,261 people	16,073 people
30–34	5,513 people	4,621 people	10,134 people
25–29	4,368 people	3,816 people	8,184 people
20–24	3,879 people	3,660 people	7,539 people
15–19	2,776 people	2,746 people	5,522 people
10–14	2,006 people	1,683 people	3,689 people
5–9	1,147 people	921 people	2,068 people
1–4	618 people	458 people	1,076 people
0	393 people	312 people	705 people

census.age_table_title

census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	1,660 people	1,513 people	3,173 people
80–84	6,396 people	6,002 people	12,398 people
75–79	11,345 people	10,802 people	22,147 people
70–74	14,356 people	13,974 people	28,330 people
65–69	10,926 people	9,864 people	20,790 people
60–64	9,901 people	9,131 people	19,032 people
55–59	12,086 people	10,824 people	22,910 people
50–54	12,240 people	10,797 people	23,037 people
45–49	9,006 people	7,365 people	16,371 people
40–44	5,570 people	4,514 people	10,084 people
35–39	4,733 people	4,284 people	9,017 people
30–34	4,889 people	4,736 people	9,625 people
25–29	3,233 people	3,331 people	6,564 people
20–24	3,069 people	2,611 people	5,680 people
15–19	2,228 people	1,769 people	3,997 people
10–14	1,582 people	1,233 people	2,815 people
5–9	989 people	724 people	1,713 people
1–4	546 people	373 people	919 people
0	356 people	261 people	617 people

Ethnic composition

Population by ethnic group in the latest census.

Uyghur73.93%

172,943 people

Han23.60%

55,217 people

Tu1.64%

3,838 people

Hui0.26%

606 people

Korean0.18%

425 people

Miao0.15%

359 people

Manchu0.07%

161 people

Mulao0.07%

161 people

Li0.04%

85 people

Zhuang0.01%

29 people

Tujia0.01%

18 people

Yi0.01%

16 people

Dong0.01%

13 people

Yao0.00%

10 people

Bouyei0.00%

6 people

Jingpo0.00%

6 people

Maonan0.00%

6 people

Bai0.00%

4 people

She0.00%

4 people

Tajik0.00%

4 people

Tibetan0.00%

3 people

Gelao0.00%

2 people

Salar0.00%

2 people

De'ang0.00%

2 people

Mongol0.00%

1 people

Hani0.00%

1 people

Kazakh0.00%

1 people

Dai0.00%

1 people

Dongxiang0.00%

1 people

Kyrgyz0.00%

1 people

Blang0.00%

1 people

Achang0.00%

1 people

Nu0.00%

1 people

Oroqen0.00%

1 people

Gaoshan0.00%

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