Census data

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

Value	Fifth census	Sixth census	Seventh census
Total population	1,061,269 people	917,616 people	792,829 people
Urbanization rate	7.7%	25.9%	45.1%
Urban population	81,786 people	237,322 people	357,475 people
Male	549,016 people	468,394 people	404,382 people
Female	512,253 people	449,222 people	388,447 people
Households	299,052	272,644	282,688
Average household size	3.50	3.15	2.59

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+	4,591 people	6,533 people	11,124 people
80–84	8,031 people	7,946 people	15,977 people
75–79	12,366 people	12,129 people	24,495 people
70–74	21,692 people	21,069 people	42,761 people
65–69	28,423 people	27,438 people	55,861 people
60–64	22,325 people	20,364 people	42,689 people
55–59	36,914 people	38,681 people	75,595 people
50–54	39,358 people	43,582 people	82,940 people
45–49	27,353 people	28,858 people	56,211 people
40–44	21,754 people	20,478 people	42,232 people
35–39	28,752 people	26,194 people	54,946 people
30–34	33,915 people	31,536 people	65,451 people
25–29	18,242 people	16,156 people	34,398 people
20–24	15,469 people	13,035 people	28,504 people
15–19	17,464 people	13,247 people	30,711 people
10–14	21,840 people	19,909 people	41,749 people
5–9	24,939 people	22,168 people	47,107 people
1–4	17,853 people	16,106 people	33,959 people
0	3,101 people	3,018 people	6,119 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	2,920 people	4,349 people	7,269 people
80–84	5,967 people	7,144 people	13,111 people
75–79	10,988 people	11,445 people	22,433 people
70–74	17,259 people	13,982 people	31,241 people
65–69	20,247 people	17,061 people	37,308 people
60–64	31,157 people	27,124 people	58,281 people
55–59	36,479 people	33,504 people	69,983 people
50–54	27,061 people	24,649 people	51,710 people
45–49	43,229 people	45,320 people	88,549 people
40–44	44,716 people	49,808 people	94,524 people
35–39	30,568 people	32,651 people	63,219 people
30–34	24,627 people	23,752 people	48,379 people
25–29	30,703 people	31,113 people	61,816 people
20–24	34,381 people	36,438 people	70,819 people
15–19	30,780 people	26,109 people	56,889 people
10–14	26,239 people	21,748 people	47,987 people
5–9	24,670 people	20,256 people	44,926 people
1–4	20,486 people	17,771 people	38,257 people
0	5,917 people	4,998 people	10,915 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	1,549 people	2,643 people	4,192 people
80–84	3,883 people	5,091 people	8,974 people
75–79	8,620 people	9,735 people	18,355 people
70–74	13,740 people	13,842 people	27,582 people
65–69	18,393 people	16,984 people	35,377 people
60–64	24,095 people	18,110 people	42,205 people
55–59	25,421 people	20,341 people	45,762 people
50–54	37,087 people	31,638 people	68,725 people
45–49	42,294 people	38,318 people	80,612 people
40–44	30,696 people	27,656 people	58,352 people
35–39	50,748 people	51,320 people	102,068 people
30–34	54,459 people	58,715 people	113,174 people
25–29	36,024 people	38,092 people	74,116 people
20–24	28,037 people	27,851 people	55,888 people
15–19	46,610 people	39,922 people	86,532 people
10–14	65,253 people	60,822 people	126,075 people
5–9	32,880 people	27,915 people	60,795 people
1–4	22,705 people	18,087 people	40,792 people
0	6,522 people	5,171 people	11,693 people

Ethnic composition

Population by ethnic group in the latest census.

Han99.86%

916,350 people

Miao0.04%

401 people

Tujia0.03%

311 people

Zhuang0.01%

97 people

Hui0.01%

71 people

Dong0.01%

71 people

Tu0.01%

44 people

Yao0.00%

39 people

Yi0.00%

37 people

Bouyei0.00%

30 people

Manchu0.00%

20 people

Maonan0.00%

19 people

Hani0.00%

17 people

Mongol0.00%

14 people

Bai0.00%

14 people

Tibetan0.00%

13 people

Li0.00%

13 people

Other groups0.00%

13 people

Dai0.00%

9 people

Gelao0.00%

8 people

Uyghur0.00%

4 people

Lahu0.00%

4 people

She0.00%

3 people

Korean0.00%

2 people

Qiang0.00%

2 people

Mulao0.00%

2 people

Kazakh0.00%

1 people

Naxi0.00%

1 people

Xibe0.00%

1 people

Blang0.00%

1 people

Tajik0.00%

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