Census data

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

Value	Fifth census	Sixth census	Seventh census
Total population	816,026 people	666,696 people	545,632 people
Urbanization rate	21.3%	45.1%	64.6%
Urban population	174,030 people	300,743 people	352,621 people
Male	414,890 people	336,745 people	275,774 people
Female	401,136 people	329,951 people	269,858 people
Households	197,044	178,394	163,630
Average household size	4.03	3.65	3.12

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+	2,540 people	5,024 people	7,564 people
80–84	3,779 people	4,909 people	8,688 people
75–79	6,688 people	7,274 people	13,962 people
70–74	11,466 people	12,766 people	24,232 people
65–69	16,947 people	18,189 people	35,136 people
60–64	16,173 people	16,968 people	33,141 people
55–59	18,506 people	19,493 people	37,999 people
50–54	23,014 people	23,365 people	46,379 people
45–49	22,134 people	22,192 people	44,326 people
40–44	15,603 people	15,611 people	31,214 people
35–39	16,104 people	15,271 people	31,375 people
30–34	26,375 people	24,084 people	50,459 people
25–29	18,951 people	17,266 people	36,217 people
20–24	13,130 people	10,487 people	23,617 people
15–19	13,231 people	10,458 people	23,689 people
10–14	17,235 people	14,423 people	31,658 people
5–9	17,610 people	16,276 people	33,886 people
1–4	13,843 people	13,372 people	27,215 people
0	2,445 people	2,430 people	4,875 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	1,436 people	3,480 people	4,916 people
80–84	2,822 people	4,752 people	7,574 people
75–79	5,022 people	6,879 people	11,901 people
70–74	7,645 people	8,195 people	15,840 people
65–69	10,580 people	10,365 people	20,945 people
60–64	16,449 people	17,008 people	33,457 people
55–59	22,941 people	23,802 people	46,743 people
50–54	21,422 people	22,593 people	44,015 people
45–49	23,761 people	24,774 people	48,535 people
40–44	29,350 people	28,531 people	57,881 people
35–39	27,732 people	27,003 people	54,735 people
30–34	19,103 people	19,223 people	38,326 people
25–29	20,099 people	20,606 people	40,705 people
20–24	30,851 people	30,242 people	61,093 people
15–19	31,204 people	28,895 people	60,099 people
10–14	24,547 people	19,631 people	44,178 people
5–9	21,241 people	16,824 people	38,065 people
1–4	16,689 people	13,700 people	30,389 people
0	3,851 people	3,448 people	7,299 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	849 people	2,551 people	3,400 people
80–84	2,409 people	4,737 people	7,146 people
75–79	5,004 people	7,265 people	12,269 people
70–74	7,713 people	9,812 people	17,525 people
65–69	9,622 people	11,115 people	20,737 people
60–64	12,024 people	11,245 people	23,269 people
55–59	14,875 people	13,645 people	28,520 people
50–54	21,567 people	21,493 people	43,060 people
45–49	29,436 people	29,887 people	59,323 people
40–44	27,083 people	27,842 people	54,925 people
35–39	30,163 people	30,383 people	60,546 people
30–34	37,243 people	35,041 people	72,284 people
25–29	36,355 people	34,195 people	70,550 people
20–24	26,337 people	25,544 people	51,881 people
15–19	32,449 people	30,525 people	62,974 people
10–14	52,517 people	48,536 people	101,053 people
5–9	39,391 people	34,481 people	73,872 people
1–4	24,111 people	17,973 people	42,084 people
0	5,742 people	4,866 people	10,608 people

Ethnic composition

Population by ethnic group in the latest census.

Han99.12%

540,825 people

Hui0.83%

4,553 people

Manchu0.01%

48 people

Tujia0.01%

39 people

Miao0.01%

37 people

Mongol0.01%

30 people

Zhuang0.00%

22 people

Dong0.00%

15 people

Yi0.00%

10 people

Dai0.00%

8 people

Bouyei0.00%

6 people

Salar0.00%

6 people

Uyghur0.00%

5 people

Yao0.00%

4 people

Tibetan0.00%

3 people

Bai0.00%

3 people

Hani0.00%

3 people

Other groups0.00%

3 people

Naxi0.00%

2 people

Korean0.00%

1 people

Li0.00%

1 people

Kazakh0.00%

1 people

She0.00%

1 people

Gelao0.00%

1 people

Wa0.00%

1 people

Sui0.00%

1 people

Tu0.00%

1 people

Jingpo0.00%

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