Census data

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

Value	Fifth census	Sixth census	Seventh census
Total population	145,027 people	148,187 people	146,887 people
Urbanization rate	13.5%	26.0%	38.2%
Urban population	19,548 people	38,576 people	56,151 people
Male	73,946 people	76,774 people	75,409 people
Female	71,081 people	71,413 people	71,478 people
Households	32,605	46,714	48,083
Average household size	4.42	3.11	2.99

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+	192 people	266 people	458 people
80–84	466 people	433 people	899 people
75–79	691 people	798 people	1,489 people
70–74	1,010 people	1,171 people	2,181 people
65–69	1,752 people	1,978 people	3,730 people
60–64	2,396 people	2,317 people	4,713 people
55–59	3,937 people	3,666 people	7,603 people
50–54	5,810 people	5,718 people	11,528 people
45–49	6,415 people	6,121 people	12,536 people
40–44	6,012 people	5,711 people	11,723 people
35–39	6,446 people	6,063 people	12,509 people
30–34	7,087 people	6,768 people	13,855 people
25–29	5,581 people	5,061 people	10,642 people
20–24	4,018 people	3,443 people	7,461 people
15–19	4,088 people	3,813 people	7,901 people
10–14	7,016 people	6,654 people	13,670 people
5–9	7,942 people	7,269 people	15,211 people
1–4	3,980 people	3,698 people	7,678 people
0	570 people	530 people	1,100 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	111 people	101 people	212 people
80–84	218 people	159 people	377 people
75–79	537 people	395 people	932 people
70–74	1,211 people	830 people	2,041 people
65–69	1,367 people	1,334 people	2,701 people
60–64	1,848 people	1,683 people	3,531 people
55–59	2,950 people	2,612 people	5,562 people
50–54	3,713 people	3,098 people	6,811 people
45–49	5,427 people	4,726 people	10,153 people
40–44	7,487 people	6,777 people	14,264 people
35–39	7,582 people	7,032 people	14,614 people
30–34	6,989 people	6,412 people	13,401 people
25–29	6,888 people	6,730 people	13,618 people
20–24	7,402 people	7,506 people	14,908 people
15–19	6,441 people	6,329 people	12,770 people
10–14	5,220 people	4,925 people	10,145 people
5–9	5,193 people	4,903 people	10,096 people
1–4	4,830 people	4,589 people	9,419 people
0	1,360 people	1,272 people	2,632 people

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census.age_group	Male	Female	Total
85+	63 people	82 people	145 people
80–84	149 people	163 people	312 people
75–79	330 people	262 people	592 people
70–74	593 people	469 people	1,062 people
65–69	947 people	833 people	1,780 people
60–64	2,191 people	1,338 people	3,529 people
55–59	1,816 people	1,967 people	3,783 people
50–54	2,143 people	2,425 people	4,568 people
45–49	3,113 people	2,989 people	6,102 people
40–44	3,793 people	3,510 people	7,303 people
35–39	5,524 people	5,297 people	10,821 people
30–34	7,312 people	7,148 people	14,460 people
25–29	7,647 people	7,662 people	15,309 people
20–24	7,219 people	7,086 people	14,305 people
15–19	7,926 people	7,521 people	15,447 people
10–14	9,534 people	9,601 people	19,135 people
5–9	7,837 people	7,298 people	15,135 people
1–4	4,700 people	4,340 people	9,040 people
0	1,109 people	1,090 people	2,199 people

Ethnic composition

Population by ethnic group in the latest census.

Kazakh51.78%

76,724 people

Han24.21%

35,877 people

Uyghur9.97%

14,767 people

Mongol7.80%

11,557 people

Hui3.17%

4,704 people

Kyrgyz2.59%

3,831 people

Dongxiang0.15%

227 people

Uzbek0.11%

160 people

Tatar0.10%

147 people

Tujia0.06%

85 people

Zhuang0.02%

28 people

Xibe0.01%

21 people

Russian0.01%

17 people

Miao0.01%

14 people

Tibetan0.01%

8 people

Salar0.00%

6 people

Manchu0.00%

5 people

Tajik0.00%

4 people

Yao0.00%

2 people

Tu0.00%

2 people

Yi0.00%

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