Census data

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

Value	Fifth census	Sixth census	Seventh census
Total population	1,474,078 people	1,175,085 people	1,268,715 people
Urbanization rate	35.2%	47.1%	59.3%
Urban population	518,807 people	553,029 people	752,155 people
Male	774,487 people	613,294 people	666,277 people
Female	699,591 people	561,791 people	602,438 people
Households	362,977	352,595	429,715
Average household size	3.85	3.21	2.75

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+	5,331 people	4,450 people	9,781 people
80–84	28,129 people	22,235 people	50,364 people
75–79	45,476 people	31,466 people	76,942 people
70–74	42,404 people	28,863 people	71,267 people
65–69	23,585 people	17,609 people	41,194 people
60–64	21,041 people	14,452 people	35,493 people
55–59	48,507 people	33,706 people	82,213 people
50–54	60,059 people	55,365 people	115,424 people
45–49	43,204 people	40,454 people	83,658 people
40–44	38,649 people	36,520 people	75,169 people
35–39	50,323 people	49,884 people	100,207 people
30–34	64,753 people	64,555 people	129,308 people
25–29	53,922 people	53,652 people	107,574 people
20–24	44,097 people	43,595 people	87,692 people
15–19	33,259 people	33,376 people	66,635 people
10–14	29,047 people	30,442 people	59,489 people
5–9	17,999 people	19,738 people	37,737 people
1–4	10,368 people	12,561 people	22,929 people
0	6,124 people	9,515 people	15,639 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	7,456 people	5,519 people	12,975 people
80–84	31,349 people	20,897 people	52,246 people
75–79	29,348 people	20,840 people	50,188 people
70–74	31,932 people	19,761 people	51,693 people
65–69	62,302 people	38,469 people	100,771 people
60–64	46,469 people	49,816 people	96,285 people
55–59	35,362 people	36,304 people	71,666 people
50–54	34,128 people	33,076 people	67,204 people
45–49	47,156 people	46,521 people	93,677 people
40–44	61,485 people	60,423 people	121,908 people
35–39	52,366 people	51,953 people	104,319 people
30–34	46,074 people	45,578 people	91,652 people
25–29	36,141 people	35,176 people	71,317 people
20–24	33,508 people	32,951 people	66,459 people
15–19	23,480 people	23,298 people	46,778 people
10–14	17,055 people	18,020 people	35,075 people
5–9	11,226 people	13,192 people	24,418 people
1–4	4,142 people	5,702 people	9,844 people
0	2,315 people	4,295 people	6,610 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	5,987 people	4,134 people	10,121 people
80–84	27,301 people	16,209 people	43,510 people
75–79	79,935 people	50,261 people	130,196 people
70–74	104,199 people	90,532 people	194,731 people
65–69	67,560 people	60,899 people	128,459 people
60–64	47,978 people	45,559 people	93,537 people
55–59	62,225 people	61,332 people	123,557 people
50–54	82,755 people	79,200 people	161,955 people
45–49	68,545 people	65,491 people	134,036 people
40–44	55,656 people	53,450 people	109,106 people
35–39	42,418 people	39,984 people	82,402 people
30–34	38,777 people	37,296 people	76,073 people
25–29	27,610 people	25,689 people	53,299 people
20–24	21,738 people	20,970 people	42,708 people
15–19	20,030 people	20,402 people	40,432 people
10–14	10,130 people	11,455 people	21,585 people
5–9	7,348 people	9,345 people	16,693 people
1–4	3,288 people	5,234 people	8,522 people
0	1,007 people	2,149 people	3,156 people

Ethnic composition

Population by ethnic group in the latest census.

Han99.46%

1,128,615 people

Hui0.26%

2,889 people

Korean0.11%

1,297 people

Uyghur0.06%

694 people

Yi0.03%

322 people

Manchu0.02%

248 people

Miao0.01%

160 people

Zhuang0.01%

99 people

Tujia0.01%

82 people

Bouyei0.01%

77 people

Tibetan0.01%

52 people

Dong0.00%

39 people

Yao0.00%

19 people

Dai0.00%

18 people

Bai0.00%

15 people

Mulao0.00%

9 people

Hani0.00%

8 people

Wa0.00%

8 people

Maonan0.00%

8 people

Kazakh0.00%

6 people

She0.00%

5 people

Jingpo0.00%

4 people

Mongol0.00%

3 people

Dongxiang0.00%

3 people

Kyrgyz0.00%

3 people

Daur0.00%

3 people

Salar0.00%

3 people

Blang0.00%

3 people

Sui0.00%

2 people

Lisu0.00%

1 people

Naxi0.00%

1 people

Qiang0.00%

1 people

Tajik0.00%

1 people

Pumi0.00%

1 people

Tatar0.00%

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