Census data

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

Value	Fifth census	Sixth census	Seventh census
Total population	758,957 people	585,624 people	555,897 people
Urbanization rate	11.2%	22.5%	37.5%
Urban population	85,344 people	131,910 people	208,632 people
Male	388,665 people	291,884 people	281,780 people
Female	370,292 people	293,740 people	274,117 people
Households	213,399	205,758	236,503
Average household size	3.50	2.80	2.26

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+	2,203 people	1,962 people	4,165 people
80–84	10,734 people	10,319 people	21,053 people
75–79	16,504 people	15,093 people	31,597 people
70–74	18,905 people	16,570 people	35,475 people
65–69	15,309 people	12,689 people	27,998 people
60–64	13,334 people	10,897 people	24,231 people
55–59	17,386 people	15,081 people	32,467 people
50–54	19,424 people	17,186 people	36,610 people
45–49	12,454 people	11,961 people	24,415 people
40–44	11,581 people	12,305 people	23,886 people
35–39	20,816 people	23,766 people	44,582 people
30–34	23,873 people	26,932 people	50,805 people
25–29	20,918 people	22,214 people	43,132 people
20–24	18,416 people	15,530 people	33,946 people
15–19	22,897 people	20,842 people	43,739 people
10–14	16,182 people	15,458 people	31,640 people
5–9	11,020 people	12,614 people	23,634 people
1–4	6,211 people	7,177 people	13,388 people
0	3,613 people	5,521 people	9,134 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	2,873 people	2,325 people	5,198 people
80–84	14,218 people	11,981 people	26,199 people
75–79	19,359 people	15,978 people	35,337 people
70–74	25,521 people	21,169 people	46,690 people
65–69	28,676 people	26,717 people	55,393 people
60–64	19,268 people	20,686 people	39,954 people
55–59	11,915 people	13,393 people	25,308 people
50–54	11,400 people	13,554 people	24,954 people
45–49	19,636 people	24,211 people	43,847 people
40–44	21,594 people	25,550 people	47,144 people
35–39	18,540 people	21,020 people	39,560 people
30–34	17,703 people	16,299 people	34,002 people
25–29	23,669 people	22,554 people	46,223 people
20–24	19,230 people	17,516 people	36,746 people
15–19	15,306 people	15,531 people	30,837 people
10–14	10,791 people	10,553 people	21,344 people
5–9	6,552 people	7,144 people	13,696 people
1–4	3,890 people	4,624 people	8,514 people
0	1,743 people	2,935 people	4,678 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	5,156 people	4,034 people	9,190 people
80–84	22,710 people	18,199 people	40,909 people
75–79	38,997 people	33,363 people	72,360 people
70–74	46,716 people	41,587 people	88,303 people
65–69	25,150 people	21,115 people	46,265 people
60–64	17,078 people	19,687 people	36,765 people
55–59	30,008 people	33,374 people	63,382 people
50–54	35,335 people	38,482 people	73,817 people
45–49	30,114 people	30,904 people	61,018 people
40–44	24,338 people	20,223 people	44,561 people
35–39	29,694 people	26,493 people	56,187 people
30–34	22,634 people	20,169 people	42,803 people
25–29	18,885 people	18,767 people	37,652 people
20–24	15,846 people	14,245 people	30,091 people
15–19	10,839 people	10,899 people	21,738 people
10–14	8,238 people	8,543 people	16,781 people
5–9	4,373 people	5,468 people	9,841 people
1–4	1,883 people	3,004 people	4,887 people
0	671 people	1,736 people	2,407 people

Ethnic composition

Population by ethnic group in the latest census.

Han99.90%

585,047 people

Hui0.05%

270 people

Yi0.01%

71 people

Manchu0.01%

56 people

Korean0.00%

23 people

Tibetan0.00%

20 people

She0.00%

20 people

Hani0.00%

14 people

Kazakh0.00%

14 people

Tujia0.00%

13 people

Bai0.00%

11 people

Lahu0.00%

8 people

Naxi0.00%

8 people

Miao0.00%

7 people

Maonan0.00%

7 people

Zhuang0.00%

5 people

Bouyei0.00%

5 people

Dong0.00%

4 people

Lisu0.00%

4 people

Yao0.00%

3 people

Dai0.00%

3 people

Evenki0.00%

3 people

Wa0.00%

2 people

Achang0.00%

2 people

Li0.00%

1 people

Dongxiang0.00%

1 people

Jingpo0.00%

1 people

Daur0.00%

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