Census data

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

Value	Fifth census	Sixth census	Seventh census
Total population	694,847 people	734,870 people	640,181 people
Urbanization rate	17.5%	25.5%	49.5%
Urban population	121,698 people	187,436 people	316,994 people
Male	363,904 people	379,627 people	328,753 people
Female	330,943 people	355,243 people	311,428 people
Households	192,911	197,587	230,400
Average household size	3.54	3.66	2.70

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+	3,603 people	5,531 people	9,134 people
80–84	5,770 people	6,584 people	12,354 people
75–79	8,853 people	9,212 people	18,065 people
70–74	13,528 people	13,407 people	26,935 people
65–69	18,752 people	18,688 people	37,440 people
60–64	16,566 people	15,975 people	32,541 people
55–59	25,004 people	26,089 people	51,093 people
50–54	28,132 people	28,871 people	57,003 people
45–49	23,199 people	22,906 people	46,105 people
40–44	16,371 people	17,178 people	33,549 people
35–39	17,293 people	17,856 people	35,149 people
30–34	21,852 people	20,399 people	42,251 people
25–29	13,107 people	11,477 people	24,584 people
20–24	14,506 people	12,298 people	26,804 people
15–19	24,952 people	18,794 people	43,746 people
10–14	31,752 people	26,601 people	58,353 people
5–9	26,298 people	22,669 people	48,967 people
1–4	16,193 people	14,182 people	30,375 people
0	3,022 people	2,711 people	5,733 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	1,849 people	2,773 people	4,622 people
80–84	4,101 people	4,880 people	8,981 people
75–79	7,594 people	8,218 people	15,812 people
70–74	10,458 people	9,974 people	20,432 people
65–69	12,470 people	11,347 people	23,817 people
60–64	16,817 people	15,391 people	32,208 people
55–59	21,623 people	20,832 people	42,455 people
50–54	19,032 people	17,780 people	36,812 people
45–49	28,589 people	28,319 people	56,908 people
40–44	33,727 people	32,780 people	66,507 people
35–39	29,420 people	28,374 people	57,794 people
30–34	21,543 people	23,069 people	44,612 people
25–29	23,213 people	25,674 people	48,887 people
20–24	30,566 people	31,483 people	62,049 people
15–19	23,946 people	19,923 people	43,869 people
10–14	27,157 people	21,762 people	48,919 people
5–9	35,769 people	27,661 people	63,430 people
1–4	25,685 people	20,213 people	45,898 people
0	6,068 people	4,790 people	10,858 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	876 people	1,695 people	2,571 people
80–84	1,851 people	2,558 people	4,409 people
75–79	4,572 people	5,132 people	9,704 people
70–74	8,294 people	8,061 people	16,355 people
65–69	11,456 people	10,901 people	22,357 people
60–64	13,804 people	11,954 people	25,758 people
55–59	14,427 people	12,349 people	26,776 people
50–54	18,670 people	16,451 people	35,121 people
45–49	23,541 people	21,753 people	45,294 people
40–44	20,999 people	19,010 people	40,009 people
35–39	32,290 people	30,750 people	63,040 people
30–34	37,717 people	36,286 people	74,003 people
25–29	31,908 people	30,627 people	62,535 people
20–24	23,315 people	23,756 people	47,071 people
15–19	29,503 people	26,802 people	56,305 people
10–14	40,937 people	35,401 people	76,338 people
5–9	24,910 people	19,579 people	44,489 people
1–4	19,584 people	14,499 people	34,083 people
0	5,250 people	3,379 people	8,629 people

Ethnic composition

Population by ethnic group in the latest census.

Han98.86%

726,499 people

Miao0.93%

6,822 people

Mulao0.07%

522 people

Hui0.04%

265 people

Dong0.03%

248 people

Zhuang0.02%

160 people

Yao0.02%

125 people

Tujia0.01%

90 people

Bouyei0.01%

47 people

Yi0.00%

10 people

Tu0.00%

9 people

Gelao0.00%

8 people

Other groups0.00%

8 people

Manchu0.00%

7 people

Li0.00%

7 people

Gaoshan0.00%

7 people

Uyghur0.00%

4 people

Tibetan0.00%

4 people

Mongol0.00%

4 people

Hani0.00%

4 people

Kazakh0.00%

4 people

Bai0.00%

3 people

Sui0.00%

3 people

Dai0.00%

2 people

Wa0.00%

2 people

Naxi0.00%

2 people

Nu0.00%

2 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