Census data

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

Value	Fifth census	Sixth census	Seventh census
Total population	1,598,752 people	618,582 people	699,475 people
Urbanization rate	33.5%	63.6%	75.3%
Urban population	535,769 people	393,173 people	526,606 people
Male	818,936 people	311,216 people	349,579 people
Female	779,816 people	307,366 people	349,896 people
Households	404,198	184,662	238,851
Average household size	3.40	3.13	2.70

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+	2,398 people	4,180 people	6,578 people
80–84	3,365 people	4,401 people	7,766 people
75–79	7,191 people	7,995 people	15,186 people
70–74	11,778 people	12,480 people	24,258 people
65–69	17,703 people	18,252 people	35,955 people
60–64	18,792 people	18,844 people	37,636 people
55–59	30,125 people	31,242 people	61,367 people
50–54	33,661 people	34,544 people	68,205 people
45–49	28,680 people	28,834 people	57,514 people
40–44	23,531 people	23,411 people	46,942 people
35–39	26,655 people	26,116 people	52,771 people
30–34	35,119 people	36,416 people	71,535 people
25–29	20,667 people	21,651 people	42,318 people
20–24	9,577 people	9,905 people	19,482 people
15–19	14,874 people	13,475 people	28,349 people
10–14	19,574 people	17,107 people	36,681 people
5–9	22,405 people	20,002 people	42,407 people
1–4	20,016 people	18,018 people	38,034 people
0	3,468 people	3,023 people	6,491 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	687 people	1,565 people	2,252 people
80–84	1,954 people	2,885 people	4,839 people
75–79	4,917 people	5,823 people	10,740 people
70–74	5,913 people	6,089 people	12,002 people
65–69	9,810 people	9,403 people	19,213 people
60–64	13,974 people	13,589 people	27,563 people
55–59	19,446 people	18,661 people	38,107 people
50–54	19,919 people	19,062 people	38,981 people
45–49	30,094 people	30,185 people	60,279 people
40–44	33,138 people	32,777 people	65,915 people
35–39	27,924 people	27,172 people	55,096 people
30–34	21,846 people	21,752 people	43,598 people
25–29	22,826 people	23,588 people	46,414 people
20–24	29,186 people	29,836 people	59,022 people
15–19	27,535 people	26,900 people	54,435 people
10–14	12,852 people	12,026 people	24,878 people
5–9	12,733 people	11,755 people	24,488 people
1–4	13,001 people	11,385 people	24,386 people
0	3,461 people	2,913 people	6,374 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	833 people	2,192 people	3,025 people
80–84	2,540 people	4,761 people	7,301 people
75–79	7,352 people	9,806 people	17,158 people
70–74	13,575 people	14,468 people	28,043 people
65–69	23,398 people	21,973 people	45,371 people
60–64	24,059 people	20,772 people	44,831 people
55–59	29,966 people	26,180 people	56,146 people
50–54	39,181 people	34,914 people	74,095 people
45–49	55,049 people	49,656 people	104,705 people
40–44	55,301 people	50,361 people	105,662 people
35–39	83,694 people	80,377 people	164,071 people
30–34	86,465 people	84,493 people	170,958 people
25–29	70,253 people	68,005 people	138,258 people
20–24	54,837 people	54,298 people	109,135 people
15–19	80,523 people	76,654 people	157,177 people
10–14	102,814 people	97,791 people	200,605 people
5–9	59,141 people	55,824 people	114,965 people
1–4	24,345 people	22,220 people	46,565 people
0	5,610 people	5,071 people	10,681 people

Ethnic composition

Population by ethnic group in the latest census.

Han99.90%

617,970 people

Hui0.03%

188 people

Tujia0.02%

150 people

Zhuang0.01%

51 people

Manchu0.01%

42 people

Miao0.01%

36 people

Mongol0.00%

26 people

Dai0.00%

19 people

Wa0.00%

19 people

Tibetan0.00%

18 people

Dong0.00%

14 people

Yao0.00%

9 people

Li0.00%

9 people

Uyghur0.00%

8 people

Yi0.00%

6 people

Korean0.00%

5 people

Bouyei0.00%

3 people

Bai0.00%

2 people

She0.00%

2 people

Gelao0.00%

2 people

Lahu0.00%

1 people

Tu0.00%

1 people

Mulao0.00%

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