Census data

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

Value	Fifth census	Sixth census	Seventh census
Total population	869,535 people	822,727 people	806,390 people
Urbanization rate	19.4%	44.2%	48.5%
Urban population	168,365 people	363,801 people	390,976 people
Male	440,298 people	412,693 people	409,310 people
Female	429,237 people	410,034 people	397,080 people
Households	286,570	306,634	309,354
Average household size	2.95	2.59	2.55

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+	4,497 people	3,885 people	8,382 people
80–84	30,333 people	26,930 people	57,263 people
75–79	29,091 people	23,832 people	52,923 people
70–74	31,044 people	27,127 people	58,171 people
65–69	17,751 people	16,267 people	34,018 people
60–64	13,833 people	13,764 people	27,597 people
55–59	11,004 people	10,115 people	21,119 people
50–54	36,175 people	34,039 people	70,214 people
45–49	25,950 people	25,036 people	50,986 people
40–44	21,935 people	21,888 people	43,823 people
35–39	31,217 people	31,243 people	62,460 people
30–34	33,900 people	35,304 people	69,204 people
25–29	30,348 people	30,581 people	60,929 people
20–24	26,097 people	25,868 people	51,965 people
15–19	25,820 people	25,533 people	51,353 people
10–14	17,630 people	17,967 people	35,597 people
5–9	10,809 people	11,666 people	22,475 people
1–4	6,789 people	7,780 people	14,569 people
0	5,087 people	8,255 people	13,342 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	6,003 people	4,763 people	10,766 people
80–84	27,122 people	22,454 people	49,576 people
75–79	22,899 people	21,116 people	44,015 people
70–74	23,165 people	22,615 people	45,780 people
65–69	16,034 people	15,743 people	31,777 people
60–64	33,347 people	33,575 people	66,922 people
55–59	26,966 people	28,248 people	55,214 people
50–54	23,810 people	24,337 people	48,147 people
45–49	34,102 people	34,578 people	68,680 people
40–44	36,975 people	39,087 people	76,062 people
35–39	34,081 people	34,593 people	68,674 people
30–34	30,138 people	29,456 people	59,594 people
25–29	30,625 people	29,221 people	59,846 people
20–24	22,267 people	21,073 people	43,340 people
15–19	15,185 people	14,510 people	29,695 people
10–14	12,101 people	11,750 people	23,851 people
5–9	10,176 people	11,677 people	21,853 people
1–4	4,947 people	6,542 people	11,489 people
0	2,750 people	4,696 people	7,446 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	5,581 people	5,323 people	10,904 people
80–84	19,667 people	18,691 people	38,358 people
75–79	18,142 people	16,517 people	34,659 people
70–74	59,557 people	55,713 people	115,270 people
65–69	36,050 people	34,123 people	70,173 people
60–64	25,178 people	26,496 people	51,674 people
55–59	39,054 people	39,102 people	78,156 people
50–54	41,463 people	42,619 people	84,082 people
45–49	37,296 people	36,775 people	74,071 people
40–44	32,577 people	30,746 people	63,323 people
35–39	33,240 people	30,982 people	64,222 people
30–34	24,863 people	22,768 people	47,631 people
25–29	17,425 people	16,011 people	33,436 people
20–24	15,467 people	13,876 people	29,343 people
15–19	14,542 people	14,787 people	29,329 people
10–14	9,314 people	10,312 people	19,626 people
5–9	5,854 people	7,239 people	13,093 people
1–4	3,359 people	4,400 people	7,759 people
0	1,669 people	2,757 people	4,426 people

Ethnic composition

Population by ethnic group in the latest census.

Han99.67%

803,763 people

Hui0.16%

1,270 people

Manchu0.07%

589 people

Yi0.03%

203 people

Dong0.01%

104 people

Tujia0.01%

71 people

Korean0.01%

44 people

Tibetan0.01%

43 people

Zhuang0.01%

37 people

Bouyei0.00%

33 people

Kazakh0.00%

30 people

Mongol0.00%

27 people

Yao0.00%

23 people

Lahu0.00%

21 people

Lisu0.00%

19 people

Bai0.00%

14 people

She0.00%

14 people

Hani0.00%

12 people

Qiang0.00%

12 people

Dai0.00%

7 people

Miao0.00%

5 people

Uyghur0.00%

5 people

Maonan0.00%

5 people

Wa0.00%

4 people

Dongxiang0.00%

2 people

Sui0.00%

2 people

Naxi0.00%

2 people

Xibe0.00%

2 people

Daur0.00%

2 people

Kyrgyz0.00%

1 people

Jingpo0.00%

1 people

Pumi0.00%

1 people

Achang0.00%

1 people

Russian0.00%

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