Census data

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

Value	Fifth census	Sixth census	Seventh census
Total population	1,289,584 people	904,957 people	923,235 people
Urbanization rate	26.7%	43.9%	60.6%
Urban population	344,522 people	397,259 people	559,788 people
Male	661,264 people	461,519 people	473,191 people
Female	628,320 people	443,438 people	450,044 people
Households	327,111	239,431	308,571
Average household size	3.73	3.57	2.82

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+	2,553 people	5,132 people	7,685 people
80–84	4,356 people	6,164 people	10,520 people
75–79	9,149 people	10,891 people	20,040 people
70–74	14,799 people	16,190 people	30,989 people
65–69	24,010 people	26,019 people	50,029 people
60–64	24,201 people	25,315 people	49,516 people
55–59	38,161 people	38,627 people	76,788 people
50–54	40,224 people	39,337 people	79,561 people
45–49	37,247 people	35,037 people	72,284 people
40–44	31,576 people	28,407 people	59,983 people
35–39	35,691 people	31,626 people	67,317 people
30–34	46,729 people	44,400 people	91,129 people
25–29	31,288 people	29,753 people	61,041 people
20–24	16,517 people	13,772 people	30,289 people
15–19	20,956 people	16,738 people	37,694 people
10–14	33,749 people	28,195 people	61,944 people
5–9	33,804 people	28,708 people	62,512 people
1–4	23,747 people	21,712 people	45,459 people
0	4,434 people	4,021 people	8,455 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	1,448 people	3,147 people	4,595 people
80–84	2,064 people	3,262 people	5,326 people
75–79	5,848 people	7,452 people	13,300 people
70–74	9,040 people	9,867 people	18,907 people
65–69	14,128 people	14,310 people	28,438 people
60–64	19,523 people	19,232 people	38,755 people
55–59	28,348 people	28,947 people	57,295 people
50–54	27,500 people	27,756 people	55,256 people
45–49	41,268 people	40,181 people	81,449 people
40–44	42,778 people	39,659 people	82,437 people
35–39	39,373 people	35,811 people	75,184 people
30–34	32,200 people	29,607 people	61,807 people
25–29	34,562 people	33,553 people	68,115 people
20–24	42,648 people	44,242 people	86,890 people
15–19	37,978 people	37,149 people	75,127 people
10–14	22,947 people	19,701 people	42,648 people
5–9	25,695 people	21,298 people	46,993 people
1–4	26,346 people	21,842 people	48,188 people
0	7,825 people	6,422 people	14,247 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	783 people	1,993 people	2,776 people
80–84	2,422 people	4,530 people	6,952 people
75–79	5,903 people	8,593 people	14,496 people
70–74	8,209 people	9,726 people	17,935 people
65–69	13,923 people	14,556 people	28,479 people
60–64	18,040 people	17,070 people	35,110 people
55–59	23,296 people	21,985 people	45,281 people
50–54	30,927 people	29,414 people	60,341 people
45–49	43,802 people	44,562 people	88,364 people
40–44	41,479 people	41,446 people	82,925 people
35–39	62,777 people	59,250 people	122,027 people
30–34	64,908 people	59,163 people	124,071 people
25–29	60,073 people	54,132 people	114,205 people
20–24	48,568 people	45,518 people	94,086 people
15–19	66,358 people	61,565 people	127,923 people
10–14	84,977 people	80,224 people	165,201 people
5–9	54,718 people	49,396 people	104,114 people
1–4	23,934 people	20,154 people	44,088 people
0	6,167 people	5,043 people	11,210 people

Ethnic composition

Population by ethnic group in the latest census.

Han99.82%

903,351 people

Hui0.11%

961 people

Kazakh0.02%

132 people

Tujia0.01%

116 people

Miao0.01%

106 people

Zhuang0.01%

72 people

Manchu0.01%

54 people

Mongol0.01%

44 people

Wa0.00%

22 people

Li0.00%

19 people

Bouyei0.00%

13 people

Tu0.00%

13 people

Yao0.00%

9 people

Nu0.00%

9 people

Uyghur0.00%

7 people

Yi0.00%

6 people

Tibetan0.00%

6 people

Gelao0.00%

6 people

Other groups0.00%

5 people

Korean0.00%

2 people

Lahu0.00%

2 people

Gin0.00%

2 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