Census data

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

Value	Fifth census	Sixth census	Seventh census
Total population	916,807 people	930,028 people	729,141 people
Urbanization rate	8.7%	37.3%	36.1%
Urban population	79,626 people	346,569 people	262,911 people
Male	476,547 people	481,092 people	376,324 people
Female	440,260 people	448,936 people	352,817 people
Households	247,055	286,139	299,611
Average household size	3.68	3.14	2.33

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+	2,921 people	2,650 people	5,571 people
80–84	15,298 people	13,963 people	29,261 people
75–79	22,780 people	21,054 people	43,834 people
70–74	26,214 people	23,067 people	49,281 people
65–69	20,901 people	16,483 people	37,384 people
60–64	18,909 people	15,046 people	33,955 people
55–59	25,448 people	20,751 people	46,199 people
50–54	26,974 people	22,704 people	49,678 people
45–49	17,679 people	15,678 people	33,357 people
40–44	17,864 people	17,141 people	35,005 people
35–39	31,630 people	31,447 people	63,077 people
30–34	31,407 people	32,277 people	63,684 people
25–29	22,386 people	23,392 people	45,778 people
20–24	18,354 people	17,324 people	35,678 people
15–19	27,432 people	29,051 people	56,483 people
10–14	22,471 people	20,937 people	43,408 people
5–9	15,385 people	15,589 people	30,974 people
1–4	7,823 people	8,517 people	16,340 people
0	4,448 people	5,746 people	10,194 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	4,074 people	3,382 people	7,456 people
80–84	22,129 people	18,298 people	40,427 people
75–79	30,333 people	24,368 people	54,701 people
70–74	41,238 people	33,078 people	74,316 people
65–69	53,139 people	43,084 people	96,223 people
60–64	39,368 people	36,420 people	75,788 people
55–59	24,807 people	23,782 people	48,589 people
50–54	24,981 people	24,991 people	49,972 people
45–49	40,679 people	42,253 people	82,932 people
40–44	38,028 people	39,201 people	77,229 people
35–39	25,605 people	27,040 people	52,645 people
30–34	20,892 people	21,193 people	42,085 people
25–29	32,575 people	34,105 people	66,680 people
20–24	29,626 people	26,115 people	55,741 people
15–19	22,760 people	20,536 people	43,296 people
10–14	14,349 people	13,355 people	27,704 people
5–9	8,630 people	8,341 people	16,971 people
1–4	5,212 people	5,725 people	10,937 people
0	2,667 people	3,669 people	6,336 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	4,989 people	3,586 people	8,575 people
80–84	28,917 people	20,911 people	49,828 people
75–79	51,606 people	39,911 people	91,517 people
70–74	57,440 people	45,034 people	102,474 people
65–69	34,393 people	26,825 people	61,218 people
60–64	28,357 people	30,948 people	59,305 people
55–59	40,080 people	43,124 people	83,204 people
50–54	39,672 people	42,652 people	82,324 people
45–49	27,360 people	29,812 people	57,172 people
40–44	21,780 people	22,542 people	44,322 people
35–39	33,175 people	35,625 people	68,800 people
30–34	31,660 people	27,996 people	59,656 people
25–29	26,005 people	22,985 people	48,990 people
20–24	18,764 people	16,427 people	35,191 people
15–19	12,738 people	11,062 people	23,800 people
10–14	10,094 people	9,385 people	19,479 people
5–9	5,878 people	6,089 people	11,967 people
1–4	2,679 people	3,556 people	6,235 people
0	960 people	1,790 people	2,750 people

Ethnic composition

Population by ethnic group in the latest census.

Han99.97%

929,753 people

Manchu0.01%

68 people

Yi0.01%

58 people

Tujia0.00%

34 people

Korean0.00%

27 people

Tibetan0.00%

19 people

Miao0.00%

17 people

Hui0.00%

6 people

Kazakh0.00%

5 people

Jingpo0.00%

5 people

Yao0.00%

4 people

Li0.00%

4 people

Dai0.00%

4 people

Lisu0.00%

4 people

Maonan0.00%

4 people

Zhuang0.00%

3 people

She0.00%

3 people

Lahu0.00%

3 people

Dong0.00%

2 people

Bai0.00%

1 people

Hani0.00%

1 people

Dongxiang0.00%

1 people

Mulao0.00%

1 people

Evenki0.00%

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