Census data

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

Value	Fifth census	Sixth census	Seventh census
Total population	2,016,787 people	2,187,009 people	2,282,581 people
Urbanization rate	28.7%	48.3%	61.4%
Urban population	578,023 people	1,057,289 people	1,400,750 people
Male	1,057,229 people	1,149,068 people	1,192,560 people
Female	959,558 people	1,037,941 people	1,090,021 people
Households	527,297	646,054	848,500
Average household size	3.66	3.14	2.51

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+	7,236 people	8,219 people	15,455 people
80–84	13,402 people	15,006 people	28,408 people
75–79	19,197 people	21,023 people	40,220 people
70–74	28,747 people	29,205 people	57,952 people
65–69	46,936 people	46,195 people	93,131 people
60–64	61,867 people	58,402 people	120,269 people
55–59	78,996 people	73,496 people	152,492 people
50–54	95,812 people	89,005 people	184,817 people
45–49	93,958 people	87,508 people	181,466 people
40–44	75,146 people	65,367 people	140,513 people
35–39	105,675 people	90,955 people	196,630 people
30–34	127,611 people	118,819 people	246,430 people
25–29	84,645 people	78,309 people	162,954 people
20–24	45,031 people	38,370 people	83,401 people
15–19	51,263 people	45,831 people	97,094 people
10–14	90,116 people	78,043 people	168,159 people
5–9	97,402 people	83,911 people	181,313 people
1–4	59,919 people	53,695 people	113,614 people
0	9,601 people	8,662 people	18,263 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	2,856 people	2,989 people	5,845 people
80–84	6,005 people	5,721 people	11,726 people
75–79	13,683 people	12,834 people	26,517 people
70–74	22,952 people	22,210 people	45,162 people
65–69	25,051 people	25,221 people	50,272 people
60–64	34,374 people	32,314 people	66,688 people
55–59	52,970 people	48,949 people	101,919 people
50–54	69,213 people	61,971 people	131,184 people
45–49	86,981 people	78,000 people	164,981 people
40–44	103,062 people	92,801 people	195,863 people
35–39	102,342 people	92,011 people	194,353 people
30–34	84,002 people	72,096 people	156,098 people
25–29	112,979 people	99,157 people	212,136 people
20–24	128,494 people	123,475 people	251,969 people
15–19	103,946 people	100,567 people	204,513 people
10–14	64,117 people	54,917 people	119,034 people
5–9	61,287 people	51,826 people	113,113 people
1–4	63,094 people	51,342 people	114,436 people
0	11,660 people	9,540 people	21,200 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	1,076 people	994 people	2,070 people
80–84	3,696 people	3,448 people	7,144 people
75–79	9,339 people	7,755 people	17,094 people
70–74	14,929 people	13,020 people	27,949 people
65–69	22,673 people	20,324 people	42,997 people
60–64	32,081 people	29,109 people	61,190 people
55–59	30,731 people	29,858 people	60,589 people
50–54	39,900 people	36,176 people	76,076 people
45–49	59,430 people	53,594 people	113,024 people
40–44	74,496 people	64,944 people	139,440 people
35–39	91,390 people	81,071 people	172,461 people
30–34	102,243 people	92,844 people	195,087 people
25–29	96,943 people	89,436 people	186,379 people
20–24	70,524 people	65,648 people	136,172 people
15–19	103,595 people	96,283 people	199,878 people
10–14	150,562 people	141,943 people	292,505 people
5–9	97,979 people	87,906 people	185,885 people
1–4	44,748 people	36,154 people	80,902 people
0	10,894 people	9,051 people	19,945 people

Ethnic composition

Population by ethnic group in the latest census.

Han99.93%

2,185,502 people

Hui0.03%

664 people

Manchu0.01%

223 people

Tujia0.01%

183 people

Mongol0.01%

108 people

Yi0.00%

68 people

Zhuang0.00%

60 people

Miao0.00%

55 people

Dong0.00%

52 people

Tibetan0.00%

18 people

Bouyei0.00%

17 people

Li0.00%

11 people

Korean0.00%

8 people

Tu0.00%

7 people

Yao0.00%

6 people

Uyghur0.00%

5 people

Jingpo0.00%

5 people

Lahu0.00%

4 people

Hani0.00%

3 people

Gelao0.00%

3 people

Kazakh0.00%

2 people

Dai0.00%

1 people

Dongxiang0.00%

1 people

Sui0.00%

1 people

Mulao0.00%

1 people

Xibe0.00%

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